billcoe Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 OK, I know I said I was going to stop reading Matt Drudge after the hack job he did on Hillary before the election, but I didn't. So I'm perusing it today and every political story - damn near EVERY one, (with 1 exception) is pro McCain and Anti-Obama. Go check it out link Big headline "Biden grilled: Is Obama Marxist"? Other headlines: " YOU'RE PUNISHED: OBAMA CAMPAIGN CUTS OFF TV STATION AFTER TOUGH BIDEN INTERVIEW... ZOGBY SUNDAY: Single day of polling, 49% to 46% in favor of Obama... Developing... McCain warns against Dem takeover... Obama hits McCain on economy... Palin's alarm on nanny state... Judge tosses lawsuit challenging citizenship... OBAMA STAFFERS PULL THEIR BOGUS OHIO BALLOTS... Krauthammer: McCain For President... The Washington insider who made Obama rich..." The Palin story is her complaining how Obama will turn us into a nanny state. What a bunch of BS editorializing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 13 Baby Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Drudge? You mean the guy who broke this blockbuster story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Well I have been monitoring Fox News, and it turns out they might not be "Fair and Balanced" after all! They seem to be running mostly only stories that are negative to Obama and positive or at what passes for positive these days for McCain!!!!!! So mavericky and not at all like the Lamestream Media. How do they get away with saying they are "Fair and Balanced"??? HUH??? WHAT???? HELLOOOO>????????S:lalkeql;kqe'r' qep2[krvsdafe4q34535rgvscx Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmuja Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Um, someone di`int get the memo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 13 Baby Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 what passes for positive these days for McCain!!!!!! You mean how mccain wrapped up that Al-Qaida endorsement today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 OK, I know I said I was going to stop reading Matt Drudge after the hack job he did on Hillary before the election, but I didn't. So I'm perusing it today and every political story - damn near EVERY one, (with 1 exception) is pro McCain and Anti-Obama. Go check it out link Big headline "Biden grilled: Is Obama Marxist"? Other headlines: " YOU'RE PUNISHED: OBAMA CAMPAIGN CUTS OFF TV STATION AFTER TOUGH BIDEN INTERVIEW... ZOGBY SUNDAY: Single day of polling, 49% to 46% in favor of Obama... Developing... McCain warns against Dem takeover... Obama hits McCain on economy... Palin's alarm on nanny state... Judge tosses lawsuit challenging citizenship... OBAMA STAFFERS PULL THEIR BOGUS OHIO BALLOTS... Krauthammer: McCain For President... The Washington insider who made Obama rich..." The Palin story is her complaining how Obama will turn us into a nanny state. What a bunch of BS editorializing. Without sites like this, we'd be left with only CBS, NBC, CNN, NPR, PBS, NYT, editorials masquerading as "news". Think of all the stories that mainstream media has been drug kicking and screaming to. If it were not for right-leaning media to balance out the left there would be no complete picture. What's worse? The right-media's constant harping, or the left-media's constant sins of omission? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 If only that were true, Fairweather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmuja Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 ..If it were not for right-leaning media to balance out the left there would be no complete picture... Yes, what would we do without those that stick up for.. blind, unrestrained greed and corruption, aristocracy, corporate domination of our lives, environmental degradation, militarism, imperialism, religious fundamentalism? How could we possibly live without the right wing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 13 Baby Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 People who whine about the "liberal media" spend too much time watching people yell at each other on Fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 During the primary, Sludge took a hard stance against Hillary, and was posting any story that has a slight anti-Hillary bent. Now, you need to realize, I was not then, nor am I now, a Hillary supporter. However, to see a web page full of stories with an anti-Hillary bent that wouldn't make the back page of the local paper hit the front page of Drudge was painful to watch. There was no negative Obama stories on Drudge at that time. I figured he just disliked Hillary. It makes Fox seem truly fair and balanced. Dmuja, that link is 4 years old, anything newer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 Without sites like this, we'd be left with only CBS, NBC, CNN, NPR, PBS, NYT, editorials masquerading as "news". Think of all the stories that mainstream media has been drug kicking and screaming to. If it were not for right-leaning media to balance out the left there would be no complete picture. What's worse? The right-media's constant harping, or the left-media's constant sins of omission? Hmmm, I like the illusion of trying to maintain some balance Fairweather:-) I believe that most news organizations try. I like the amount of stories that get linked on Drudge, but find it upsetting that he's only parading the ones he likes, which looks to be pro-McCain Anti-Obama currently. If someone in the news wants to editorialize, I don't mind it if they are honest and upfront about it. That's why trad news has an "Editorial" page. This, to me, seems underhanded and dishonest. Here's a site I like better: http://www.thedailybeast.com/ It brings some great, in depth stories of real issues or interest. Although yesterday, I was sadly unable to get the Larry Flynt video sampler of the Sarah Palin XXX movie to work for me. Like today, I can't get the "Obama and McCain in Breakdance Battle" going either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 NYT, WSJ, New Yorker, The Economist Read periodicals that actually have access to the people they're writing about, not idiots who carp from their cubicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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