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Post by mad4martinis on Mar 16, 2007 14:14:48 GMT -4
This is interesting. I really don't have a favorite news program, except watching The Daily Show, but this points out how biased and "unfair" Faux News really is to our country. I guess this particular week of March 5th, Anna Nicole Smith was more important to them???
Walter Reed? That's News To Them!
Rachel Sklar | Posted Monday March 5, 2007 at 06:05 PM
TVNewser, always on top of this sort of thing, points out an interesting and telling statistic reagarding cable coverage of the widening and deepening Walter Reed scandal: CNN & MSNBC are covering the story more than TWICE as much as Fox News:
Between Feb. 18 and March 5, FNC has mentioned "Walter Reed" 93 times -- about six mentions per day. CNN has covered the story 224 times, and MSNBC has covered it 257 times.
These numbers were obtained by a TVNewser source searching cable transcripts using TVEyes.
Also on TVNewser: Walter Reed also loses out next to Anna Nicole Smith, who enjoys a robust popularity on both FNC & MSNBC as compared to the beleaguered veteran's hospital. This is made apparent courtesy of ThinkProgress which has a highlight reel comparing the two has compiled a highlight reel of Anna Nicole vs. Walter Reed coverage. They ran the numbers on Friday, March 2nd, and here's what they got:
FOX NEWS: Anna Nicole - 121 Walter Reed - 10
MSNBC: Anna Nicole - 96 Walter Reed - 84
CNN: Anna Nicole - 40 Walter Reed - 53
Per ThinkProgress: "The most lop-sided coverage by far was aired by Fox News, which featured only 10 references to Walter Reed compared to 121 of Anna Nicole — roughly 12 times the coverage..."
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Post by fairydust on Mar 16, 2007 14:20:40 GMT -4
Its sad isnt it! That the news coverage and entertainment world have became the source of feeding frenzys and pull away from the events that need more focus.. or at least thats my opinion..
Pulling away from the scandals.. in the entertainment world.. would make for a better place cause people would see whats happening in the world that can be changed..
Not saying that Anna's death was not something to let aware to the public as she was a celebrity.. but to drag it out.. and make it the focus was very disturbing and took focus off our country in general. It was sad.. but so is what our country is going through nationally.
Again.. my opinion.
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Post by shortcircuit on Mar 16, 2007 17:27:05 GMT -4
News coverage isn't at all equal IMHO. All you have to do is watch the cable news channels for 30 minutes each and you can tell which ones are conservative and which ones are liberal. Fox is obviously very conservative and on the other side you can't watch CNN for more than 5 minutes without seeing a story bashing conservatives. The exact same thing applies here in Blairsville, you can learn about alot of things that happen locally on websites such as this one that you'll never see a thing about in the local papers.
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Post by summerose on Mar 17, 2007 14:01:16 GMT -4
No, I don't think news coverage is equal. I agree with what you said shortcircuit.
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Post by manicu on Apr 6, 2007 15:32:00 GMT -4
nothing is equal when it is done by one and said by another
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Post by roundtree on Apr 25, 2007 17:39:48 GMT -4
Thus far this site is the only fair outlet for views and news . No profanity or threats are allowed . I really thank adminn. and the posters .
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Post by shortcircuit on Apr 25, 2007 20:24:23 GMT -4
roundtree, that's why I enjoy this site so much. People here are decent enough to have big disagreements in one thread and still be friendly to one another in other threads. I have never met anyone who posts here personally that I know of, but I can say that there are lots of great people on here.
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Post by shortcircuit on Nov 14, 2007 23:42:26 GMT -4
After Lamar's anti-dissident rant in his column last week is there anyone that actually thinks news coverage is equal?
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Post by sometimeman on Nov 15, 2007 0:10:12 GMT -4
If everybody is rascal, thats pretty equal an't it?
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Post by Justin Melick on Nov 15, 2007 9:43:36 GMT -4
Almost all media outlets are biased. Fox News is the closest to being unbiased, but they lean too far to the left, contrary to popular belief. You always have to look at who runs a news organization and who they hire to run it.
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Post by queenbee on Nov 15, 2007 10:20:03 GMT -4
I occasionally listen to the BBC and other news outlet from around the world to get a different perspective, you would be surprised to hear the things that we dn't know about going on in the USA.
All you nned is a good shortwave receivers and the BBC is on Dish Network.. and of course the world wide web.
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Post by maddy on Nov 15, 2007 10:23:31 GMT -4
Almost all media outlets are biased. Fox News is the closest to being unbiased, but they lean too far to the left, contrary to popular belief. You always have to look at who runs a news organization and who they hire to run it. Justin, I'm ashamed at you!!! Fox (Faux) News is the MOST biased news of all! Journalism classes even use them as examples of what NOT to do in a news organization. A recent example of this is... Why am I not surprised that FNC, a major cable "news" network, isn't covering the $100 million lawsuit filed by Judith Regan against Rupert Murdoch? Compare & contrast their nearly-nonexistent coverage of Regan's lawsuit -- & its huge potential economic, political & social effects -- with their over-the-top coverage of, say, anything related to OJ Simpson, or Martha Stewart's indictment & trial, or even that FOX classic, the "missing cute white girl" story. If you only watch FOX News, you'd probably wonder who Regan is. Even their website has buried the story. They had the top story of Anna Nicole Smith's death months ago, rather than having the Tom Delay scandal going on at the time, or one of the MANY Bush Admin's scandals. *I also know that CNN doesn't lean that far to the middle either. They were known as the "Clinton News Network" for some time! So, like I tell my Dad so he's not digging into the sand deeper, CHANGE THE FRIGGIN' CHANNELL |
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Post by Justin Melick on Nov 15, 2007 10:41:48 GMT -4
Now, now, don't argue with me. I know what they teach in journalism classes, and I know that most people in the journalism field, including the teachers are liberal. Just because Fox didn't cover the Bush scandals as much as the other networks, doesn't mean they didn't cover them enough.
Of course Rupert doesn't want the Regan story covered, because it's about him. Rupert is a Hillary Clinton supporter. His backup choice is Rudy. He protects them both.
What gives liberals the impression that Fox is biased is the fact that it is more like a magazine where CNN is more like a newspaper. When Fox does news coverage, they make an attempt at being fair. But they have a lot of commentary, which is the British model of news coverage. Fox has a lot of conservative news talk show hosts because that's what sells right now.
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Post by sometimeman on Nov 15, 2007 11:21:50 GMT -4
I get most of my news from the web.
I agree with "B" sometimes it's shocking to see what others outside the U.S. know about us that our "news" don't tell us.
Conventional media is under reporting Ron Paul. He had 5,000 at his veterans day rally. The other donkphants do good to get up 5 or 6 hundred folks. People in the Military send Paul money.
No matter the news source we depend on the spirit inside us to help us interpret it. There is scripture that says, "my spirit will not always strive with man" and another that says, "I will send them a strong dilusion that they might believe a lie"
God's spirit left the Hutus and the Tutsis in Rawanda and they killed one another by the hundreds of thousands, their bloated bodies like dead cattle floating down the Sambesi river. A Pastor shut church members inside the chaple, pour gas through the windows and set fire to it.
Yes it will be bad when misery comes to our house.
I'm glad I heard Sonny ask for forgiveness when he prayed for rain. I listened for it.
I thank God for the rain. I pray for more.
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Post by shortcircuit on Nov 15, 2007 13:14:17 GMT -4
I listen to the BBC also bee, you do hear some surprising stuff on there.
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