Liberal Biased Media?

Question

Can we get some examples, not just opinions, of "liberal biased media"? Remember, just because they report acurately on something that is not going your way, i.e. Iraq, doesn't make them "liberal".

Remember, give some specific examples. General shouting and mud slinging make you liable to the dreaded "reporting".

casapulla - HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS THAT? HOW LONG WOULD YOU LIKE THAT STORY TO GO ON FOR. WAS THERE EVER PROOF OF THAT OR JUST INUENDO? A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO PRESENT DAY WOULD HELP.

BRIAN - C'MON, YOU'RE A SMART GUY, DON'T JUST GIVE ME THE "LIBERAL SPIN" LINE. WHERE'S THE BEEF?

casapulla - MARK RICH WAS A MAJOR STORY ON THE "LIBERAL MEDIA" BACK THEN, HOW LONG WOULD YOU LIKE IT TO STAY FRONT PAGE NEWS?

garyb1616 - UMM, UCLA ISN'T THE MEDIA.

Sean - WHAT!?! WE'RE IN IRAQ AND BUSHES ACTIONS TO GET US THERE ARE VERY RELEVANT!

HOLY DEFENDER - "3000 military deaths in Iraq"

YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK THOSE STATS AGAIN SPARKY.

BRIAN - THAT'S YOUR OPINION. C'MON, YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.

Texican - I SAW THE STORY ABOUT HILARY GETTING BOOED ON EVERY NETWORK NEWS PROGRAM. HELL, I EVEN SAW IT ON THE NEWS HOUR, A PBS NEWS SHOW!

beach bum - EDITORIALS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BIASED. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CALLED EDITORIALS.

Chainsaw - YOUR COMMENTS ARE FULL OF "ASSUMES" AND "ACTED LIKE". YOUR IMPRESSION DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE "LIBERAL", IT JUST MEANS YOU DON'T LIKE TO HEAR IT.

qwid_pro_quo - JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE REPORTING SOMETHING (WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO) DOESN'T MAKE IT A LIBERAL BIAS. I HAVE HEARED PLENTY OF GLOBAL WARMING SKEPTICS ON THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA.

Answer 1

Not surprising that the word "Liberal" shoots out of those who are always in denial even during times when truth rocks in front of their faces. In the past 6 1/2 years, Repugs have a recorded history of showing denials over and over again, following the examples of Bush with his iraq war, the radical Christians with Ted Haggert, the protection schemes to hide the corrupt Abramoff-bribe takers, the Sen. Foley' intern-sex soliciting case, the Ralph Reid corruption case, the shielding of lying flip-floppers, like Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzalez so many corrupt GOP Senators who see power and money as more important than their oath of duty to the American Public. Oh, and the so-called pious radical Church Leaders attacking fantasy creations, like Tinky Winky and Sponge Bob as gays and holding the Harry Potter books as promotive materials of Wizardry (maybe, it isn't a bad idea for America to win the war against the radical Islamists through wizardry these days to save our Troops from getting killed, eh?)

Truth hurts and the only way the radical GOPs can possibly whine, with their lack of credible defense for their denials, is to say "It's the Liberals attacking!" Does it make truth seekers getting to se honor by being labeled "Liberals" these days - if truth bearers are consistently being attacked with the label "liberals"?

I would just turn my back on these attackers who use "Liberals" to hide their denials. They are just not worth lowering your dignity to their level! Whiners in denial are not worthy of respect!

Answer 2

I know you will not agree to any answers outside your belief zone, But UCLA is not exactly a Conservative "U"

http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6664


Edit: Thanks, you proved my point in my first sentence. Guarantee if UCLA Political research proved otherwise you would be all over it......Highly doubt their study is opinion.

from Pew Research
Many Americans do not believe the news media are fair, accurate or even moral, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. The poll of 1500 Americans conducted late last month found that most of the public thinks news organizations are politically biased (55%) and often publish inaccurate stories (53%), and that roughly a third of the audience say the media are too critical of America (43%), hurt democracy (36%) and are immoral (32%). Half of Americans (52%) label the media as liberal, led by self-described Republicans (75%) but also large percentages of independents (49%) and even Democrats (37%). And while journalists tout themselves as the public's objective eyes and ears, many more Americans are confident that the military provides an accurate view of the war in Iraq (52%), compared with 42 percent who trust that the press offers accurate reports.

Answer 3

A prime example is they don't want to report any of the positives that are happening in IRAQ. You can talk to troops and they say we are doing very well even though there are major problems. To hear the media there has not been one good day for the troops.
Calling conservatives neocons is not biased????? It most certainly has connotations to Nazi Germany and that is ridiculous. If you can read the editorial positions in the New York Times and not see bias then you shouldn't even ask the question.

Answer 4

When the L.A. Times published a piece a couple days before the California election about Schwarzenegger sexually harassing women. (Even some liberals were appalled by that.)

Referring to illegal aliens as "undocumented workers" (That is like calling drug dealers "Unlicensed pharmacists"

The utter lack of reporting of the Channon Christian murder.

The New York Times Editorial section.

Answer 5

'global warming' might be an example

.. that's not to say that climate change isn't happening


but the term 'global warming' has been politicized, and the science isn't perfect ... the most honest thing we can say about it is 'we know its happening, we can certainly take steps to protect the environment, but we're not really sure what will happen' ... but that hasn't stopped the left from spinning it into doomsday, and the truth behind the science brings up several questions about issues glanced over by Al Gores movie

Answer 6

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070814/ap_on_re_as/afghan_iran

In this story, the AP reports Iran's side as if they are not our enemy. Of course our enemy will deny attacking us this way.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20070814/us_time/thepostrovewhitehouse

This story assumes Bush needs to correct a wrong with Rove leaving. Lots of people leave at the end of a second term. This is common practice for presidents.

http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2007/08/14/news/277156.txt

This is a hit piece on a Republican First Selectman. It takes what he said as if he is a fascist and a tyrant.

http://www.courant.com/news/custom/topnews/hc-ap-gaspricesdrop-0814,0,3083956.story?coll=hc_tab01_layout

This story acts like gas prices today are the highest ever. They fail to mention inflation, which would make prices during the Carter administration as highest ever (Carter was a democrat).

There were numerous stories on Rush Limbaugh when he did the Barack the Magic ***** song parody. The song was in response to a column in a Los Angeles paper. It was there to show how liberals have a double standard. It was never mentioned on these shows.

Listen to Rush daily and you will get plenty.

Answer 7

Liberal media often reports that many Iraqi civilians are killed because of the war in Iraq. Though this claim is true, it is very misleading. Many Iraqi civilians are being killed because of the war in Iraq, but many of them (if not more) would continue to be killed by other Iraqis even if there was no U.S. presence. Also, this reporting implies that the U.S. soldiers are targeting and killing innocent people. All too often, the media does not specify whether these civilians were armed or not. They say "civilians", though many of these civilians are actually considered combatant civilians because they have picked up guns and are shooting. This misrepresentation of innocence is intended to and successfully deceive the readers into believing liberal-based ideas against the war in Iraq. It is good that facts are being reported, but it is very unethical to report these facts in a manner that is so misleading.

Answer 8

The multiple times Hillary was giving a speech and booed by NYC firemen or other groups. Only Limbaugh, that I know of, airs this. Can also type in "Hillary booed by" in internet search engines and get some other examples.

Mainstream television media hardly touches this, which makes me think there is some bias going on.

Answer 9

I tend to be conservative leaning and I don't buy the "liberal" label for the media. This word has been used as an excuse and as some sort of bogeyman for the conservative movement in America.

The bottom line is that the news reported are for ratings which translates into more advertisers. We spend more time talking about Britney Spears' divorce than the deaths and lack of infrastructure in Iraq. The dead Anna Nicole Smith's corpse, anybody? Where is the liberal bias with saturated news reports of these burned out celebrities.

I don't buy the moniker of a "liberal biased media." This has nothing to do with ideaology but revenue... period.

Watch Fox News, for example... it is not as nearly as conservative as it was in 2002-2005. Rupert Murdoch is not stupid, he notices the pulse of the American people going to the middle and he is slowly changing the format of Fox News. His network is no longer trying to build up Bush --they are just ignoring him. Murdoch has even held a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's campaign... Hillary Clinton! No, this is all about money.. pure and simple. Why would anyone put their political slant on a network unless it made money???

Answer 10

talk to any of the troops that have served in Iraq, they will tell you a different story than the media will. The media criticises anything and everything.
I like to watch Hannity and Colmes. Colmes is a democrat, and Hannity is a republican, and they go after each others throats on a lot of subjects.
Rush is too right wing for me.
I like to listen to Glen Beck......