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goofyjim said:
. I vote for MSNBC.
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I knew someone had to watch it… now I know of one! 😉

I sometimes pay attention to NPR and the BBC World Service, but I get most of my news via web portals such as Yahoo News or Google News.
 
EWTN has a news program.

EWTN, for those who don’t know is “Eternal Word Television Network” ~ it’s cable & it’s all Catholic all the time.
 
goofyjim said:
CNN is too liberal. FOX is too conservative. NPR is run by the government. I vote for MSNBC.
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Is that the channel that has Keith Olberman:whacky: :yawn: & Chris Matthews:dts: ? So YOU are one of the few watching that network:p 😃 ?
 
Migueliones said:
Calling a democratically elected Spanish government the “Zapatero regime” :confused: That’s acceptable?
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I don’t know much about Spanish governments but its also true that Hitler was democratically elected as well.
 
ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN = Democrats are God, the Republicans are the devil. FOX = Republicans are good, Democrats aren’t as good.

Typical CNN panel, 1 conserative, 3 Liberals. Fox, Hannity & Combs, 1 conservative fanatic, 1 liberal fanatic.
 
Pong said:
Sure they do, unless something pesky like the truth gets in the way.

They tell things like they think they are
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It seems that you are describing yourself in the above quotes, being that you haven’t presented any facts against Fox News that backs them up:ehh: ?
 
Lucania said:
Is that the channel that has Keith Olberman:whacky: :yawn: & Chris Matthews:dts: ? So YOU are one of the few watching that network:p 😃 ?
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It’s funny how in America when you mention a a news network, the most important qualifier seems to be the ratings. As if the one with higher ratings MUST be telling the truth.:confused: As if the truth is some sort of majority vote or when the mob mentality reaches an agreement.We, as Catholics believe the opposite, really. (Be not of the world…etc)

Anyway, according to this media site, MSNBC really does have more than one viewer.

mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/2007_ratings_msnbc_has_fastest_growing_primetime_lineup_of_any_top50_cable_channel_73400.asp

2007 Ratings: MSNBC has "Fastest Growing Primetime Lineup of any Top-50 Cable Channel"
 
pete_29 said:
ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN = Democrats are God, the Republicans are the devil.
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Odd, I’ve never heard anyone say that on any of the networks.
pete_29 said:
FOX = Republicans are good, Democrats aren’t as good…
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So… you’re admitting that they’re biased 😉

Networks shouldn’t tell us whether something is good or bad
They should tell us what is and let us make up our minds.

But I’m sticking with PBS, NPR, & the BBC… and the Onion 😉
While they take some money form big corporations they are not actually owned by one.

I think it helps to have diverse financing for networks otherwise the temptation is always there for he who pays the piper to call the tune.
 
steveandersen said:
Odd, I’ve never heard anyone say that on any of the networks.
That’s because you only hear the things you want to.
So… you’re admitting that they’re biased 😉
Yes, I admit it. At least I can be Honest about it.

:cool:
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steveandersen said:
Odd, I’ve never heard anyone say that on any of the networks.

So… you’re admitting that they’re biased 😉

Networks shouldn’t tell us whether something is good or bad
They should tell us what is and let us make up our minds.

But I’m sticking with PBS, NPR, & the BBC… and the Onion 😉
While they take some money form big corporations they are not actually owned by one.

I think it helps to have diverse financing for networks otherwise the temptation is always there for he who pays the piper to call the tune.
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I agree about paying the piper. I just don’t want my piper to be a government i.e. NPR.
 
What’s the Onion?

I guess I don’t get out much because I have never heard of it, at least I don’t think so, unless it’s real name is something else.
 
I checked the Onion. Initially, I found it quite odd. What is it that everyone finds so wonderful about it?
 
mary_bobo said:
I agree about paying the piper. I just don’t want my piper to be a government i.e. NPR.
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NPR is not the government
Like PRI & APM it is a production & distribution company
While it does get some direct grants from the CPB (about 2 million out of 120 million), it gets much of its money from selling programming to its member stations that in turn get money from a variety of sources.
Their morning and evening news broadcasts are the 2nd and 3rd most popular radio programs around with an audience that would shame any of the TV network’s news broadcasts
I think that the public, corporate, individual mix of funding sources is better than a single source.

It will be interesting to see how the Joan Kroc endowment affects its financial future

The BBC is also publicly funded via licensing fees (which are involuntary BTW unlike the US system) despite that they do manage to produce some good material (a lot of their revenue does comes from exporting programming IIRC) and their journalists don’t seem to have the chummy relationship with the politicians that ours do. I’m not sure how they insulate the management from political interference while still keeping accountability for public funds. I’ll have to look it up
 
pete_29 said:
ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN = Democrats are God, the Republicans are the devil. FOX = Republicans are good, Democrats aren’t as good.

Typical CNN panel, 1 conserative, 3 Liberals. Fox, Hannity & Combs, 1 conservative fanatic, 1 liberal fanatic.
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Hahaha, that’s a pretty good summation. Seems to me that ‘fair and balanced’ reporting really depends on one’s political worldview. If you’re conservative Fox is the fair and balanced network, if you are more liberal leaning, then it’s CNN.

NPR and the BBC strike me as being the most impartial news sources, but then what do I know, I describe myself as a moderate.

But what I don’t get is the perception by some that NPR is liberal. Does anyone have any examples (e.g. new stories, reports etc.) of where NPR was biased towards a liberal view and not as generous in describing a conservative view of a news story? I have some conservative friends who really dislike NPR, but I can’t get them to provide me with any examples as to why.
 
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