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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
You are living in a dream world if you really think liberals/ democrats and republicans/conservatives not only have their own networks, and push their own agendas through the media. In an idealistic world, sure news would not be biased or slanted , but unfortunately we don't live in that world. I can watch Bill O'reilly or Donahue because I have my own opinions that do not come from what others say, but what I believe myself. I am not so weak to believe what's said on TV, just because Bill O'reilly or Connie Chung says it. ANd I disagree with you tha O'reilly chooses easy guests to villify...most of the time the guests can't match his quick wit and their point of views hold no foundation anyway.
You could be right that Fox would call for Clinton's impeachment, but by the same token CNN and MSNBC would be PRAISING him. Does that make it right?...no....but that's the way it is...
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Quite the contrary LoveSpell. I have worked as a production assistant on a major market evening news cast so I know the politics of the newsroom. I have also worked on the campaign of a current U.S. Congressman so I know about battles for favorable news coverage. The point is still valid that none of the major news organizations are as egregious or as blatant as FoxNews is in blurring the lines between news and an obvious political slant. There is no obvious liberal political network nor democratic network despite what Fox says.
Bill O'Reilly has so many people fooled. Five years ago, he was an anchor on a garbage National Enquirer type tv show called "Inside Edition". Now, all of a sudden he is some credible political commentator? What he does is a parlor trick. Invite an overmatched guest on about a topic that is too deep for the usual 5 minutes given to discuss, and ask only the questions that you prepared, become combative, and engage in demagoguery where you control what points can be expounded on, and finally have the last word. Intelligent, thoughtful guests have no opportunity to present their side in a "fair and balanced" way. Of course O'Reilly always gets the better of these mismatches. Its set up to do exactly that.
I was not accusing you of being a follower or a synchophant, but Roger Ailes (Fox News President) is no fool. He has used all of his tools as the campaign manager for Ronald Reagan. He is a skillfull manipulator and knows focus groups and every psychological media trick in the book. He ought to know because he wrote it. He made Reagan into the "Great Communicator" even though Reagan was already suffering from Alzheimers. Ailes is even an unpaid consultant to George Bush and advises him on how to manipulate the media.
Lastly, CNN and MSNBC covered Clinton fairly. They certainly didn't cheerlead for him and delved into every supposed scandal. CNN and MSNBC are only considered liberal because Fox is telling you (the public) that. Throwing out the name Connie Chung does not make her show a "liberal" show. In her private life, she may not be a conservative, but there is no obvious political slant to her show or how she treats guests. Because Phil Donahue is a liberal does not mean that MSNBC is "officialy" a liberal network. Those are major differences.
None of my statements are meant to demaen nor be combative. They are just conversation.