"So much of that is a function of what we consider to be the truth, which is a function of our own biases. It's virtually impossible for people to point the finger at bias. What they're usually calling bias is simply a perspective different from their own."
I disagree. I openly admit I'm biased. However, I formed
my POV on liberal media bias based on numerous instances
of personally watching them distort, deceive & lie about
things that had no basis in fact or reality.
Once again I'll mention those memos that have yet to get
any serious attention from CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, or
CNBC. The memo RE: Iraq/Al Qaeda link, the memo showing
Democrats risking national security & abusing the
traditionally non-partisan Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence for purely political purposes & the memo
showing the shenanigans by Democrats in their zeal to
thwart President Bush's judicial nominees.
Why is there almost complete silence on these huge stories
from liberal media outlets? Do you honestly think that if
Republicans did precisely the same thing that it would get
almost no media attention from CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC,
or CNBC?
I watched Dan Rather call Bush's budget proposal "controversial"
before it was made public, ET AL. I watched countless
times when they would discuss Bush or other Republican
politicians in negative terms like "hard line conservatives",
"very determined conservatives", "contentious conservative",
"conservative agenda" etc. They don't label Democrats
"liberal", unless the descriptive adjectives include words
such as "respected", "good old-fashioned", "spokesman", etc.
The liberal media outlets I mentioned falsely attributed
that Bush claimed Iraq was an "imminent threat" directly
or showed Democratic politicians repeating this lie. Not
one retraction on this outrageous distortion from any of
them. They had no problems reporting when Democrats
falsely accused Republicans of challenging Democrat’s
patriotism numerous times. They frequently showed
Democrats claiming Bush "lied" & Bush "misled" without any
rebuttal from Republicans.
Liberal media distorted Bush's reasons for going to war in
Afghanistan & Iraq. These liberal media outlets regularly
talked about troops being "bogged down" during the short
pause in the 17-day war. That pause was more to do with
outrunning supplies & severe sand storms than any real
resistance. There are numerous instances of overtly
biased/negative reporting on the war that each of those
outlets made, prior to, during & after the war. They never
admitted how dismally wrong they were on any of them.
I could go on & on with more, but what's the use. As you
already stated, "What they're usually calling bias is
simply a perspective different from their own."
It doesn't matter that I can factually point to numerous
instances of clear media bias. Why?
Perception is reality..... regardless of the facts.
I'll keep watching all of these media outlets because I
know I'm biased. And I'll keep calling a spade a spade
when I can do it factually, thank you very much. |
