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To: Road Walker who wrote (431318)	10/30/2008 5:41:51 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572033

JF, > I listen to the evening news, and they bend over backwards to express both sides. I listen to Rush and he bends over backwards to obscure the other side... including repetitive outright lies. There is no way you can say there is ANY equivalency on partisanship. LOL, if you want to judge the mainstream media based on the "standard of professionalism" that Rush has, be my guest. I already said a lot about Joe the Plumber, so if you don't think that was an example of political bias severely affecting the mainstream media, we'll just have to disagree. Obama's relationship with Rezko and Ayers is only being covered by the MSM in the context of McCain's negative campaigning. I might as well just go straight to www.fightthesmears.com instead of watching the MSM echo the points made on that website. John Edwards' affair was actively being spiked by the mainstream media, leaving only a tabloid newspaper to uncover the truth. Only when the truth was acknowledged by Edwards did the MSM cover the story, but they tried very hard to pretend that "there was no there there." Back to Palin, there's a lot of nonsense over how she wasn't "vetted" and how the MSM is doing the job McCain's people supposedly didn't do. Of course, a Kenyan pastor giving an odd "witchcraft" prayer for Palin is considered "newsworthy" by the MSM. So is the whole "speaking in tongues" nonsense. The bottom line is this: All of this stuff wasn't pushed by DailyKos or MoveOn.org or Air America or even Michael Moore. All of this stuff was pushed by the mainstream media, the very media you think is "bending over backwards" to express both sides. Really? Is that how far left they have drifted, to the point where they have to "bend over backwards" to accomodate a right-of-center nation? Tenchusatsu

To: Road Walker who wrote (431318)	10/31/2008 9:20:07 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572033

I listen to the evening news, and they bend over backwards to express both sides. Unless you're listening to FNC, this is not a true statement. And it isn't even close. We know -- not just suspect, but we KNOW, that the media other than FNC is exceptionally biased toward Obama. They do NOT "express both sides" and in fact, they go the extra mile to bash McCain while presenting Obama in a positive light. The statistics are overwhelming on this subject, from numerous sources. With the exception of the recently released Pew study, the "evening news" channels have been criticized by practically every study. I would just say, for a person to miss this media bias, one would have to be simply not paying attention as it is so in-your-face there is simply no way to ignore it unless you're really working overtime to do so. I listen to Rush and he bends over backwards to obscure the other side... including repetitive outright lies. There is no way you can say there is ANY equivalency on partisanship. Rush isn't a news organization; he is an entertainer. That said, I've probably listened to him as much or more (not recently) than anyone here -- dating back to his first days on the air. He doesn't lie. He uses sarcasm which you nitwits call lies sometimes, but he doesn't lie. On a couple of occasions I've heard him make gaffes but not frequently. He is an absolute professional and that's why he succeeds. Have you ever listened to Rachel Maddow or Randi Rhodes? If you want to hear lies and hate speech, just listen to these idiots. Rhodes, in particular, is the worst show on radio. As evidence of Limbaugh's absolute talent for what he does, the Dems are now so desperate they are planning to legislate him out of existence (with the Fairness Doctrine). You guys are willing to throw out Freedom Of Speech to get rid of him. Has it ever occurred to you that the reason you are so extreme in your views is that you cannot discern when you're getting propaganda versus news? This was a well-known tactic within communist countries for years, and now that tactic is being employed here. Like those in North Korea, you literally don't know that Obama is bad for America because of the propaganda campaign that has been waged over the last two years.