News Bias
Now I know this happens all over the news spectrum… bias showing through. I just never have seen it so blatant as it is this year and the presidential election.
I try to maintain my list of news sources from many so I don’t get a more liberal or conservative slant on what I am hearing, reading or seeing. MSNBC and ultimately NBC has finally made its way off my list of watchable news shows.
During the announcement of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s VP candidate, MSNBC showed its blatant liberal bias by running this graphic. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Note that this appears to be a Fox News graphic but if you look carefully on the right side just to the left of the O’Reilly graphic, you will see that it is indeed MSNBC.
Although I was watching it at the time, I didn’t get an image of the screen until later when it was reported on Fox News (who has done some of the same stuff in the past so they aren’t saints either). If you want to watch the entire clip, there is a clip out on Youtube. I won’t even get into the fact that 1 hour before the announcement, MSNBC was showing a graphic announcing Palin as the choice and including 3 stats about her. She is 44 years old, she has an 80% approval rating, and she is FACING STATE INVESTIGATION. Before the announcement.
I’m not sure that anyone presents the news in a fair and balanced manner anymore. Maybe it’s time to get my news from the BBC so I can make a most informed decision.
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I started watching the BBC America channel news once and a while. It is a little better but I have not watched of late with regards to the bailout. The media bias just makes it very hard for people to get the real information about either candidate and make informative decisions. It will be an interesting election to say the least.