Comments on: horde vs alliance http://shutdownnow.com/2008/10/01/horde-vs-alliance Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:49:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jared http://shutdownnow.com/2008/10/01/horde-vs-alliance/comment-page-1#comment-90 Jared Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:32:31 +0000 http://shutdownnow.com/?p=45#comment-90 Every time I watch Fox News, I find myself disgusted at the amount of "right" propaganda that is spewed forth. Local news here in Utah is even worse (don't even get me started on the newspapers). On the other hand, CNN is blatantly to the left. Both try to project an image of fairness, but do so very poorly. I posted a "liberal" comment on a Fox News website last week, and they censored it. Flat out, censored it. Media bias exists, sure, but it does goth ways. Unlike journalists, I as a therapist understand that escaping bias is impossible. What I think media needs is a healthy dose of devil's advocacy. That would certainly help paint a brighter pictured (...and no, Alan Colmes doesn't count). For me, that's the beauty of the Intarnetweb; I get to find out more detail than I would ever get from the local or national talking heads. I'm glad to have at least that. Every time I watch Fox News, I find myself disgusted at the amount of “right” propaganda that is spewed forth. Local news here in Utah is even worse (don’t even get me started on the newspapers). On the other hand, CNN is blatantly to the left. Both try to project an image of fairness, but do so very poorly. I posted a “liberal” comment on a Fox News website last week, and they censored it. Flat out, censored it.

Media bias exists, sure, but it does goth ways. Unlike journalists, I as a therapist understand that escaping bias is impossible. What I think media needs is a healthy dose of devil’s advocacy. That would certainly help paint a brighter pictured (…and no, Alan Colmes doesn’t count).

For me, that’s the beauty of the Intarnetweb; I get to find out more detail than I would ever get from the local or national talking heads. I’m glad to have at least that.

]]> By: dbmcclean http://shutdownnow.com/2008/10/01/horde-vs-alliance/comment-page-1#comment-89 dbmcclean Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:26:14 +0000 http://shutdownnow.com/?p=45#comment-89 Keb, if you ever read this, I felt that your quote was small enough that I was within fair use, but I'll remove it (and the citation) from this post if you want. Keb, if you ever read this, I felt that your quote was small enough that I was within fair use, but I’ll remove it (and the citation) from this post if you want.

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