Fox and MSNBC are both biased, but Fox at least has Greta. Her husband is a fundraiser for Democrats. I couldn’t see MSNBC giving a prominent GOPer a prime slot every day. Scarborough doesn’t count. He’s more of a RINO.
MNBC has opinion and analysis shows, labeling them as such. The hosts are expected to give opinions, which frankly are way closer to objective reality than anything on FOX, which labels itself and many programs as news, but is simply propaganda.
And so Greta’s husband is a fundraiser for Democrats, where do ever see a real liberal on that network. At least, you don’t have Sean Hannity showing footage of an abandoned building and claiming its a Cuban hospital to Michael Moore.
And Maddow at least researches her stories and presents facts to show where the analysis comes from. Compare to Fox and Friends which regularly just make stuff up.
Guys…I have a couple of conservative friends, me, lifetime libbie damn my Yankee hide. And these are recent…some of them have had it with some of them too, but we scuffle on the tenth amendment and practice our civility, which hidebound old tortoises certainly need to do with our family, our American brothers and sisters. If they knew better they’s do better. They’vehad their kindness revalued, redefined and focused for them by some very clever people.
FOX has Colmes and Beckel and Juan Williams leans a bit left too. Like KPOM said, I can’t see NBC having any conservatives there. Seems like CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS all vie for the liberals while all the conservatives go to FOX. No wonder FOX has ratings better than all of them combined.
FOX has had really opinionated political commentators on in the evenings, Beck, O’Reilly, Huckabee, and Hannity. But are these really any less biased than MSNBC’s Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Al Sharpton, and Rachel Maddow? CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Don Lemon, and Piers Morgan are definitely liberals too, if perhaps not as blatant about it. FOX is just picked on by liberals because they disagree with the ideology, not because it’s more partisan.
Fox tends to do a better job than MSNBC of keeping the “news” team separate from the opinion team. O’Reilly and Hannity have opinion shows. Shepard Smith, Bret Baier, and Megyn Kelly have news shows. Shepard Smith is fairly liberal, Baier is conservative, and Kelly splits the difference, but they keep it on the up-and-up when they are reporting the news.
CNN is probably the most balanced, but they are struggling the most. People seem to choose their news networks based on their political leanings.
People who watch Fixed News are among the least informed and the most mis-informed people in the country. This, according to a recent questionnaire. The Daily Show is based almost totally on the shenanigans going on over at Fixed News. Without Fixed news comedians worldwide would have a harder job.
People who watch Fixed News think Obama is a Muslim, there is no global warming, tax cuts create jobs, Rupert didn’t know about the phone tapping scandal and Santa comes down the chimney.
The reason you never see any consevatives on MSNBC is because Maddow. O’Donnell, Schults etc ask real questions and won’t take BS for an answer like Fox and the networks. Does Michaell Steel count as a conservative? He is on almost every day.
I just saw Bill O’Reilly’s interview with Steve Sweeney (D), President of NJ’s state senate. He was very gracious and had a good discussion about “Jessica’s Law,” which O’Reilly feels very strong about. I don’t think I’d ever see a similar discussion on MSNBC.
Okay, Stantis. It’s clear that, like Sarah Palin, you’ve never actually SEEN Rachel Maddow. Whatever your opinion of her politics, characterizing her as “angry,” like both you did, is simply delusional. It would be like me calling Rush Limbaugh “soft-spoken” or Michael Steele “bombastic.”
firedome almost 12 years ago
yeah, i find myself strangely attracted to her, too…
KPOM almost 12 years ago
Fox and MSNBC are both biased, but Fox at least has Greta. Her husband is a fundraiser for Democrats. I couldn’t see MSNBC giving a prominent GOPer a prime slot every day. Scarborough doesn’t count. He’s more of a RINO.
dataweaver almost 12 years ago
Rachel Maddow is one of the less objectionable hosts at MSNBC. That says more about the other hosts than it says about her.
chireef almost 12 years ago
ms maddow is cute as a bug … greta not so much … but she is a bright pundit as pundits go
Darsan54 Premium Member almost 12 years ago
MNBC has opinion and analysis shows, labeling them as such. The hosts are expected to give opinions, which frankly are way closer to objective reality than anything on FOX, which labels itself and many programs as news, but is simply propaganda.
And so Greta’s husband is a fundraiser for Democrats, where do ever see a real liberal on that network. At least, you don’t have Sean Hannity showing footage of an abandoned building and claiming its a Cuban hospital to Michael Moore.
And Maddow at least researches her stories and presents facts to show where the analysis comes from. Compare to Fox and Friends which regularly just make stuff up.
tigre1 almost 12 years ago
Guys…I have a couple of conservative friends, me, lifetime libbie damn my Yankee hide. And these are recent…some of them have had it with some of them too, but we scuffle on the tenth amendment and practice our civility, which hidebound old tortoises certainly need to do with our family, our American brothers and sisters. If they knew better they’s do better. They’vehad their kindness revalued, redefined and focused for them by some very clever people.
Stormrider2112 almost 12 years ago
I like watching Rachel Maddow even in the few instances I disagree with her. My favorite host after Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
jzyehoshua almost 12 years ago
FOX has Colmes and Beckel and Juan Williams leans a bit left too. Like KPOM said, I can’t see NBC having any conservatives there. Seems like CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS all vie for the liberals while all the conservatives go to FOX. No wonder FOX has ratings better than all of them combined.
hcr1985 almost 12 years ago
Rachel Maddow always reminds me of a female Harry Potter.
jzyehoshua almost 12 years ago
FOX has had really opinionated political commentators on in the evenings, Beck, O’Reilly, Huckabee, and Hannity. But are these really any less biased than MSNBC’s Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Al Sharpton, and Rachel Maddow? CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Don Lemon, and Piers Morgan are definitely liberals too, if perhaps not as blatant about it. FOX is just picked on by liberals because they disagree with the ideology, not because it’s more partisan.
KPOM almost 12 years ago
Fox tends to do a better job than MSNBC of keeping the “news” team separate from the opinion team. O’Reilly and Hannity have opinion shows. Shepard Smith, Bret Baier, and Megyn Kelly have news shows. Shepard Smith is fairly liberal, Baier is conservative, and Kelly splits the difference, but they keep it on the up-and-up when they are reporting the news.
CNN is probably the most balanced, but they are struggling the most. People seem to choose their news networks based on their political leanings.
joe vignone almost 12 years ago
People who watch Fixed News are among the least informed and the most mis-informed people in the country. This, according to a recent questionnaire. The Daily Show is based almost totally on the shenanigans going on over at Fixed News. Without Fixed news comedians worldwide would have a harder job.
joe vignone almost 12 years ago
People who watch Fixed News think Obama is a Muslim, there is no global warming, tax cuts create jobs, Rupert didn’t know about the phone tapping scandal and Santa comes down the chimney.
KPOM almost 12 years ago
MSNBC and “truth” should be mentioned in the same sentence only in jest or irony.
Maddow is at least intelligent, but Schultz is just a whiner. At least they finally got rid of that former sports broadcaster.
common sanse almost 12 years ago
The reason you never see any consevatives on MSNBC is because Maddow. O’Donnell, Schults etc ask real questions and won’t take BS for an answer like Fox and the networks. Does Michaell Steel count as a conservative? He is on almost every day.
KPOM almost 12 years ago
I just saw Bill O’Reilly’s interview with Steve Sweeney (D), President of NJ’s state senate. He was very gracious and had a good discussion about “Jessica’s Law,” which O’Reilly feels very strong about. I don’t think I’d ever see a similar discussion on MSNBC.
JLG Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Okay, Stantis. It’s clear that, like Sarah Palin, you’ve never actually SEEN Rachel Maddow. Whatever your opinion of her politics, characterizing her as “angry,” like both you did, is simply delusional. It would be like me calling Rush Limbaugh “soft-spoken” or Michael Steele “bombastic.”