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Swifty
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There are 3 national cable news networks that attract more or less 100% of news viewership. Fox attracts about 50% and it's news is skewed to the right. CNN and MSNBC get about 50 % together but both are considered national news sources and they try to remain some what neutral.

Why are there these constant media bias charges from Trump and the right? In respect to national cable news--if Fox is included--it seems overall the news is weighted way to the right. I have to watch news with conservatives constantly interjecting that they lose a minute here and there because of unfair coverage by CNN and MSNBC. You let that person speak for 3 minutes without interruption and I only got 2 1/2 minutes kind of stuff. This does not happen on FOX.

Does anyone know what is happening here? It appears the right is constant bullying for more coverage.


 
Posted : October 16, 2016 12:49 pm
OriginalGoober
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Thank God for Fox News. Otherwise, this is an example of the kind of pablum the left is spewing out their hedonistic sewer:

Peter Thiel Shows Us There's a Difference Between Gay Sex and Gay
http://archive.is/kTlTL#selection-1401.0-1401.65


 
Posted : October 16, 2016 2:45 pm
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Anyone who relies on Fox for information and /or insight is just attracting flies Cool


 
Posted : October 16, 2016 3:15 pm
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Here is an example of what I was referring to

Trump’s surrogates were determined during appearances on the Sunday morning political talk shows to blow beyond the sexual-assault allegations, accusing the media of bias and insisting that the media had not paid enough attention to the hacked WikiLeaks emails that have embarrassed Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/16/pence-delicately-breaks-with-trump-on-attacks-against-accusers-softens-rigged-election-rhetoric/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_pp-pence-2pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory


 
Posted : October 16, 2016 3:31 pm
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Sensationalism AKA sex sells & sensationalism pure & simple wins the ratings...perhaps if TrumptyDumpty adopted a more dignified approach to this issue and others?...hhmmm?


 
Posted : October 16, 2016 3:40 pm
Swifty
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Thank God for Fox News. Otherwise, this is an example of the kind of pablum the left is spewing out their hedonistic sewer:

Peter Thiel Shows Us There's a Difference Between Gay Sex and Gay
http://archive.is/kTlTL#selection-1401.0-1401.65

Did you read the article? It seems to be about a republican man who endorsed Trump at the convention who likes sex with men but is not gay. This could really apply to a lot of Republicans like Larry Craig who like toilet sessions with men but don't refer to themselves as gay. I would think this should be a Fox News article.


 
Posted : October 16, 2016 3:40 pm
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Geraldo, Stossel & Watters should all do special in-depth reports, then appear on O'Reilly to argue w/Monica Crowley (before her gender transformation is complete!)...then Krauthammer & Goldberg can editorialize...Fox could rerun the segments all day 11/9...


 
Posted : October 16, 2016 3:45 pm
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The media spent hours talking about Trumps 11 year old womanizer tape and about 8.7 seconds talking about the contents of the Wikileaks emails.

I bet Hillary was pissed missing out on all of that "free PR."


 
Posted : October 18, 2016 12:57 pm
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The media spent hours talking about Trumps 11 year old womanizer tape and about 8.7 seconds talking about the contents of the Wikileaks emails.

I bet Hillary was pissed missing out on all of that "free PR."

Saying that one will be dating a 10 year old in 10 years is effed up. That you don't think so says more about you than the media or anyone else.


 
Posted : October 18, 2016 1:25 pm
alloak41
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The media spent hours talking about Trumps 11 year old womanizer tape and about 8.7 seconds talking about the contents of the Wikileaks emails.

I bet Hillary was pissed missing out on all of that "free PR."

Saying that one will be dating a 10 year old in 10 years is effed up. That you don't think so says more about you than the media or anyone else.

I guess so. I've been dating a girl half my age for a while now. Pretty effed up, great though.


 
Posted : October 18, 2016 9:04 pm
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