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Topic started on 21-11-2008 @ 02:05 AM by Frankidealist35

MSNBC is now what fox was 8 years ago. All people who complained about a bias in the media shouldn't be complaining anymore. MSNBC is taking Fox's place with propagandizing things. MSNBC doesn't report false news like Fox News did but I'm just thinking that MSNBC is showing a strong Democratic bias, which is understandable, I like the Democratic party myself, but it seems to be more partisan than any other news network. It's as if MSNBC has taken Fox's place. Does anyone else feel the same way?

reply posted on 21-11-2008 @ 02:11 AM by king Pop!p

I noticed it too, especially that guy Keith Olbermann is always talking crap.

reply posted on 21-11-2008 @ 03:33 AM by Ian McLean

I remember back in the Clinton years, huddling around the internet campfire, sharing rants about Vince Foster and 'Filegate', we referred to CNN as 'Clinton News Network'.

Everything old is new again.

reply posted on 21-11-2008 @ 05:11 AM by Resinveins

MSNBC hasn't replaced Fox News. It has supplanted it as the most ridiculously biased news network on TV though.

reply posted on 21-11-2008 @ 05:39 AM by GetOutOfMyRabbitHole

I remember that they used to call CNN the Clinton News Network, or the Communist News Network. And then there is this classic clip:

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Then of course we had Fox, and now MSNBC. But I will give MSNBC props for a couple of things, though. The only Dem I can think of on Faux News is Alan Colmes, and he is the definition of "spineless Democrat," especially when sitting next to Bully Boy Hannity. At least MSNBC has on Scarborough, and contributors like Pat Buchanan and Tucker Carlson. And Chris Matthews- he may be leaning a little left now (and after Bush, who isn't?) but I think he was pretty critical of the Clintons back in the day.

And MSNBC doesn't just have their hosts making up facts and not having them apologize when they get stuff wrong. Nor do they have hosts professing family values while flashing scantily clad women on the screen. Here is a video from Brave New Films called "Fox News Attacks Decency, with Bill O'Reilly Leading the Way"-

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reply posted on 21-11-2008 @ 05:53 AM by FlyersFan

CNN used to be called the Communist News Network because it was so far left in it's bias that it could no longer be called news. It seems to have straightened out in the past few years. They actually had the best election coverage.

MSNBC is now the Obama channel. Olberman and Chris Matthews and the rest of the leg-tingle gang are NOT news journalists - they are propaganda machines. When Matthews said it was his job to help the Obama presidency - that was the icing on the cake.

The American people deserve a NEWS channel. Not a propaganda network. We deserve to know what is going on and we deserve to have it told without agenda or bias. Unfortunately, that isn't happening anymore.

reply posted on 21-11-2008 @ 05:57 AM by GetOutOfMyRabbitHole

reply to post by FlyersFan

No, they are not journalists- really few of them are. Most of them are pundits, and they give their opinions. Journalists are just supposed to ask tough questions without bias and report the answers without bias.

This is why I get my real news from places like Democracy Now and the little I have seen on CounterPunch. And, no joke, The Daily Show and Colbert.

reply posted on 21-11-2008 @ 06:48 AM by Lucid Lunacy

Anyone that paid attention during the elections and actually watched all three of these news stations would be able to tell you this:

Fox: totally biased towards McCain
MSNBC: totally biased towards Obama
CNN: totally biased towards both

reply posted on 21-11-2008 @ 06:53 AM by DarthChrisious

That's actually one of the reasons why they took Olberman and Chris Matthews off the lead election coverage. Olberman especially became more and more biased as the campaign wore on. That turned off viewers, who went elsewhere for their election coverage. So they brought in David Gregory in an attempt to salvage their ratings.

It was either that night or the night after when Olberman went on his 10 minute tirade, lashing out at McCain and the Republicans in general - which led me to believe that the McCain campaign or the Republican Party leadership put pressure on MSNBC.

reply posted on 21-11-2008 @ 06:57 AM by GetOutOfMyRabbitHole

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I thought they were not allowed to do election coverage because they got into an on-air spat during the Primaries?

Lucid, that makes sense now that you put it like that. Of the Big 3 cable outlets you have one for the left, one for right, and one for the moderates. I don't watch much CNN, but I loves me some Jack Cafferty. He's my favorite old curmudgeon!

reply posted on 21-11-2008 @ 01:00 PM by king Pop!p

thats the one I saw. It was disgusting, Poor republicans caught a lashing indeed.

reply posted on 21-11-2008 @ 06:08 PM by FSBlueApocalypse

Both Olbermann and O'Reilly are trolls, I just like Olbermann cause he trolls for my side

reply posted on 22-11-2008 @ 11:42 AM by Benevolent Heretic

Originally posted by Lucid Lunacy
Fox: totally biased towards McCain
MSNBC: totally biased towards Obama
CNN: totally biased towards both

I agree. I watched all three (and more) and the bias is clear. On CNN, depending on the person who headed the show, I could see biases toward the right and the left.

I watch a lot of different channels to get a well-rounded view. LINK TV is the only channel that I would say doesn't show a bias, but it's International, so not entirely about the US at all.

I watch MSNBC for entertainment and to get my preferences "stroked".

Strangely, most people who watch FOX aren't able to admit the same. They think it's fair and balanced.

Unfortunately, it's difficult to find an unbiased news source. We're left on our own to watch both sides and determine the truth for ourselves. The Internet and newspapers do the best job, but even then, there are clear slants.

reply posted on 22-11-2008 @ 05:36 PM by Shocka

reply to post by FSBlueApocalypse

My feelings exactly