One has to make a concerted effort to ignore the blatant media bias towards the Obama administration. It has been backfiring as the approval ratings plummet and his agenda continues to get stalled by his own party who has a majority.

Bush was given leway at first too.

Obama has just as many haters as bush. When you lead a country of so many violent and horrific acts, your going to get focus.

Thats the way the cookie crumbles.

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Yea -- Bush did all those things.

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As far as news media goes, you're never going to see good coverage (unless you watch non-profit news).

Why? Because CNN/FOX/NBC, etc, are all broadcasting to make money. This leads to lowest-common-denominator coverage of "news" which doesn't inform, but rather entertains. And CNN will blow a real news channel out of the water any day -- for precisely this reason. CNN/Fox/etc are much better at giving people what they want (in the same way a drug dealer gives a sick junkie on the street what he wants).

It's up to people to grow up, and realize that news is sometimes boring, facts can be tedious, and knowledge/wisdom doesn't come easy. But that won't stop millions of people from tuning in to their favorite late night pundit, to get a big dose of propaganda.

If you're really waiting for some kind of revolution in the news, you're wasting your time. Oh, and btw, there's plenty of information out there for the masses -- but they chose not to educate themselves. So what are you gonna do?

I understand that the article is a question posed to the media regarding their bias towards Obama, but what about the public?

Most people criticizing Obama were virtually silent as Bush tore our country apart. I'm not talking about folks on ATS. I'm talking about the people who call Obama a socialist for taking away our rights while Bush was treated as a savior of some kind.

So, yeah, what if Bush had done that? Well, he did and people voted him in for a second term.

And in regards to the media, I'd like to ask Fox News "What if Bush had done that?". Same thing can be said, he did, but Fox News still treated him like the savior of the free world who made the hard yet necessary action to make the Constitution null and void, even in regards to American citizens. Fox News may be hard hitting against Obama, which is in stark contrast to the other media outlets, but when are they ever as harsh against a conservative, whether it be a member of congress or a president?

This is why I think the left vs. right crap is just that...crap. Because a lot of people will breath a sigh of relief once Obama is gone and a conservative/Republican is in office and does all the same things. Only he/she will also get a free pass because they are doing it for reasons they can support.

I don't care who you are, left/right--socialist/fascist--Christian/Muslim, you take my rights away, I got beef with you.

I'm not "living in the past" when I talk about Bush. I'm just using what happened with him as an example to show the mentality of the general population. It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you're on their side. You can take their rights away, start any war you want, but not if your on the other side. If your on the other side your a Fascist dictator (if your conservative) or a Socialist dictator (if your liberal).

If you protest the Conservative government and your liberal--your a terrorist.

If you protest the Liberal government and your conservative--your a terrorist.

My point is, that if a conservative is elected next term, things will shift. He/she could do even worse damage to the economy and in the wars, but people will excuse their actions just like people are doing with Obama who are on the left. Then those on the left will suddenly be concerned about their rights and their freedoms again, and Fox News will call them terrorist sympathizers.

Basically we'll all go back in time to what it was like when Bush was Prez. Bickering at eachother while those on the Hill laugh their arses off at us for being so easily manipulated, giving them the opportunity to put more money in their pockets and give themselves more power over us.

Originally posted by andy1033

Bush was given leway at first too.

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No, Bush wasn't given any leeway at first. If you all will remember, from the very beginning Bush was accused of stealing the election from Gore and we had all these people running around saying that "Bush is not my president".

Originally posted by Kaytagg
reply to [url=http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread514267

People would rather tune in to see the crater left behind from a terrorist bombing in Pakistan and hear a gallop poll about what percentage of americans prefer bottled water to tap water, than a half hour, uninterrupted discussion on investment banking reform.

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This is why I like PBS, too. Say what you want about them being beholden to their major donors interests, but I have yet to see them cut the mic on someone saying something they don't want. Or seeing Jim Leher yell and scream at someone he doesn't agree with.

My boyfriend gets annoyed when I watch the 15 minute segments of two people on opposing sides of the issue sitting at the round table while a reporter gives each of them their fair time to say what they want and counter the other persons claims.

I have yet to see a speaker call them an Obama lover, terrorist supporter, etc.

You don't get angry listening to them discuss topics. You mostly listen and form your own opinions. I've actually found that my opinions have changed a few times listening to PBS. When I listen to CNN, Fox news, etc. I don't usually do so because when your put into defense mode because someone is playing off of your emotions, you stand your ground because you feel like if you don't you've lost some kind of battle.

None of this is true with PBS news shows.

The media loves Obama. They proclaim him the first black president although he isn't fully black, hes half white. So if hes half and half then does something make him more black than white??? Haven't really researched this but I heard before that Thomas Jefferson and a few other presidents were also a % black? And if you ask any American who the first black president was they will tell you Obama, this is clearly due to the media. Ohh and Jon Stewart delivers the best news! But what time is pbs news on??