The Liberal Media
 

I was just wondering...

If it's okay for corporations to make political donations, and since the Media has such a liberal bias, how would folks feel if, say, CBS* made a substantial donation to get Democrats elected?

*I work for CBS and I am simply using them as an example. My question and my opinions do not represent those of CBS.

Corporations are free to make political donations. That said, media corporations that produce news programming should refrain IMHO, if only to create an appearance of objectivity.

I guess it's a bit ironic, but the news media I trust the most is (partially) government funded - the PBS Newshour, and to a lesser degree NPR news programming. I find the big three (ABC, NBC and CBS) to be dumbed-down infotainment and Fox News to be propaganda.

gee then the horse manure that the media is liberal would finally be more than a Palin war cry.

We need Fox to balance out PBS. I do agree most news is crap.

Pete

Right. Lies are always necessary to balance out the truth. :)

John

Lol!

Pete

And by the way, Pete, how many hours a day does PBS devote to news?*

Now, how many hours for Fox News Channel?**

John

* Answer: 1
** Answer: Their name ought to give you a teensy weensy hint.

That wasn't exactly a joke.

John

Hmmm. A trick question. Zero.

We apparently need them to donate $1M to the Republican Governor's Association as well.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_684462.html

Now, when I saw this I thought "I bet this is only part of the story". So I did a little research and turns out it is. Looks like they're all in the habit of making donations. I found this article written specifically to justify the Fox donation.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/...ney_170967.asp

But I have to say, after reading it, I feel two things.

1. I'm pretty cynical about media companies playing both sides of the fence. Seems like "protection" money to me. What a racket. I have to pay you both off to make sure you legislate with me in mind. That's BS.

2. Damn, those Fox guys aren't even pretending to be unbiased. It's one thing to complain about the "Liberal Media", but if the case had been what I laid out in the first post of this thread CBS would be crucified! We say one thing when there is PROOF that the opposite is true! Fox isn't "offsetting" anything. They're stacking the deck and nobody cares!