I opened up my copy of the Strib today and saw something that made me laugh so hard I almost went to Methodist for oxygen. A letter from a reader regarding Rush Limbaugh's new contract with Clear Channel had the following line in it:
Radio shows such as Rush's are the only place that conservatives can get the whole picture. We certainly can't get it from the liberal news media...with the state of Public Radio and Air America, I'm wondering if it isn't just plain jealousy that is causing the complaints.
Putting aside the fallacy of the liberal news media (more on that tomorrow), um..."the whole picture?"
BWAA HAH HA HA BWA HAH HAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Try a PERFECT picture of propaganda. This is just another example of how conservatives can't process new information (see actual scientific proof) and have to go to a source that tells them what they want and need to here. This also proves how Rush's listeners aren't seeking entertainment but what they feel is news. I wonder if this letter writer, and others who feel like him, understand that Clear Channel pays people like Limbaugh to make sure that their corporate interests...Republican interests....are met in Washington. Now that I think about it, this would also be an example of how US Corporations, not the government, are the ones that are really running the show.
I will give him Air America, though. No doubt that has a liberal bias.
But Public Radio? Nope. Just because they report something you don't like, something that is culturally diverse, or something that is from another culture's point of view (see: white fear, paranoia, and insecurity) doesn't make it "liberal." Often dry and even sometimes boring is NPR but liberal?
Well, I suppose when you see enemies around every corner....
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The two main news shows on NPR report the news without spin. However, on occasion I've heard the host of one weekend show with a "hip" slant make snarky remarks that betray a bias. That raised my eyebrows because that almost never happens on NPR.
The phrase "getting the whole picture" betrays much of the mindset of conservatives (and some liberals, to be truthful). Many people these days are not really interested in the news. They want to hear opinions laced with cherry-picked facts to reinforce ingrained ideas. Hearing anything that disagrees with that refrain angers them.
This is exactly how the Bush administration has been operating for the last seven years. Whenever reality intrudes on their fantasies they stick their fingers in their ears and chant, "La, la, la, la, I can't hear you!"
This kind of "news" is the worst thing for us as a nation. If we don't get straight information we can't make the right decisions. We wind up invading the wrong country for the wrong reason.
Sadly, NPR and CPB are almost alone in reporting real news. CNN, Fox, local TV news, etc., are much more interested in tabloid stories than real information. It's because their real job is selling fast food, floor wax and cars for the sponsors. Like Limbaugh and Air America, they're just entertainment.
Agreed, blk. I don't see any liberal bias in the major networks at all. It's more tabloid bias. How many stories were there about A Rod and Madonna? Why is this important to me...I don't give a flying fig!
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