Media Bias

Nothing? No response to my post? Chico we're not going to get anywhere if you just keep listening to idiot media talking heads spout idiotic media theories that get people to tune in. You're as bad as the "triggered left." The goal is viewership/clicks. That brings money in, which keeps the machine turning. We've been over this. You keep tuning in, which feeds the beast. Meanwhile, nobody has heard shit or gives a shit about actual things like Trump personally trying to hire the guy that could (read: won't) bring charges against him.

Bingo!

FOX news with an article about a rival who is anti trump,there is a surprise!

You do realize Rachel Maddow is an opinion show,no different than Hannity,right?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rachel-maddow-niger-travel-ban_us_59ea060fe4b05b4f1c3ad52f

That’s the huffington post article killing Mandow. Enjoy some light reading this morning

Yes hannity and mandow are essentially the same song. Agree

Nothing? No response to my post? Chico we're not going to get anywhere if you just keep listening to idiot media talking heads spout idiotic media theories that get people to tune in. You're as bad as the "triggered left." The goal is viewership/clicks. That brings money in, which keeps the machine turning. We've been over this. You keep tuning in, which feeds the beast. Meanwhile, nobody has heard shit or gives a shit about actual things like Trump personally trying to hire the guy that could (read: won't) bring charges against him.

Thought I addressed everything. Apologies if I didn’t.

yes, but to me it’s interesting that Muffington Post would go after Mandow who is like the progressive media jedi. Good to see!

I hear what you are saying mooby, and even agree that it raises a question of impropriety.

That said it is a fact that all the US attorneys serve as part of the executive branch, and are nominated by the president. And approved by the Senate. I am a bit shocked to learn that the president or Attorney General dont as a matter of course interview those who are nominated for these positions, given that there are only about 90 in the whole country and serve a unique and important role in our government.

You're right, it is a fact. However, you would think the Justice Dept. would handle the hiring of federal attorneys, seeing as how they're the ones that have done it since forever. Trump is the first President to actually conduct the interview process for that job.

Seriously if Obama was the one doing this the right would be screaming collusion, and we would be the ones accused of sitting by ignoring it.

I don't know if it's media bias, media stupidity, or the pure degradation of journalism; but one thing I do know is that every headline writer should have to explain how the f*** they create a story's headline.

For Example:
Headline -U.S.
‘Really Big’ Earthquake Is Coming, Striking 7 Million People in the Worst Natural Disaster in North American History
Newsweek Dana Dovey,Newsweek 6 hours ago


Opening Paragraph(emphasis mine): The last time the Juan de Fuca oceanic plate jolted under the North American plate, unleashing a 9.0 earthquake, was in 1700. With the event scheduled to happen once every 500 years or so, we are due for another any day now. Although it's not clear what will happen when this mega quake does hit, researchers at the University of Washington recently presented 50 possible scenarios of how the event might unfold.
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Ok, so either there is a typo and it should read every 300 years or so, OR
being due for a jolt any day now covers roughly 183 years.

Either way the headline is cataclysmic and the final line of the article tells the real truth:
Oral history of Native American tribes living on the Pacific West Coast in 1700 describe entire tribes being swept away with post-earthquake tsunamis, but 500 years of geological and technological advancements point to the next quake being far less devastating. [minor lol that even in this conclusion the author is writing for the year 2200 (1700+500)]

crazy bad headline/fearmongering article with absolutely no merit (I gave the citation, but I don't see the point in actually linking it)

I ain't denying trash journalism exists today, because it does. That article is pure fear-mongering. If it happens every 500 years we'll be dead by the time it happens again.

Another in the faux hyper fearmongering style:

HEADLINE:
Here's what would happen if North Korea hit the US with an EMP that could take out 90% of the population

First 3 bolded points in article:

Experts recently told Congress that a North Korean electromagnetic-pulse attack on the US could wipe out 90% of the population.

EMP attacks are unproven, and the academic community finds this claim ridiculous.

Even if North Korea did pull off the attack, it wouldn't hurt the US's nuclear systems that are hardened against EMPs
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I don't know how many articles since Trump was elected have had these Armageddon kind of tones, especially around NK, but clearly most if not all are sensationalism at its worst. And the underlying intent is to create a tone of fear that subverts the national dialogue. It is really pathetic

Another in the faux hyper fearmongering style:

HEADLINE:
Here's what would happen if North Korea hit the US with an EMP that could take out 90% of the population

First 3 bolded points in article:

Experts recently told Congress that a North Korean electromagnetic-pulse attack on the US could wipe out 90% of the population.

EMP attacks are unproven, and the academic community finds this claim ridiculous.

Even if North Korea did pull off the attack, it wouldn't hurt the US's nuclear systems that are hardened against EMPs
_______

I don't know how many articles since Trump was elected have had these Armageddon kind of tones, especially around NK, but clearly most if not all are sensationalism at its worst. And the underlying intent is to create a tone of fear that subverts the national dialogue. It is really pathetic


What is your opinion on the right wingnuts press and this???

How Pizzagate went from fake news to a real problem for a D.C. business | PolitiFact (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/dec/05/how-pizzagate-went-fake-news-real-problem-dc-busin/)

ok chico, lets talk bias

12 hours vs. 20 minutes: Fox News focuses on Weinstein harassment, ignoring O'Reilly - Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-fox-news-weinstein-oreilly-20171026-story.html)

ok chico, lets talk bias

12 hours vs. 20 minutes: Fox News focuses on Weinstein harassment, ignoring O'Reilly - Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-fox-news-weinstein-oreilly-20171026-story.html)

I’m shocked