Greates Poll Question Ever
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I was better informed about Iraq, WMD, and the middle east in 2003 from BBC than I ever possibly could have been from watching Fox News or MSNBC.
I actually knew, that the evidence for WMD and imminent threats were possibly exaggerated and dubious, long before the Chimp launched the first wave of the invasion. Again, because of BBC and other independent sources. Not because of MSNBC and Fox.
I definetly knew there was something very fishy about the claims about aluminum tubes and collaborative links to al qaeda, from BBC.
I knew about the Shias and Sunnis, and the potential problems that would greet our occupation, long before bush landed on that aircraft carrier.
And I was called a 'traitor" in 2003, for even mentioning these things.
I'd say, as an ameircan citizen, I was better informed to participate in our democracy thanks to BBC and other independent media. And I would have been poorly served by Fox and the other american cable news channels.
That speaks volumes about the ability or desire of our media to inform out citizenry.
uscitizen
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Bubba has not died of terminal sleeziness yet BF ? wow, I am amazed.
IHateGovernment
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All news is biased. Read or listen to at least three varied news sources to get a good picture.
IHateGovernment
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I have also never read a news publication or listened to a news broadcast that didn't immeidately become clear to me to have a certain political leaning.
uscitizen
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LOL, I know that is not targeting this ol hillbilly
You guys keep that bitter wine and slimey fish eggs and such...
Been to france once, those guys worry more about how the little bits of food look than how they taste. The skimpy protions would starve a mouse to death. foreign film ? Why ? I can barely speak english. Well Hillphonics.
agreed.
And its critically important to not rely on primarily on one, single corporate-owned media source. Like Fox, or MSNBC or CBS.
I believe I was much better informed about iraq, wmd, and the situation that would confront us in iraq, by reading a variety of independent media, international sources, and american sources.
IHateGovernment
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Americans have the best of some things. Other things not so much.
America has the best military
Best car companies not really.
America has the best system of government
Best President not really.
America has the best military
Best car companies not really.
America has the best system of government
Best President not really.
IHateGovernment
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As far as what it being produced right now though I think foreign movies are better though. South Korea is really producing some good quality films right now in comparison to the garbage that is coming out of Hollywood.
You wouldn't see a movie like Snakes on a Plane there.
You wouldn't see a movie like Snakes on a Plane there.
Even if a news source isn't Corporate Owned doesn't necessarily make it so it isn't biased. It's ridiculous to keep pointing that out like it makes it moreso than Government Owned news sites.
Take everything with a grain of salt, read between the lines, think and learn. There is no need to tell me that Fox News is biased. I can listen and figure that out myself.
Take everything with a grain of salt, read between the lines, think and learn. There is no need to tell me that Fox News is biased. I can listen and figure that out myself.
hey! Snakes on a Plane had a heavy cult following long before it ever came out. They were going to change the name of the flick and the "outrage" from these nutjobs was huge...
I can't believe that Jackson would lend his image to this flick...
IHateGovernment
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Agreed government run or even totally independent news is still biased.
Anyone who thinks NPR doesn't have a liberal slant is kidding themselves.
Anyone who thinks NPR doesn't have a liberal slant is kidding themselves.
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Jackson has done some real dogs lately. Does he need money that bad?
klaatu
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I wouldnt see it here either.... !
Thats the beauty of American Film.. not all movies come out of Hollywood ... for every "Snakes on a Plane" there is an "American Beauty" or a "Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" .... pick your poison ... 
Are you saying that by being a defense contractor you cannot be a liberal?
Tucker Carlson (Conservative Republican),
more of a libertarian and was against the iraq war.
Don Imus (conservative-leaning independent),
voted for kerry.
-Former MSNBC shows: Michael Savage (rightwing lunatic),
was fired by msnbc.
evince
Truthmatters
Savage was hired by MSNBC president Erik Sorenson to do a one-hour show starting March 8, 2003, despite previous disparaging references to the network in his book The Savage Nation, where he calls it "More Snotty Nonsense By Creeps" and calls anchor Ashleigh Banfield "the mind-slut with a big pair of glasses that they sent to Afghanistan...She looks like she went from porno into reporting." [10] Reportedly, NBC anchor Tom Brokaw objected to hiring Savage, asking NBC executives, "Is this the sort of man who embodies the values of NBC?"[8]
On July 7, a mere four months later, he was fired for making homophobic remarks in response to a caller, later identified as prank caller Bob Foster. Savage was doing an "Airline Horror Stories" piece, when Foster called in to his show to talk about undercover security guards smoking in the bathroom. His next words were, "half hour into the flight, I need to suggest that Don and Mike should take your show so you can go to the dentist because your teeth are really bad". The words after "should" were bleeped out by an MSNBC executive. Savage then asked if Foster was a "sodomite", to which the caller answered "yes". Savage then said to the caller: "Oh, so you're one of those sodomites. You should only get AIDS and die, you pig, how's that? Why don't you see if you can sue me, you pig. You got nothing better to do than to put me down, you piece of garbage, you got nothing better to do today, go eat a sausage and choke on it. Get trichinosis. Now do we have another nice caller here who's busy because he didn't have a nice night in the bathhouse who's angry at me today? Put another, put another sodomite on....no more calls? I don't care about these bums, they mean nothing to me. They're all sausages". [11] The show then cut to a video of two people grilling sausages to the tune of "The Marines' Hymn".[8] In his own defense, Savage later stated on his radio show that he believed he was off the air during the entire conversation with the hoax caller and had been tricked by employees of the network, who he claimed set him up.
On July 7, a mere four months later, he was fired for making homophobic remarks in response to a caller, later identified as prank caller Bob Foster. Savage was doing an "Airline Horror Stories" piece, when Foster called in to his show to talk about undercover security guards smoking in the bathroom. His next words were, "half hour into the flight, I need to suggest that Don and Mike should take your show so you can go to the dentist because your teeth are really bad". The words after "should" were bleeped out by an MSNBC executive. Savage then asked if Foster was a "sodomite", to which the caller answered "yes". Savage then said to the caller: "Oh, so you're one of those sodomites. You should only get AIDS and die, you pig, how's that? Why don't you see if you can sue me, you pig. You got nothing better to do than to put me down, you piece of garbage, you got nothing better to do today, go eat a sausage and choke on it. Get trichinosis. Now do we have another nice caller here who's busy because he didn't have a nice night in the bathhouse who's angry at me today? Put another, put another sodomite on....no more calls? I don't care about these bums, they mean nothing to me. They're all sausages". [11] The show then cut to a video of two people grilling sausages to the tune of "The Marines' Hymn".[8] In his own defense, Savage later stated on his radio show that he believed he was off the air during the entire conversation with the hoax caller and had been tricked by employees of the network, who he claimed set him up.
Take off your tap dancing shoes grind:
-General Electric: 64% of PAC contributions go the Republicans Party
http://www.politicalmoneyline.com/cgi-win/x_pac_tops_all.exe?DoFn=&sYR=2006
-Tucker Carlson: Self-admitted republican. Not a liberal. Who cares if he was "against" the war. So were other republicans. That doesn't make him a liberal.
-Imus: Independent who voted against Bush. BFD. That doesn't make him a "liberal". He's a conservtive-leaning independent who hated Clinton and Gore. The point of the thread was that Krissy said MSNBC was dominated by liberals. She was wrong, and you evidently didn't read the thread.
-Savage: fired for making obscene remarks. BFD. What "liberal" network would even consider hiring him. And MSNBC's only true "liberal" talking head show was fired too - Donahue.
This is pathetic grind. You didn't even read the thread. MSNBC is NOT liberal, and you didn't even address that, let alone disprove it.
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