Comments on: Fair and balanced

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:24:57 +0000

“You are kidding…that’s a good one. I mean, the whole “protesters blocking the streets things weren’t REALLY intended to disrupt others right to freely assmble. No, of course not!”
Your argument is illogical. Them NOT being allowed to fill the streets would disrupt their right to freely assemble.

By: Harpuia

Harpuia — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:32:59 +0000

At least he admits his failure.

By: Pwnt

Pwnt — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:35:35 +0000

F. T. W.
yay for transcripts. and a basic understanding of cliché colloquial sayings.

By: zemme

zemme — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:19:56 +0000

seconded!

By: Gizmo42

Gizmo42 — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:25:14 +0000

Yeah thats it, link to a “study” from one of the most liberally biased media sources there is.

Just search around the net, there have been plenty of studies on it and all show a large liberal bias from the main news sources. Yes fox is biased the other way but not as much as the other are biased to the left.

Or, here’s an idea, pick up any newspaper or watch your favorite news program for a while and do your own study. Yes I’ve done it. Yes the ones I watched were heavily to the liberal side. They were cnn, cbs, abc, and nbc.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:48:02 +0000

You won’t find that link because your information is way off base. It’s “common knowledge” that the media has a liberal bias. Everyone knows it, everyone states that as fact. But it’s not. Oh look, I don’t have to promise to post my non-existant link later:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-onthemedia27-2008jul27,0,6802141.story

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:51:29 +0000

Thank you for pretty much covering what I was going to say. I do have one question though. Long way ’round red robin’s barn? What does that even mean?

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:49:38 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t it Fix news that refered to bumping fists as a “Terrorist fist jab”?

By: djmv

djmv — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:18:21 +0000

I think it was a year or two back that I saw a study done on bias in the media. THe 3 major news outlets were right at 90% democrat in their news departments. Fox News was just over 70% democrat. I guess that are conservative…in comparison. I will try to find a link for that study.

By: Gizmo42

Gizmo42 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:11:59 +0000

NPR fair and balanced????

WTF????

LOLOLLOOLOLOLOL

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

Oh, was that out loud? PBS is only slightly more balanced the NPR…. occasionally

And btw, all you ppl talking about free speech do realize that the ammendment only guarentees that the gov’t cant infringe on your right to free speech and not individuals or groups, right?

By: Nigel Powers

Nigel Powers — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:40:04 +0000

…and the Dutch.

By: Traitorfish

Traitorfish — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:11:19 +0000

Yet again, Yanks don’t seem to be able to tell the difference between “some people who can be described as liberal/conservative on certain significant issues” and “anyone, anywhere, ever who belongs to a huge, painfully ill-defined chunk of the political spectrum”.
For a people who invented modern democracy, you REALLY aren’t very good at it.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:16:22 +0000

Well sarcasm is usually picked up by tone of voice, and therefore is difficult to convey through forums.

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:58:36 +0000

Point!

By: Char

Char — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:52:05 +0000

“When Obama calls a woman a pig, you know he’s desperate and flailing.”

Sooo… are you just willfully ignorant or do actually not have any idea what you’re talking about?

Obama, Sept. 9: John McCain says he’s about change too. And so I guess his whole angle is, watch out, George Bush — except for economic policy, healthcare policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics, we’re really going to shake things up in Washington. That’s not change. That’s just calling some, the same thing something different. You know, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.

Funny… I don’t see the words “Palin”, “Woman”, or “Pit Bull” anywhere in that statement.

By: TheLarrikin

TheLarrikin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:59:36 +0000

Learn. To. Spell.

By: Aedriel

Aedriel — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:56:30 +0000

I’m intolerant of most everything except the cold and human stupidity.

The latter is so abundant I couldn’t help but learn to get over it.

(that’s not a reference to anyone, so please, nobody throw a hissyfit)

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:48:28 +0000

Damn you and your clever ways and swanky hat!!!

By: Trainwreck Chaser

Trainwreck Chaser — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:46:09 +0000

Nothing add but ZING!

By: Jane St.Clair

Jane St.Clair — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:11:59 +0000

Putting lipstick on a pig didn’t originate with McCain, Palin, or Obama. It is a very old, folktimey type saying. Like, “long way ’round red robin’s barn” or “six of one, half dozen of another” or “more [insert word] than you can shake a stick at”. Politicians love to use these phrases because it makes them more identifiable to the general pubic. This is probably why McCain used it (many times in fact, once even about Hillary Clinton so take your sexism accusations and shove them) because it makes him seem less like a guy who married a millionaire and more like someone people could “have a beer with” since that seems to be how people vote these days.

By: Jane St.Clair

Jane St.Clair — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:05:38 +0000

No no no. That was a twinkies factory. It’s confusing because they have about the same half-life.

By: some guy

some guy — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:46:37 +0000

when were there any other conservative protests other than this one?

By: some guy

some guy — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:39:32 +0000

omg,
are righties so desperate you have to take every comment out of context,
right after he said the pig comment,
he said he was refering to the system Mccain wants to put in place.

god dam,
watch the entire clip,
not just whatver fox news shows u,
god dam.

By: some guy

some guy — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:34:52 +0000

yes but its very simply see,
if lets say someone doesnt want to listen to you,
then maybe being obnoxious forces them to listen to you.

By: lolninja

lolninja — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:11:00 +0000

Since when did CNN have a liberal bias on the level of Fox’s conservative bias?

By: ema

ema — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:34:06 +0000

They think their free speech is more important than others free speech obviously.

By: truthtalker

truthtalker — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:12:38 +0000

They did find yellow cake uranium.

By: Picky

Picky — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:51:30 +0000

Have you noticed that Obama did what any troll would do? The original lipstick reference was funny and became famous, and he just jumped the chance. Amazing how you can NOT see it.

By: Ignatz

Ignatz — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:31:59 +0000

Docvumentation, please? (Frankly, this is small potatoes compared to the guns and drugs they found on those tweakers in Denver.)

By: StraightShooter

StraightShooter — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:26:07 +0000

I just absolutely can’t stand intolerant people

By: hahaha

hahaha — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:28:35 +0000

BREAKING NEWS:
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Two creatures previously believed to belong only in fairy tales have today been proven to exist: Trolls and Virgins.
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Film at 11

By: hahaha

hahaha — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:25:45 +0000

“Air America wants our airtime”? That’s about the funniest thing I’ve heard in a while. No one who plays Rush et al would be willing to blow off their advertizers to put that garbage on. And it’s *only* liberals supporting it. Maybe Air America’s folks don’t because they know what a bad precident it is and how it could turn on them. But I wouldn’t know if that’s true or not ’cause I have better things to do with my time than listen to AA – like watching paint dry.

By: dead flag

dead flag — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:44:03 +0000

Shame it’s not very funny.

By: dead flag

dead flag — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:43:09 +0000

Yes, but when ‘they’ i.e. #FOX news# hear an opponent talk, all they hear is blah blah blah’ regardless of what is actually being said…

By: dead flag

dead flag — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:39:45 +0000

*claps*

It’s a sad reflection on the state of affairs when that sort of statement is taken as a straightforward opinion rather than sarcasm.

By: ---

--- — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:36:32 +0000

They were too busy putting on their white hoods and lighting up crosses.

By: lol

lol — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:35:41 +0000

Fox news trivializes and insults people who disagree with them instead of talking about the issues. It’s an entertainment channel, not real news.

By: ck

ck — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:32:06 +0000

The average education level of Fox news viewers is pretty damn poor. No wonder they have to reiterate their talking points using simple words in big font. They covered the RNC speeches like they were talking to idiots.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:01:05 +0000

Double entendre: he haz it!

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:55:59 +0000

I’m gonna go ahead and say that the protesters were intolerant, because when they arrested the hippies they found a bunch of Molotov cocktails, bags of urine, and chemical solvents. That’s not free speech. It’s terrorism, and they absolutely deserved to be arrested for such a thing.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:52:18 +0000

I was trying to figure out who listens to Air America. So you’re the guy!

By: PortlandMark

PortlandMark — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:37:54 +0000

Or gather together some buddies, meth, and rifles and plan to off the Democratic contender… wait…

By: PortlandMark

PortlandMark — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:35:03 +0000

Which explains why so many Fox viewers *still* think we found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, or that Saddam had a 9/11 connection.

By: PortlandMark

PortlandMark — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:32:06 +0000

Documentation, please. So far it’s only the righties running scared. “Oh no, Air America wants our airtime!” As a listener to Air America, I can tell you none of their hosts and none of the Democratic politicians I’ve ever heard of have one good thing to say about the Fairness Doctrine. Druggie Limbaugh et al sure seem scared that someone might pass it though!

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:35:13 +0000

Sorry herb, that monkey’s free and there ain’t no putting it back! hehe

By: herb

herb — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:31:50 +0000

Oh no, they -still- call it that. I mean, it is chock full of bleeding eart Clintonistas like Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck who shamelessly pander to the left-wing agenda…

No, wait–

By: blah blah black sheep

blah blah black sheep — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:04:56 +0000

That’s what they’re there to say?

Seems clear to me.

By: TheLarrikin

TheLarrikin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:51:02 +0000

If you are denying others the right to free public assembly, you might as well be a terrorist. It’s like taking a news network off the air when they don’t agree with your opinion – different right, same purpose. Well, maybe terrorist is too harsh a word – more like, Traitor.

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:53:40 +0000

Well they used to say CNN stood for Clinton News Network..

By: PiMan

PiMan — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:51:59 +0000

I can explain it.
Either you were being sarcastic or stupid. (Take your pick)