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Dan Rather's Liberal Bias

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Chesapeake Silt

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Some of those 'Ratherisms' are fucking classic. I think I'll watch Rather on election night just to see what insane imagery he comes up with this time around.
 
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cvkpaladin

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It's funny how liberals have been proven to be right on most issues throughout history.
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Now, give me examples on how liberals have been right on most issues throughout history. Not saying you're wrong, but giving me a blanket statement such as this without any evidence to back-up your claim is foolhardy.
 
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Drinky Crow

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It's funny how liberal Deists created America and gave us all the Constitution -- yes, even the 2nd Amendment.

If it weren't for the libs, we'd still be a colony and Ripclawe would be able to vote Tory.
 
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sefskillz

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this is awesome

Bill O’Reilly: “I want to ask you flat out, do you think President Clinton’s an honest man?”
Dan Rather: “Yes, I think he’s an honest man.”
O’Reilly: “Do you, really?”
Rather: “I do.”
O’Reilly: “Even though he lied to Jim Lehrer’s face about the Lewinsky case?”
Rather: “Who among us has not lied about something?”
O’Reilly: “Well, I didn’t lie to anybody’s face on national television. I don’t think you have, have you?”
Rather: “I don’t think I ever have. I hope I never have. But, look, it’s one thing – “
O’Reilly: “How can you say he’s an honest guy then?”
Rather: “Well, because I think he is. I think at core he’s an honest person. I know that you have a different view. I know that you consider it sort of astonishing anybody would say so, but I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things.”
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pnjtony

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Has anyone really browsed this Media Research Center's website? It's 100% biased. In all their articles showing a bias, NOT ONCE do they show the obvious Fox bias. For once i'd like to see a media watchdog site that'll show CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and FOX bias. They all have them.
 
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LinesInTheSand

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What's so biased about Fox News? The fact that they don't have the liberal spin that every other network does? They are about as close to fair and equal as the various political networks come.
 
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effzee

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LinesInTheSand said:
What's so biased about Fox News? The fact that they don't have the liberal spin that every other network does? They are about as close to fair and equal as the various political networks come.
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HAHAH LMAO

what is this a joke post?
 
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seismologist

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LinesInTheSand said:
What's so biased about Fox News? The fact that they don't have the liberal spin that every other network does? They are about as close to fair and equal as the various political networks come.
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heheh. I feel sorry for you.
 
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pnjtony

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HAHAHA, that WAS funny. I'll agree that EVERY news organization shows bits of bias here and there. I mean they're human right? But it's the FOX network that's like 95% right wing biased here.

I remember when Brit Hume said just before going into a story about Kerry. "Assuming Kerry wins the election, god forbid, blah blah blah" and on it went. That was hilarious.

Are you trying to say that a journalist with that kind of attitude ISN'T biased?
 
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JoshuaJSlone

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I'm not going to bother reading all of those many, many quotes at the linked-to site... but can someone list the ones they found particularly shocking? Most of them just seem to be reporting on issues that are partisan. Like

Treating Liberal Spin as Fact: "President Bush tonight outlines his cut-federal-programs-to-get-a-tax-cut plan to Congress and the nation. Democrats will then deliver their televised response, which basically says Mr. Bush’s ideas are risky business, endangering among other things, Social Security and Medicare."
— February 27, 2001.
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Greeting Both Parties with Liberal Spin: "Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore officially introduced his history-making running mate today, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut. History-making because Lieberman is of Jewish heritage and faith. The two started running right away. In their first joint appearance they gave a preview of the Gore-Lieberman fight-back, come-back strategy. Their message: They represent the future, not the past, and they are the ticket of high moral standards most in tune with real mainstream America."
— August 8, 2000.
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videogamer

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pnjtony said:
Has anyone really browsed this Media Research Center's website? It's 100% biased. In all their articles showing a bias, NOT ONCE do they show the obvious Fox bias. For once i'd like to see a media watchdog site that'll show CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and FOX bias. They all have them.
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Media Research Center (MRC) is a conservative media watchdog group
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From their own website. They are known for trying to show how the media is liberal. Keep in mind that they have a present agenda and probably view things differently than other people.
 
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Yossarian

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LinesInTheSand said:
What's so biased about Fox News? The fact that they don't have the liberal spin that every other network does? They are about as close to fair and equal as the various political networks come.
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They're about as conservative as CBS is liberal, but that doesn't make them any more correct. There are a couple much more moderate networks.
 
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Yossarian

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You're quoting a rabidly conservative site as proof that someone else has a liberal bias? You, sir, are the poster boy for Zombie Nation.
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does that make it any less true? Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
 
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sc0la

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Campaign finance reform is anti-free speech? news to me. I didn't know corporations were granted that freedom under the constitution.
 
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Hitokage

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Marginally meaningful Conservative/Liberal argument aside, I just find it amusing how a media which has been clowning for YEARS now suddenly gets shocked when one of its members does a pathetically poor job of it. The hypocrisy is almost blinding.
 
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Yossarian

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scola said:
Campaign finance reform is anti-free speech? news to me. I didn't know corporations were granted that freedom under the constitution.
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well, they were. The first ammendment to the constitution gives every individual the right to freedom of speech, and by statutes passed by congress, corporations are considered individuals and granted all their legal rights including the freedom of speech.

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AssMan

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Does anyone think both candidates are idiots?


You can't really know if Bush will make the economy stronger, health insurance, social security.....



With John Kerry, he's a flip flopper. Voted at least 98 times in the senate to raise taxes. Now he says he wants to lower taxes.

-most liberal shit head. More liberal than Ted Kennedy and Hilary Clinton.

-SAME people who lied for Clinton about the Monica case are backing up Kerry.


I'm not voting for this election.
 
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sc0la

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Yossarian said:
well, they were. The first ammendment to the constitution gives every individual the right to freedom of speech, and by statutes passed by congress, corporations are considered individuals and granted all their legal rights including the freedom of speech.

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I actually knew that corporations are "personified" as individuals by US law. The fact is I don't care if a corporation is marginally infringed upon as long as they are all infringed upon equally.

And no the constitution does not specifically grant them this freedom directly, only their status as granted to them by US law grants them that freedom under the constitution. but that is all just semantics really
 
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Incognito

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AssMan said:
Does anyone think both candidates are idiots?


You can't really know if Bush will make the economy stronger, health insurance, social security.....



With John Kerry, he's a flip flopper. Voted at least 98 times in the senate to raise taxes. Now he says he wants to lower taxes.

-most liberal shit head. More liberal than Ted Kennedy and Hilary Clinton.

-SAME people who lied for Clinton about the Monica case are backing up Kerry.


I'm not voting for this election.
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is this is a joke post??

:lol :lol :lol

You can't really know if Bush will make the economy stronger, health insurance, social security.....
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how about his current track record on those three issues?
 
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Nintendo Ate My Children

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Dan Rather's politics obviously have a liberal slant, but it seems to show itself more bluntly whenever the Bushes (Sr. or W.) are involved. I still remember people commenting about how he seemed to literally hate George Bush Sr. when he moderated the 1992 presidential debate. It was like it went beyond simply having different political views. Rather seemed to have an extreme personal dislike of the president. They're both Texans, maybe that has something to do with it. Who knows.
 
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