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gocatgo Champion Author South Carolina Posts:15,669 Points:2,532,405 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Jun 17, 2011 1:31:40 AM Ignore gocatgo Report Abuse Are tv news programs too biased? Many times the answer is yes. When only one point of view is represented or everyone is ganging up on a guest, the answer is usually yes. Constant negative news about a politician in the news can sometimes be a sign of biased news. However gotcha questions can be gotcha answers too which happens quite often. I try to watch as many different News programs as possible. Relying on only one source that always agrees with your point of view will limit your knowledge about national and world events.

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Are tv news programs too biased?

Many times the answer is yes. When only one point of view is represented or everyone is ganging up on a guest, the answer is usually yes. Constant negative news about a politician in the news can sometimes be a sign of biased news. However gotcha questions can be gotcha answers too which happens quite often.

I try to watch as many different News programs as possible. Relying on only one source that always agrees with your point of view will limit your knowledge about national and world events.

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EvPv Champion Author Maine Posts:1,049 Points:267,745 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 16, 2013 12:11:45 AM Ignore EvPv Report Abuse When I get tired of the left and right hyper tint, I can always trust the business news for an unbiased reporting of the facts. If a business reporter is a hack, they do not last long.
mnrick041 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:14,321 Points:1,371,385 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 2:48:19 PM Ignore mnrick041 Report Abuse PDN57 wrote: "They wont touch Chicago and all the killings and they have the strictest gun laws in the US " The Chicago crime problem has been all over the national news and they have even brought up the fact that Chicago had a total handgun ban. What the media does is get people on there who blame the problem on Chicago's close proximity to Wisconsin and Indiana where handguns are easy to get. Today I wanted to comment on something I saw in the news. Someone on Fox was talking about media bias in the Dorner murder case. They were commenting about how Dorner, a left winger who loves CNN and Ellen Degeneres (by his own admission), has been shown by the national media in his military outfits with a nice smile as if they are trying to make him look like a good guy fighting evil. On the other hand, there were just as many pictures available of Tim McVeigh but the one the media almost always used was that one where he is in orange with that thousand yard stare in his eyes. Is the media trying to make Dorner look like a nice guy? A service man with a smile who is fighting a system that screws people over? It was just a interesting conversation on Fox News, I thought it made sense.
musicreporter All-Star Author San Antonio Posts:626 Points:135,490 Joined:Dec 2012	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 11:00:26 AM Ignore musicreporter Report Abuse sometimes
PDN57 All-Star Author San Bernardino Posts:727 Points:137,795 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Feb 7, 2013 11:40:41 AM Ignore PDN57 Report Abuse The news media only reports on stories they want you to know about. And when they do report on something else its always biased. They wont touch Chicago and all the killings and they have the strictest gun laws in the US
Cirdan Champion Author Nevada Posts:2,020 Points:124,585 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 12:46:54 AM Ignore Cirdan Report Abuse I think it was the CBS news director saying Obama should take this opportunity to destroy Republicans. That's unbiased?
Snowchoux Champion Author Missouri Posts:1,003 Points:145,635 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2013 12:25:48 PM Ignore Snowchoux Report Abuse Yes, they are edited to whichever way they want you to believe.
Noreen9 Sophomore Author Cape Coral Posts:104 Points:2,060 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Aug 15, 2012 9:33:26 AM Ignore Noreen9 Report Abuse Are tv news programs too biased? Yes. That's part of the problem. But the way the news is delivered to us is antagonistic. Every guest is angry and when there are more than one point of view being expressed they talk over each other and get louder and louder. It's just simply upsetting and depressing. It just adds to the noise in this country and doesn't do ANY good.
Cirdan Champion Author Nevada Posts:2,020 Points:124,585 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2012 1:52:49 AM Ignore Cirdan Report Abuse Excellent slideshow JD!
jdhelm Champion Author Iowa Posts:11,886 Points:1,200,840 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Jul 26, 2012 11:27:24 AM Ignore jdhelm Report Abuse I've put together several albums, here's one with some of the biased TV News Bigshots TV News bias - 43 photos
Cirdan Champion Author Nevada Posts:2,020 Points:124,585 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Jul 3, 2012 1:40:33 AM Ignore Cirdan Report Abuse How about Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC editing a Mitt Romney piece to deliberately make him look clueless on technology, when the unedited version was plainly the exact opposite. On the other hand, you can't really call MSNBC a news channel. The only good thing is no one watches it.
unh044 Sophomore Author New Hampshire Posts:119 Points:114,070 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Jun 28, 2012 8:47:21 AM Ignore unh044 Report Abuse news isn't news anymore, its either propaganda, or entertainment
PatAZ Champion Author Tucson Posts:9,253 Points:122,460 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 9:54:22 AM Ignore PatAZ Report Abuse Of course they are and getting worse.
WES03 Champion Author Maryland Posts:4,854 Points:1,267,020 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Apr 29, 2012 8:45:08 AM Ignore WES03 Report Abuse You mean like when NBC altered Zimmerman's 911 call?
01DuraMAX Champion Author Tacoma Posts:3,491 Points:719,065 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Apr 24, 2012 6:33:11 PM Ignore 01DuraMAX Report Abuse The news media needs to be prosecuted for their biases . Why didn't you hear about this one??????? Black teens Beat 50 yr old with a hammer
beetle9711 Veteran Author Pittsburgh Posts:321 Points:88,475 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Apr 23, 2012 10:21:34 AM Ignore beetle9711 Report Abuse yes
mnrick041 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:14,321 Points:1,371,385 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 1:31:16 AM Ignore mnrick041 Report Abuse Absolutely, this whole Zimmerman thing has gone way too far. I live in a city where black kids get shot on a regular basis, and while about 80 percent of them are up to no good once in awhile a innocent one gets hit, the latest was only 3 years old and was killed while playing in his own yard. All this goes on and the media gives it a little lip service, it might be in the paper for a day or two but basically nobody cares, the local NAACP has nothing to say about it and neither does anybody else. I suspect it is the same all over the country. Black on black, same crap different day. However, any time a white person (or in this case a half white person) does something questionable to a black person the media gets all over it, Sharpton crawls out of his hole, along with Jesse Jackson and all the rest. It is just the race baiting media, they wont be happy until a few Florida cities are up in flames, getting torn apart by looters (black of course), then they will blame that on Zimmerman as well.
01DuraMAX Champion Author Tacoma Posts:3,491 Points:719,065 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Apr 9, 2012 1:55:59 PM Ignore 01DuraMAX Report Abuse Absolutely,,, They should be fined big time for trying to lynch Zimmerman. NBC fired the producer on Thursday. The Media Frenzy attempts to write the news not report it... I trust FOX more than the rest.
WES03 Champion Author Maryland Posts:4,854 Points:1,267,020 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Apr 4, 2012 9:07:27 AM Ignore WES03 Report Abuse NBC just had to apologize for altering Zimmerman 911 call.
tankerCA Champion Author Chico Posts:2,593 Points:355,655 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Apr 3, 2012 12:33:02 PM Ignore tankerCA Report Abuse NBC Deceptively Edits 9-1-1 call to push Racialist agenda Sharpton Plans "Escalating Civil Disobedience" If Zimmerman Remains Free MSNBC Fixes False Report Which Made Zimmerman Look Racist, Doesn't Acknowledge Error
daver39 Champion Author Toledo Posts:8,320 Points:1,681,245 Joined:Jun 2003	Message Posted: Mar 5, 2012 5:39:10 AM Ignore daver39 Report Abuse yes
tankerCA Champion Author Chico Posts:2,593 Points:355,655 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 10:22:28 AM Ignore tankerCA Report Abuse Lawrence O'Donnell says critics called the original GI Bill welfare
tankerCA Champion Author Chico Posts:2,593 Points:355,655 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 10:19:11 AM Ignore tankerCA Report Abuse [L=http://news.yahoo.com/text deleted Calls Lawrence O‘Donnell’s MSNBC ‘Lean Forward’ Ad ‘Mostly False’[/L] *Snippet: "One of the latest ads in the network's "Lean Forward" campaign, a string of overtly partisan rants from primetime hosts, has Last Word anchor Lawrence O'Donnell making the case for the G I bill as “the most successful educational program that we’ve ever had in this country” which O'Donnell claims was criticized by opponents as welfare. Politifact analysis has determined O'Donnell's statement to be 'mostly false.'"
daver39 Champion Author Toledo Posts:8,320 Points:1,681,245 Joined:Jun 2003	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 6:34:20 AM Ignore daver39 Report Abuse Happy Presidents Day all!
HomelyGrits Sophomore Author Dayton Posts:224 Points:44,055 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Feb 15, 2012 7:55:44 AM Ignore HomelyGrits Report Abuse Yes, on BOTH sides.
HomelyGrits Sophomore Author Dayton Posts:224 Points:44,055 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Feb 15, 2012 7:55:43 AM Ignore HomelyGrits Report Abuse Yes, on BOTH sides.
tankerCA Champion Author Chico Posts:2,593 Points:355,655 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 14, 2012 8:50:04 PM Ignore tankerCA Report Abuse Media bias: A tale of two stories proof of bias. NBC: Republicans 'Quick to Lash Out' at Obama Budget snippet: "In an attempt to frame Republican opposition to the President's 2013 budget proposal as merely political posturing, NBC Today co-host Ann Curry announced to viewers on Tuesday: "President Obama unveiled his new budget plan on Monday and with this being an election year, his Republican rivals were quick to lash out in opposition." [Edited by: tankerCA at 2/14/2012 8:50:53 PM EST]
gocatgo Champion Author South Carolina Posts:15,669 Points:2,532,405 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Sep 15, 2011 1:23:23 PM Ignore gocatgo Report Abuse Tanker, "ripping under God", I caught that. I also caught the on air apology that you did not acknowledge. Hep, "sensationalism" gets high ratings. They all do it and make big bucks.
gcampbel99 Sophomore Author Cincinnati Posts:224 Points:94,465 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Sep 15, 2011 9:09:01 AM Ignore gcampbel99 Report Abuse They are very biased and it drives me nuts...I think they think we're stupid.
WES03 Champion Author Maryland Posts:4,854 Points:1,267,020 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2011 8:41:30 AM Ignore WES03 Report Abuse Shocker.
moyerVA Rookie Author Roanoke Posts:80 Points:25,105 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Aug 15, 2011 2:57:13 PM Ignore moyerVA Report Abuse YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
livable1 Champion Author New York Posts:2,323 Points:283,265 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2011 10:35:34 PM Ignore livable1 Report Abuse ?
nate31379 Champion Author College Station Posts:333,888 Points:326,145 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Aug 8, 2011 1:11:44 PM Ignore nate31379 Report Abuse Yes.
nayla2011 All-Star Author Toronto Posts:587 Points:13,365 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Aug 6, 2011 11:52:14 PM Ignore nayla2011 Report Abuse People are, therefore media is.
ray1218 Veteran Author Virginia Posts:447 Points:166,135 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Aug 5, 2011 8:35:49 AM Ignore ray1218 Report Abuse yes
nate31379 Champion Author College Station Posts:333,888 Points:326,145 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Aug 4, 2011 1:12:51 PM Ignore nate31379 Report Abuse Most are. Very few aren't.
Jim2100 Rookie Author Gary Posts:1 Points:5,470 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Jul 28, 2011 2:14:59 PM Ignore Jim2100 Report Abuse "BBC America" Is also far left. Fox News Channel's hard news programs are fair and balanced. Of course the commentary programs are slanted to the right, but they seem to have the opposing view point presented at the same time. Watch what is being said on MSNBC and CNN. See how they endlessly attack the right. Then ask yourself if you are watching news or gossip. To attack the person is not newsworthy. Attack what the other party is saying and show how it is wrong and not going to solve the problem at hand, but don't endlessly try to destroy the person. Look at how they handle Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman, and ask yourself if that is newsworthy, or is it character assassination? How about Rachel Maddow, being sued. /3md925f And now there is Rev. Sharton, Here, /3dlfoj6 [Edited by: Jim2100 at 7/28/2011 2:24:28 PM EST]
ray1218 Veteran Author Virginia Posts:447 Points:166,135 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jul 27, 2011 9:19:16 PM Ignore ray1218 Report Abuse some are but not all
hep0950 Champion Author St. Louis Posts:23,016 Points:275,790 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jul 19, 2011 6:47:50 PM Ignore hep0950 Report Abuse I am not sure if they are that biased, some no doubt are. But I can say for sure that they are sensationalists. Every story is big. They embellish the heck out of them, and then don't get half the facts straight. I really love it when they are going to a report on something we need to know or that cna hurt us, but we have to wait until the news comes on in their time slot. If something is that important to know, I'd like to find out about it when it happpens, not wait for news time. But then agian, most of the time it is something they reported on before and was really not that big a deal.
fedtx Sophomore Author Texas Posts:145 Points:18,635 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jul 3, 2011 8:43:03 AM Ignore fedtx Report Abuse Sometimes they are biased.Especially in who they like for president.It is hard for them to hide it and sometimes they do not care.
JetManCT Champion Author Hartford Posts:3,630 Points:722,070 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jun 30, 2011 12:13:03 AM Ignore JetManCT Report Abuse Absolutely. Huge left wing slant.
nayla2011 All-Star Author Toronto Posts:587 Points:13,365 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jun 29, 2011 11:58:03 PM Ignore nayla2011 Report Abuse Watch documentries their not out for a buck, they are way ahead of most news programs. Yes most TV is biased, as are most humans.
pizazz Champion Author Columbus Posts:1,963 Points:66,100 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Jun 29, 2011 9:54:25 PM Ignore pizazz Report Abuse I stopped listening to US news quite a while back. A commentator somewhere calls it Junk News. Watch closely to the time spent on indepth news of any sort. Almost none. They're forcing us to think we want to hear about celebrities. I do not. So I moved over to BBCAmerica and found what really is going on in the world. Then WOW removed it. Then my son said it showed up on another channel far far away on the channels but only 5 days a week. I still haven't gotten into the grove of where and when. I used to like Keith Oberman. Don't know where he went. Now its Rachel Maddow who tells it like it is it seems.
moelmsch Champion Author Orange County Posts:1,396 Points:330,290 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jun 29, 2011 7:43:15 PM Ignore moelmsch Report Abuse Of course the main stream media is biased. The problem is not so much with what they say, but what they choose to leave out. There are crimes of omission and comission.
KentuckyWildcat Champion Author Maryland Posts:9,222 Points:2,197,305 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Jun 22, 2011 7:25:15 AM Ignore KentuckyWildcat Report Abuse Of course all of the news media is biased!
tankerCA Champion Author Chico Posts:2,593 Points:355,655 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jun 21, 2011 4:00:30 PM Ignore tankerCA Report Abuse Find a TV show that doesn't exalt homosexuality and shows that sex outside of marriage is something wonderful, and seldom if ever mentions the dangers involved. Then the role model of the cheating father is often presented as funny, certainly nothing that by any means would harm the family unit. The fact is that there are few, if any current dad's that are presented on TV as a model of morality, and that's sad. Lamenting the absence of healthy TV fathers
tankerCA Champion Author Chico Posts:2,593 Points:355,655 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jun 21, 2011 3:40:38 PM Ignore tankerCA Report Abuse Are there any doubts that the "mainstream" news is biased to the far left? NBC ripped for omitting 'under God' in Pledge
ray1218 Veteran Author Virginia Posts:447 Points:166,135 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jun 18, 2011 8:34:36 AM Ignore ray1218 Report Abuse Yes, I get my newa on Fox News Chanel
portlandcat Champion Author Tennessee Posts:1,918 Points:346,210 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jun 18, 2011 6:11:26 AM Ignore portlandcat Report Abuse I recently started getting my news from sources other than my favorites just to see what the "other guys" are saying. While frustrating at times, it does seem like a good idea, one that I'll try to keep doing. I'll also watch my local news from 2 different sources but don't bother with the "nightly news anchors". I'll watch cable news and I like the BBC & BBC America to see what others say about US