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ilovelamp51 said...
MSNBC tells people they are glad Hurricane Sandy hit & make fun of paralyzed people. I watch Fox News occasionally but I knew Obama was going to win. Thankfully, I think for myself.
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Leppycole said...
Networks are like investors - they are biased to their investments. If all the networks did was just report the news like robots - nobody would watch.
ESPN pimps the SEC - they have a contract NBC pimps ND - they have a contract
Analysts tow the company line and attack the opposition to appease to their audience. If foxnews kissed obama's ass like MSNBC does - they would lose the conservative audience.
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CMXI said...
More than just Fox News, I think the entire right-wing media bubble is to blame for a lot of the anger following the election. With Fox News, Dick Morris, Karl Rove, and UnskewedPolls, there was this entire alternative reality constructed in which Romney was ahead in the polls. Every commentator kept predicting Romney victories, and many predicted landslides. There wasn't anything beyond gut feeling to back up any of this commentary, but it was parroted everywhere.
As a result, people who mainly get their news from conservative sources existed in a bubble in which everyone was predicting a Romney victory, and any dissenting voices were quickly dismissed as ridiculous. This led to the entire backlash against Nate Silver, as the best model for election prediction tilted more and more in Obama's favor. Obama's chance of winning as calculated by Silver went from around 75% to over 90% in the two weeks leading up to the election, and this was simply unacceptable to those existing in the bubble created by right-wing commentary, hence the efforts to dismiss him as a kook.
While I still think there would be anger, I don't think the vitriol would be nearly as intense had Fox and other sources simply accurately reported the polls and told the public that any of their predictions of Romney's victory were nothing more than gut feeling. By giving their viewers a false sense of confidence in Romney's victory, Fox assured a massive letdown on election night.
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Leppycole said...
Ok - you are a lib and do not like Fox News - you should have just stated that instead of trying to be cute and unbiased.
You're being manipulative and bitching about a network being manipulative - C'mon man
People like a straight shooter
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ilovelamp51 said...
MSNBC is pathetic. They are an embarrassment to their field. Fox News might be overly biased but at least they are professional when it comes to respecting others views. People can say what they want about Bill O' Reily but if he pulled half the crap Chris Matthews did, he would be without a job.
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Exactly. Hopefully 2012 is a wake-up call for Republicans to move back towards the moderate Republican party of old, but based on some of the rhetoric I've seen, I'm not going to hold my breath. If the Tea Party remains any kind of political force in the Republican party, the Republican party will be a 3rd party in 20 years, without a doubt.
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David Frum: GOP Has
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AnthonyBourdain said...
Do what? You type that shit in while starring in the mirror? You seem a little confused. Probably should go turn on Fox News and get caught up to speed..
I'm sorry but that superior opponent shit has me laughing. What are we doing? Internet sparring? Can you please elaborate or expound on how you're esuperior. Hilarious. Thanks.
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Exactly. Hopefully 2012 is a wake-up call for Republicans to move back towards the moderate Republican party of old, but based on some of the rhetoric I've seen, I'm not going to hold my breath. If the Tea Party remains any kind of political force in the Republican party, the Republican party will be a 3rd party in 20 years, without a doubt.
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The Republican Party has to become the Libertarian Party. It will die out in it's current state. Polls consistently show that the young generation of Americans are significantly less religious and more supportive of equal rights, equal marriage and social libertarianism.
Never mind that part of the GOP is still behind on 50 years worth of social issues... they don't have long left to change. Eventually more Americans will decide not to vote for Republicans at all until stop being so socially retarded ("retarded" being used in the correct context here).
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Fox News culpable for some of y'all's anguish