How Biased ARE the US Media

[Centerpiece]

I knew that American newspapers were mostly Democratic shills.....but this excerpt drove it home:

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"Anti-Republicanism has, of course, long been a staple of the mainstream political news media. In the 40-plus years The Washington Post has been endorsing presidential candidates, they have never endorsed a Republican. The New York Times has not endorsed a Republican president in 60 years — since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956. But this is a whole new level of hostility."

Link: http://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/elder-its-rich-to-tell-an-ex-clinton-aide-that-trumps-morally-unfit#comments

[Argus]

3 hours ago, Centerpiece said:

I knew that American newspapers were mostly Democratic shills.....but this excerpt drove it home:

Link: http://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/elder-its-rich-to-tell-an-ex-clinton-aide-that-trumps-morally-unfit#comments

Why? What point did it make that was valid? That the Times and Post don't endorse Republicans? There are plenty of news organizations that don't endorse Democrats. So what? Kennedy was a philanderer? Sure, but those were different times so the press never bothered with it. Stephanopolis worked for the Democrats? That's not a secret. Everyone knows that. Clinton might have done some of the same things Trump does? Maybe, but the national media had a field day with what was known at the time.

Donald Trump is a scumbag. I say that as a conservative. You can't equate him to Republicans or conservatives. He's never been one and isn't one now . All he is is a spoiled rich boy who never got told no, who turned into a cowardly bully, congenital liar, serial adulterer, and self-aggrandizing narcissist. I cannot think of a single positive character trait this man possesses or has ever possessed. There is no evidence he has ever cared about anyone but himself, nor ever done anything positive in his miserable, hedonistic life. His entire history is one of bragging, lying, swaggering, craven self-promotion in a desperate effort to gain respect from his fellows in the upper classes - respect he never gained and does not have now. Any honest media would be against Trump, be they Left or Right. One has to examine the intellect and morality of those who aren't.

[bush_cheney2004]

Actually, Donald Trump became U.S. president partially because of media bias, which he used to his political advantage.  He even got other nationals (i.e. Canadians and their media) frothing at the mouth over an election they had absolutely no control over.    The CBC still rails against Trump in op-ed pieces, as if it matters (???).   Trump understood the power of media better than any candidate since Ronald Reagan, and knew exactly how to exploit it.   

Trump had sex with the media, and they liked it !

Edited April 23, 2018 by bush_cheney2004

[Centerpiece]

3 hours ago, Argus said:

Why? What point did it make that was valid? That the Times and Post don't endorse Republicans? There are plenty of news organizations that don't endorse Democrats.

I was talking about top newspapers - but you still have a good point - as can be seen from the link below. That said, the Post and Times always come to mind as pretty well the most influential. Here in Canada, even The Star has strayed from its Liberal cheer leading when they had to. As for the rest of the article. I didn't really care.

Link of all newspaper endorsements since 1980: https://noahveltman.com/endorsements/

[bush_cheney2004]

In the U.S., newspaper endorsements ceased to have what little influence they enjoyed many years ago.   The editorial boards see it as an opportunity to express a publisher's "values" and garner attention for a dying medium.   I don't know of any American voter who was genuinely swayed by a newspaper endorsement for president.

Obviously, lack of endorsements didn't hurt Trump much in 2016.

http://news.northeastern.edu/2016/10/12/3qs-do-newspapers-presidential-endorsements-even-matter/

[Michael Hardner]

Interesting article about Texans funding climate denialism and such.

 

My advice is to keep big money out of education, media and politics...

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/05/texas-fracking-billionaire-brothers-prageru-daily-wire

[Rebound]

On 4/23/2018 at 8:41 AM, Centerpiece said:

I knew that American newspapers were mostly Democratic shills.....but this excerpt drove it home:

Link: http://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/elder-its-rich-to-tell-an-ex-clinton-aide-that-trumps-morally-unfit#comments

The guy spews one argument after another, so let’s begin with the first: James Comey said to George Stephanopolis that Donald Trump is morally unfit to serve as President. And this is supposed to be an outrage, because Stephanopolis worked for Clinton.  But Stephanopolis quit working for Clinton. 
 

That said, Trump’s personal indiscretions are 1/1,000th of his moral failings.  Four women accused Clinton of sexual assault. Eighteen women accused Donald Trump of the same. 
 

But there are far larger moral issues with Donald Trump. After all, he directly asked the FBI Director to “go easy” on Michael Flynn.  Trump used his DOJ as a personal defense team, shielding him from allegations of rape, defamation, and financial crimes. And all of those efforts worked until Trump left office.  
 

I could fill a book with the man’s moral indiscretions. It’s obvious that Donald Trump is in no way Christian or that he has any fear of God whatsoever.  He routinely brings in confidants and then he destroys them. 

[Rebound]

On 4/23/2018 at 3:37 PM, Centerpiece said:

I was talking about top newspapers - but you still have a good point - as can be seen from the link below. That said, the Post and Times always come to mind as pretty well the most influential. Here in Canada, even The Star has strayed from its Liberal cheer leading when they had to. As for the rest of the article. I didn't really care.

Link of all newspaper endorsements since 1980: https://noahveltman.com/endorsements/

I’m a regular New York Times reader and while their editorials are primarily Democratic, they have several conservative columnists and guest columnists.  They published an editorial by Ann Coulter recently, I believe. I wasn’t very happy to hear that they gave her any oxygen, but they did. 
 

And virtually all of the major political scandals, particularly those pertaining to democrats, break first in the New York Times. 

[BeaverFever]

On 4/23/2018 at 8:41 AM, Centerpiece said:

I knew that American newspapers were mostly Democratic shills.....but this excerpt drove it home:

Link: http://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/elder-its-rich-to-tell-an-ex-clinton-aide-that-trumps-morally-unfit#comments

What about conservative outlets like wall St journal, New York post or Washington times?  Or Red state papers?

 

And unlike today’s conservatives, many non-conservatives (which doesn’t mean liberal) are able to keep their opinions and biases separate from their facts and reporting.