>>>>>>>http://www.rtdna.org/pages/posts/sen.-rockefeller-suggests-eliminating-fox-msnbc1143.php
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>>>>>>Not a Rockfeller's fan, but that would be indeed good start towards mental decontamination.
>>>>>>Frame of mind that is being promoted there (oRaily & Co) is just plain sick.
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>>>>>The idea of censorship doesn't worry you more? Maybe the U.S. should just start imprisoning them like China? I'd rather see a disclaimer: "This show does not represent the views of the station and is opinionated entertainment not meant to be mistaken for news."
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>>>>And add to the disclaimer "and anyone with an IQ around room-temperature that can't tell the difference, please switch to the Cartoon Network and remember to stay home on election day ... "
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>>>>Sen. Rockefeller aspires to be Teddy Kennedy-light and in the aspect of inheriting importance that far exceeds his gifts that is probably true. His performance as chairman of the Intelligence Committee makes him the Keith Olbermann of the Senate. *Really* out of his depth.
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>>>Believe it or not, I am not a Keith Olbermann fan. (Actually I did like him when he was young, irreverent, and on SportsCenter. "It's deep and I don't think it's playable.") But I don't like liberal windbags any more than conservative ones. It was kind of funny seeing him suspended from MSNBC for making campaign contributions, in violation of his contract. And boy did they show him! <g> -- how long was he off the air, two days?
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>>I too enjoyed him as a sports guy. I don't think I'd care for him much personally for the same reason I wouldn't want to be in the same room with Glen Beck. But I don't take either of them seriously.
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>>I actually had no problem with his political donations. I can't imagine anyone sees him or Beck or Matthews or Hannity as news guys. They are pundits and their biases are not secret so let them put their considerable money where their considerable mouths are <g>
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>>There are some real news guys at both MSNBC and Fox and the actual news on both channels is reasonable - though decisions about which stories get the emphasis reflect their leanings, as it does in newspapers etc. I can usually watch either one without throwing things at the screen ... usually.
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>>( unlike the guy who shot his television last week over Bristol Palin still being on DWTS. <s> )
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>I am amazed at the number of folks I come across who consider the political pundits on all channels as news programs......
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> There was a time when CNN first aired that the CNN channel really did cover world news 24x7. Headline news only ever covered what it considered to be "top stories." Somewhere along the lines that changed though and all channels just keep regurgitating the same stories (with their spin on it but the spin is pretty obvious) over and over again. Even the spanish language (broadcast in other countries) do it now - they used to be my "go to channels" for other news and now I see the same stories with a definite spin on them...the BBC channels have started doing it as well...

At least Fox News (if you ignore the pundits in the evening) tries to bring in speakers from each side. Each side will give their own spin on the issue so at least you can make up your own mind who is spinning the best or maybe just get dizzy :). In the end most news services are just propagandists.