"Terrorist Fist Jab"

[cpebbles]

It's an unfortunate reality that they've all followed you-know-whose example and dedicate large blocks of programming to hosts who are essentially professional [expletive]. The difference is that CNN still manages to run actual news programming between these blocks, while Fox (And to a lesser extent MSNBC) continues pushing the same agenda, just burying their bias behind "Some people say..." and phrasing it as questions rather than as statements.

What bugs me about all the cries of sexism from the Clinton camp is that all of the examples of outright sexism came from these professional [expletive], who nobody really expects to be unbiased. Like-minded people tune in to O'Reilly, Olbermann, Matthews, Hannity & Colmes, and such to feel validated in their world view. The actual news coverage of Clinton was fair. She lost because her campaign strategy was lousy, not because Chris Matthews is sexist.

Edit: Shouldn't "a-hole" be permitted in the rant forum? What good is a G-rated rant?

[TimeForGuinness]

[cardsfansince82]

Damn....I already had a devastating hangover and then I read this. I think I need to go back to bed. The worst thing is this expletive probably still has a job. And there's no chance this could be chalked up to a slip or anything, she fully meant to say that. What does a terrorist fist jab even mean? And do we even need to explain what a fist bump is? My grandpa could probably give you a pretty accurate description of it. I did enjoy the "representin' " comment from the body language expert, though.

[Cronos]

Just don't watch any of the major cable news networks. They are all completely worthless.

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They're all biased one political direction or another.

[ghostrunner]

MSNBC is when it started to go downhill, I think. I mean 10 years ago, and really before that with OJ. They started covering the stupid car chases and giving ridiculous amounts of coverage to mundane things. I remember Payne Stewart's plane going down and they ran coverage of it all. day. long. Fox just added a deliberate political slant.

I will say that Fox covers certain issues that perhaps liberal-leaning people don't feel are worth covering, but should in my opinion still be considered worthy of discussion. I remember them covering "Roe" of Roe V Wade holding an anti-abortion rally a few years back. She had changed her opinion on abortion since the trial. I thought it was an interesting story and nobody else was covering it.

I pretty much watch none of them now.

[planet planet]

While this kind of thing frightens me because of the sway it might have with uneducated voters, I really hope it alienates some independents.

[MrSaigon]

The goal of major media is to keep people scared. Fear is the number 1 human motivator. Fox News is brilliant at this, because naturally, conservatives are going to freak out and be scared more easily than liberals--and the idea of Fox News is terrifying to liberals.

The problem is that everyone is focused on left vs. right, that they can't see the real issues in lots of areas of American life. I think here the real issue isn't who is left or right, but quality and importance of the news that Americans are fed and the pursuit of money that drives it. Believe me, as soon as their format is no longer profitable, Fox News will have a sea change (which is a great album by Beck, by the way), and that point whichever news outfits are more liberal may have to respond as well.

[MK-ULTRA]

The problem is that everyone is focused on left vs. right, that they can't see the real issues in lots of areas of American life.

this

[cpebbles]

BTW, I was flipping past MSNBC and stopped on one of the talking head shows because I am positive the guy in charge was the guy that Elaine Benes dated while trying to figure out whether he was black or white.

[Jocephus]

was it Samuel Bliss Cooper?