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Originally Posted by Undertoad
But there are bigger biases in the media. The biggest bias of them all is for sensationalism. If it bleeds it leads.
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I have to agree with Tony. The Haggard story was sensational becuase Americans have a sore spot for hypocrisy. Actually, the bias was in not running the story because a sex scandal in a national church is national news, and the only difference in organizations is how it is handled.
Fox News has an obvious but sometimes subtle bias. Fox Friends has an in-your-face bias. The one concession to present a 'balanced' view is Alan Colmes, who is usually outnumbered and outgunned. His appearance on Fox is much the same as the token conservative on Bill Maher.
Of course we do have to distinguish between news and commentary. Even so, MSNBC is less biased than Fox when it comes to straight news. Heck, even the BBC is less biased than Fox.
BTW, whatever happened to that junket of conservative reporters who were going to go to Iraq to bring back the 'good news' that was being overlooked by rest of the press. Did they ever make it outside of the Green Zone?
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