Sour Grapes of Wrath

Aliantha · 11-10-2006, 05:56 PM

I've been wondering why, if the majority votes left wing, they're sheep, but if the majority votes right wing, they're smart (according to the right wingers of course).

Pangloss62 · 11-10-2006, 06:34 PM

Jeez guys. Don't get your panties in a bunch. My point was to show that some Right Wing pundits want to spin this mid-term sea change like it was all about people being duped by biased media.

It has always seemed to me that if the media simply reports the "news," the facts of what occurs on the ground, the deaths, the violence, the civillian casualties, that they are accused of being "biased" or "negative." WTF?

I agree that many media outlets do the "if it bleeds it leads" routine, but there are so many objective outlets to get a more objective view: BBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, etc.

Whatev.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-11-2006, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

Jeez guys. Don't get your panties in a bunch. My point was to show that some Right Wing pundits want to spin this mid-term sea change like it was all about people being duped by biased media.
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Haven't you learned buy now, you can't sail a thread, only launch it and watch it drift.

Pangloss62 · 11-11-2006, 05:19 PM

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Haven't you learned buy now, you can't sail a thread, only launch it and watch it drift.
11-10-2006 08:34 PM

I think I'm learning.

11-11-2006, 10:23 PM

I've been lost in the wide sargasso sea for years.

11-10-2006, 05:56 PM	#1
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I've been wondering why, if the majority votes left wing, they're sheep, but if the majority votes right wing, they're smart (according to the right wingers of course). __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-10-2006, 06:34 PM	#2
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Whoa dudes! Jeez guys. Don't get your panties in a bunch. My point was to show that some Right Wing pundits want to spin this mid-term sea change like it was all about people being duped by biased media. It has always seemed to me that if the media simply reports the "news," the facts of what occurs on the ground, the deaths, the violence, the civillian casualties, that they are accused of being "biased" or "negative." WTF? I agree that many media outlets do the "if it bleeds it leads" routine, but there are so many objective outlets to get a more objective view: BBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, etc. Whatev. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

11-11-2006, 10:23 PM	#5
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	I've been lost in the wide sargasso sea for years.

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