CNN no longer fair

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  • hsohi
    hsohi Posts: 1,033
    ledvedderman said:

    hsohi said:

    We know the bias Fox News has. We know the bias MSNBC has. I use to look towards CNN for some fairness and balance. Now with this election, the coverage that CNN is providing all day shows their disdain for Trump. It is too the point that I am turning to Fox News for fairness and balance. I have even started visiting Brietbart for information.

    I'm sorry but this makes no sense. Your very first line says that Fox is biased and then you turn to them for fairness and balance? Then you go a step further and rope Breitbart into the unbiased conversation?
    Come on, man. At least try. Like posted above, there's Al Jazeera, BBC, etc as very reliable options.
    I'm a liberal fella but I watch Fox News. Why? I have no clue. I think I like to know the conservative narrative myself straight from the horses mouth (that woman on The Five who used to be married to future president Gavin Newsom). Christ almighty are the news anchors and contributors on Fox terrible. Just awful.
    Fox is biased and they don't hide that fact. CNN used to claim "Fair and Balanced" but now I find them so against Trump in order to bring things back to balance I have to turn to Fox and Brietbart to even things out.

    This morning in the 7am hour was a classic example where Cuomo (sp?) wouldn't event let the Trump supporter (Borris) finish a sentence while Begala a Clinton supporter talked and laughed with the host.

    One other point is that CNN would slam any Trump supporter when they began to spoke of Clintons health until it became true.
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    I probably haven't watched CNN in over a year or any of the others news stations just the BBC.

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  • Free
    Free Posts: 3,562
    I'll watch any international source, before any American source.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,783
    I watch UFC. Joe Rogan is the only person I believe.
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  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    just incase people are wondering. there is CNN international who tends to be more fair. but my questions is this:
    can you show reason why you believe CNN is not fair and balanced?
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    I watch UFC. Joe Rogan is the only person I believe.

    Joe Rogan gets it.
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  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    just a question:

    how to people define fair and balance? can you give an example of an unfair and non balance report?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    fife said:

    just a question:

    how to people define fair and balance? can you give an example of an unfair and non balance report?

    Yes, pretty much everything Ryszard Kapuściński ever wrote.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    brianlux said:

    fife said:

    just a question:

    how to people define fair and balance? can you give an example of an unfair and non balance report?

    Yes, pretty much everything Ryszard Kapuściński ever wrote.
    Oops.by that I mean his work was fair and balanced, not the opposite. One of the best journalists of the 20th andearly 21st century. An amazing man.

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    brianlux said:

    fife said:

    just a question:

    how to people define fair and balance? can you give an example of an unfair and non balance report?

    Yes, pretty much everything Ryszard Kapuściński ever wrote.
    What makes him fair and balance?
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,145
    fife said:

    just a question:

    how to people define fair and balance? can you give an example of an unfair and non balance report?

    Come on. Have a half a brain and watch cnn, msnbc or fox for ten minutes and please create your own opinion.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    edited September 2016
    fife said:

    brianlux said:

    fife said:

    just a question:

    how to people define fair and balance? can you give an example of an unfair and non balance report?

    Yes, pretty much everything Ryszard Kapuściński ever wrote.
    What makes him fair and balance?
    Sorry to say, "made". He died in 2007, at the age of 74.

    Kapuściński was a fearless observer who on several occasions and at great risk to his own life went into places in many countries (particularly third world countries) to give us revealing glimpses at what was happening. I'm guess what made him both so courageous and honest was his own experiences and survival as a child in Poland during the Nazi invasion. He was considered one of the most credible journalists the world has ever seen. Truly an amazing man.

    Where are people like this in journalism today? Few can stand next to Kapuściński that way.

    Some good places to start with Kapuściński are his books Imperiun, Another Day of Life, The Soccer War. All are excellent.

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  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    mcgruff10 said:

    fife said:

    just a question:

    how to people define fair and balance? can you give an example of an unfair and non balance report?

    Come on. Have a half a brain and watch cnn, msnbc or fox for ten minutes and please create your own opinion.
    sorry are you telling me to have a half a brain?

  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,145
    fife said:

    mcgruff10 said:

    fife said:

    just a question:

    how to people define fair and balance? can you give an example of an unfair and non balance report?

    Come on. Have a half a brain and watch cnn, msnbc or fox for ten minutes and please create your own opinion.
    sorry are you telling me to have a half a brain?

    That I am. Watch cnn and use half your brain and see if you can see liberal bias. Then take that same half a brain and watch Fox News and see if you can pick up conservative bias. If you need specific examples of bias for each channel you probably aren't too educated on politics.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • CM189191
    CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    I always thought the notion of unbiased news was ridiculous. The public would be better served if everything wasn't presented with false equivalency. We take everything as gospel and don't exercise our critical thinking skills anymore. Give me propaganda from all sides all I'll decide who's right or wrong on a given topic. In the end, bad news outlets will lose credibility and die.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,783
    The fact that news stations are owned by rich people with political agendas of their own should be obvious enough.
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,145
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    The fact that news stations are owned by rich people with political agendas of their own should be obvious enough.

    unfortunately this is true.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    The fact that news stations are owned by rich people with political agendas of their own should be obvious enough.

    The only way you and I can change that is to not buy the products they push. True some are hard to avoid so the next best thing is to buy the most durable and take care of it. I have a Toyota because it has the best chance of lasting longest, needing replaced least often. My local computer shop sold me a Toshiba laptop because I asked for one that would last as long as possible. I use JĀSÖN toothpast instead of Crest, etc. etc. And I don't watch TV news.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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