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Originally Posted by spiff  What they mean by 'real freedom' is license to lie, smear, and denigrate regardless of the facts - just have a look at the posting history of those who scream the loudest about 'freedom' and the 'biased' media. |
No, that's the libbie press.
Our Canadian papers are flipping libbie; it's just unacceptable. Our local paper posted an AFP article about Eric Holder yesterday, which excluded any info about the Marc Rich affair. I checked the AFP web article and it included it. The problem with the libbie press is that they will report "factual" info but only that which promotes their pick. Anything detrimental is excluded.
I watch Fox News everyday along with all the leftie media, MSNBC (until I throw up), CBS, ABC, CNN, just to see how they cover the same story (been doing it for years since I worked in PR in Tokyo -- every paper had a different take on events). Sure, Hannity is right to the wall, but he asks some good Qs.
Besides Fox, who else is mainstream right? Sure, lots of blogs and websites, but name one mainstream right-wing media source in the US, Europe, Britain, or Aisa...oh, the FT. Even the Economist is leaning left these days.
Of course, the Ed boards have to slant the news to the owner's wishes, but socialists like Olbermann, Maddow and most of the NYT are so blatantly one-sided, it's frightening.