Thread: Does the US media have a liberal bias?

Yep...we still seem to see a goodly number of the Statist Media afraid to step off the Reservation - to wit:

David Gregory: Isn't It True That You, Mitt Romney, Are Really Responsible for Obamacare's Failure?

David Gregory grills Mitt Romney over Obamacare's failures, suggesting he's the real author of all the problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9hu2zBhm-k

Pretty heavy, man...

Gotta love how the RethugliKKKans loved it when it was called Romneycare, but hate it when it's called Obamacare

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Heh...do yer homework. Romneycare ain't nothin' close related to the Adorable Care Act.

On Topic:

Here we have another example of the Left-Wing bias straight from a senior senator's mouth:

Dianne Feinstein Slams Free Speech On 'Face the Nation'




On CBS' Face The Nation, Bob Schieffer asked a few questions about the failed Obamacare launch and the President's false "you can keep your healthcare promise." After tap-dancing around the question, Feinstein stated the big problem is the people who opposed Obamacare, whom she described as "destroyers."

Schieffer began by asking, "The President said in the beginning that the one thing was that if you like the health care program you had you could keep it. We now know there was debate within the administration before he said that as to whether that was actually a promise that could be kept. Should the president not have made that statement?"

That's when Feinstein went off:

Well, as I understand it you can keep it up to the time, I hope this is correct but this is what I’ve been told, up to the time the bill was enacted. Then after that, it's a different story. I think that part of it, if true, was never made clear. It is really very unclear right now exactly what the situation is. And, yes, that's a problem. But I think it has to be said. This is a very large major priority and if it can get up and running, it can be, I think, a very positive thing. The big problem here is there are so many destroyers. In the House, in the public, in the private health care sector that just want to destroy. That's not helpful."

So you're a 'destroyer' if you point out the Adorable Care Act is a pile of crap? Not too long ago when Dubya was in Big White the motto was dissent was Patriotic!

Ever so slowly the Statist Media is acknowledging the fact that Obama has been telling lies for years and they cannot continue to ignore...

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

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Heh...do yer homework. Romneycare ain't nothin' close related to the Adorable Care Act.

Funny you should say that, Obama hired Romney's Healthcare team to devise it.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

This piece of legislative crap that Obama has devised bears little or no resemblance to the plan they had in MA.

You seem almost as sure of yourself as you were sure Obama was born in Kenya, and that Romney would be president.
Care to expand professor, by telling us How romneycare fundamentally differs from obamacare?

Originally Posted by sabang

Care to expand professor, by telling us How romneycare fundamentally differs from obamacare?

This should be interesting.

Maybe it is a word which means something like this? Bill Clinton myzzled Monica Lewinsky only a few times? Oh I am so confused...

Originally Posted by sabang

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

This piece of legislative crap that Obama has devised bears little or no resemblance to the plan they had in MA.

You seem almost as sure of yourself as you were sure Obama was born in Kenya, and that Romney would be president.
Care to expand professor, by telling us How romneycare fundamentally differs from obamacare?

Lots of examples if you wish to edumacate yerself:

Brad Burd: Obamacare Versus Romneycare: How Similar Are They?

Romneycare vs. Obamacare: Lessons for today's 'shutdown' debacle (+video) - CSMonitor.com

The American Spectator : Obamacare vs. Romneycare -- A Crucial Difference

http://usconservatives.about.com/od/...Romneycare.htm

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/art...al_115664.html

But the main difference is:

The majority of the citizens of Massachusetts wanted “Romneycare.”

The majority of American citizens did NOT want“Obamacare.”

The Biggest Difference Between Romneycare & Obamacare - Forbes

Again, how many countries penalize/fine their citizens for not buying something they don't want, eh?

This one takes the cake!

Now, the NY Times is calling Obama's lies "Incorrect Promises"!

[it was] noted here the paper’s editorial board first claimed that Obama “clearly misspoke” when he promised that if you like your plan, you can keep it. Period. That whitewash prompted such howls of derision that the paper looked for a new angle. They have now decided to call Obama’s lie an “incorrect promise:”



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The following example isn't so much another of the Liberal variety but of the crass, crude filth that comes out of the mouths of MSNBC talking heads:

MSNBC Host Suggests Someone Should Shit in Sarah Palin's Mouth and Piss In Her Eyes

Real classy, eh?



See the transcript here

Another disgusting example of Lib Media pandering to their base:

Tom Brokaw decided to revise some history in order to avoid canceling out his insinuations during an appearance on MSNBC to discuss the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Brokaw threw people in conservative states into the mix, ignoring the facts of what actually happened that day:

Joseph Curl @josephcurl Follow
What a macabre exercise today. But the real point of the JFK Death Fest is here, from Tom Brokaw. Pathetic

@josephcurl @instapundit Lack of support = wishing death. Umm yeah. Don't think so. Lib media hasn't changed in 50 years.

DANEgerus @DANEgerus Follow
Disgusting… Tom Brokaw: People In Conservative States Wanted Kennedy Shot …(Southern States Voted for Kennedy)

You get the gist. You see, their backs are against the wall with this Obamacare debacle and people like Brokaw are thrashing out/melting down.

NBC's Blackout of Obamacare Disaster Hits 96 Hours And Counting

Pretty pathetic, eh?

After going 72 hours without even mentioning ObamaCare on its air waves, NBC’s continued refusal to cover the disastrous policy on Thursday’s Nightly News or Friday’s Today brought that total up to 96 hours. Amazingly, Friday’s Today had the audacity to include two segments about Vice President Joe Biden buying lunch at a Washington D.C. sandwich shop rather provide any ObamaCare updates.

Even ABC’s Good Morning America, a morning show generally devoid of all substance, managed to find time for at least a few seconds on the topic: “Speaking of President Obama, more trouble this morning for ObamaCare. The Wall Street Journal says it has obtained documents that show some insurance companies are drastically cutting payments to doctors. Forcing those doctors to reconsider whether they want to participate in the new exchanges, which could hurt choice for consumers.”

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Well, there's some accountability after all:

After Wishing Someone Would Defecate in Sarah Palin’s Mouth, Martin Bashir Resigns from MSNBC.

Stay classy, Democrats/Haters...

Marxist ABC Contributor Michael Dowd:

More Collectivism, Less Individualism Is Key to Economic Growth



These people are insane...

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Marxist ABC Contributor Michael Dowd:

More Collectivism, Less Individualism Is Key to Economic Growth

Seems pretty spot on to me, and it's a message that resonates with most Americans which is why the GOP lost in 2012, will lose the House in 2014 and doesn't stand a chance of winning the executive office in 2016.

Another stark, glaring example of Left Wing Bias In The Media.

Heard about the latest shooter in Colorado have you? Well, if you haven't, it's not because of any media blackout or anything but...turns out this latest deranged moron isn't a Tea Party-type guy but a committed SOCIALIST!

That's right folks, the Denver Post is doing its best to airbrush any of that kind of information from the public:

"A classmate described the Arapahoe shooter as "a very opinionated Socialist."

Well that won't do. That won't do at all.

So the Denver Post edits this to say the boy was "very opinionated."

Now they explain the reason for cutting "Socialist" out of his description. You see, the student who described him that way probably didn't even understand (the wonders of) Socialism.

Lee Ann Colacioppo ✔ @LAColacioppo Follow
@Whatwesettlefor We decided not to have another student apply a label to the shooter -- a label the student likely didn't even understand ..

And yet they left in a statement that he was a Keynesian, deep into the article.

The teenage gunman who entered Arapahoe High School on Friday afternoon and shot two fellow students with a shotgun was outspoken about politics, was a gifted debater and might have been bullied for his beliefs, according to students who knew him. Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson identified the gunman as Karl Pierson, an 18-year-old student.

"He had very strong beliefs about gun laws and stuff," said junior Abbey Skoda, who was in a class with Pierson during her freshman year. "I also heard he was bullied a lot."

You might imagine -- as the Denver Post would clearly like you to imagine -- that the boy's "very strong beliefs about gun laws and stuff" located him on the right. The average Low Information Voter, after all, would assume a school shooter's views on "gun laws and stuff" were pro-gun.

This is deliberately misleading. He was in fact a bitter opponent of gun rights.

Pierson also appears to mock Republicans on another Facebook post, writing "you republicans are so cute" and posting an image that reads: "The Republican Party: Health Care: Let 'em Die, Climate Change: Let 'em Die, Gun Violence: Let 'em Die, Women's Rights: Let 'em Die, More War: Let 'em Die. Is this really the side you want to be on?"

The Denver Post reported that deeper in the article. If it was clear that he was anti-gun rights -- as it is clear -- why leave it vague in the important opening paragraphs of the article?

That makes their deletion of the Socialist descriptor all the more suspicious.
They will imply he's on the right while deliberately editing out facts placing him on the hard left."
Another Leftist narrative Fail

^ Nine out of the last ten posts are yours. Spam much?

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Heard about the latest shooter in Colorado have you? Well, if you haven't, it's not because of any media blackout or anything but...turns out this latest deranged moron isn't a Tea Party-type guy but a committed SOCIALIST!

Are you seriously going to gloat because the latest nutbag shooter wasn't a teabagger? That is how your post reads. Where is your compassion for the victims?

^ He was also a high school kid of about 16 years old. So he has a very advanced understanding of his politics.

A very tasteless comment to make no doubt.

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Heard about the latest shooter in Colorado have you? Well, if you haven't, it's not because of any media blackout or anything but...turns out this latest deranged moron isn't a Tea Party-type guy but a committed SOCIALIST!

Are you seriously going to gloat because the latest nutbag shooter wasn't a teabagger? That is how your post reads. Where is your compassion for the victims?

Negative. My post reads a liberal newspaper whitewashes the political leanings of a deranged shooter.

Y'all keep hoping for a Tea Bagger to perform these atrocities but so far, you've failed...

^ He was a teenager with mental health issues. This isn't about the left right paradigm.

Are you that mindless?

Originally Posted by bsnub

^ He was a teenager with mental health issues. This isn't about the left right paradigm.

Are you that mindless?

The newspaper sure took it as a left/right issue, eh?

...yellow journalism + airbrushing out the details...

Since booners insists on posting nonsense here is an article that fact checks most of the bogus claims made by the right wing regarding the recent mass shootings;

Based on the assertions of Roger Hedgecock a right-wing radio show host, the meme that the five worst recent mass shootings were committed by registered Democrats is making its way through e-mail chains and social media. Hedgecock asserts, without providing any evidence or sources, that the Ft. Hood shooter, the Virginia Tech shooter, the Aurora Theater shooter and Adam Lanza of Sandy Hook infamy were all “registered Democrats”. He acknowledges that Klebold and Harris (the Columbine Colorado shooters) were too young to be registered voters but asserts, again without providing any evidence, that Harris and Klebold’s parents were progressives or liberal Democrats. All of these charges are utterly baseless and perhaps do not even deserve a response. However, given the effectiveness of right-wing lies in saturating social media and duping the incurious (a far too numerous segment of the population), some more detailed debunking is in order.

To the best of my ability, I have attempted to research these claims with as much rigor as possible. If there is any evidence for or against my debunking, I welcome that evidence in the spirit of free inquiry. Let me also state that given that neither major political party condones mass shooter violence in any way, shape or form, and that all these acts are individual acts of violence that are not sanctioned by either elected Democrats or Republicans (at least not mainstream leaders in either party), the very notion that they are acting on behalf of a political party is itself problematic. This is not to say that mass shootings are apolitical acts, but rather it is to say that as political acts they may express an ideology (racism, misogyny, entitlement, psychosis, etc) but they do not in general express alignment with a political party or if they do it is not an association that the Democrats or Republicans would accept as legitimate (neither party wants to claim James Holmes or Adam Lanza as a member in good standing, no matter what Holmes or Lanza feels about them). In any case, we can categorically REJECT the notion that any of the shooters in question has been shown to be a registered Democrat on a case by case basis.

1. Nidal Hasan (the Ft. Hood shooter) lived in either Virginia (his state of residence prior to being sent to Ft. Hood) or Texas, neither of which has partisan registration. Therefore the claim that he was a "registered Democrat" is false. I do not know if he voted or how he voted, but I do know that unless he was registered in a state in which he did not reside, that the claim that he is a registered Democrat is FALSE.

2. Since Virginia does not have partisan registration there is also no way to tell whether Seung-Hui Cho was a Democrat, but again because there is no partisan registration in the state we can say that the claim that he is a registered Democrat is FALSE. (Update: A more obvious point is that Cho was a resident alien, not a US citizen, so he was not eligible to vote in the US)

3. The allegation that James Holmes was registered Democrat was based on a Breitbart blogger Joel B. Pollack, who found voter registration records for a DIFFERENT James Holmes who was about the same age. Alex Jones’ Infowars and other right-wing websites then dutifully repeated the lie without verifying it. It was later determined that the Colorado Theater Shooter James Holmes was NOT registered to vote, as evidenced by this retraction: {Newly-released information on the suspect’s birthdate (which, as indicated in our initial report, was a slight mismatch), combined with new details Breitbart News has obtained about the suspect’s likely addresses, together suggest that the suspect may, in fact, not have been registered to vote.}. However, most of right-wing media continued to promote the lie without printing Breitbart sites retraction. The claim that James Holmes was a registered Democrat is FALSE.

4. The claim that Adama Lanza is a registered Democrat has been suggested based not on any evidence that he was registered as one, but on the rather dubious claim that because Connecticut has almost 2 to 1 Democratic registration over Republicans, he was probably a Democrat. (Claim: "Adam Lanza, NewtownConn murderer. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by about a 2-1 ratio in Connecticut. The odds are therefore that the Lanza family are (sic) Democrats.") This of course is a bogus argument to begin with, but even if we were to make the claim that a mass shooter’s political affiliation must be the same as the majority of the people in his area, we can debunk this foolish idea by taking this shoddy analysis down to the local level. Yes, Connecticut voted for Barack Obama, BUT the city of Newtown voted for Mitt Romney. If we look at the results we find that Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama in Newtown by 7451-6784 votes or 51.7 percent to 47 percent. Republican Senate candidate and Tea Party favorite Linda McMahon carried the city over Democrat Chris Murphy by an even larger margin. Add in the other information we have that Lanza’s mother was a “doomsday prepper” and a home schooler in a Republican-leaning city and we can pretty well dispense with the erroneous assumption that Lanza must have been a Democrat (UPDATE: According to at least one media source, Nancy Lanza was a registered Republican. The source does not provide a link, but the author of this article is seeking further confirmation). We can therefore claim that with no evidence to support the claim, the assertion that Lanza was a Democrat is not demonstrated and that in the absence of any evidence it is likely FALSE.

5. Klebold and Harris of course were not old enough to vote and they had no apparent political affiliation. Allegations that they came from families of Democrats or liberal progressives appear to have no sources to substantiate those claims. What little ideology the boys demonstrated owed mostly to an admiration for Timothy McVeigh not Ted Kennedy. Harris’ father was a retired Air Force pilot and Eric Harris wanted to join the Marine Corps. The boys lived in Littleton, Colorado a relatively conservative and affluent suburb of Denver. The claim that their parents were Democrats is UNSUBSTANTIATED. Any suggestion that the two boys were Democrats is demonstrably FALSE.

Interestingly, Hedgecock and those on the far right have conveniently overlooked a number of cases where ideology is clearly right-wing. The acts below are instances of right-wing violence that are unequivocally committed by people who are openly hostile to liberalism. While this does not mean these killers are Republicans, it is quite clear that they are RIGHT-WINGERS and that they have far more in common with Mr. Hedgecock, Alex Jones and the other gun-toting conspiracy nuts on the right than with any evils associated with the Democratic Party or liberalism. In addition, to the list below is the obvious case of Timothy McVeigh, who I have not included because his crime was not committed with firearms. It was however, committed by a right-winger and the carnage was on a massive scale.

For example, on July 18, 1984 James Oliver Huberty, who told his wife he hated “children, Mexicans and the United States” opened fire inside the McDonald’s Restaurant in San Ysidro, CA using a Browning P-35 Hi-Power 9mm pistol, Winchester 1200 pump-action 12-gauge shotgun, and an Israeli Military Industries 9mm Carbine (Uzi) – all legally acquired. He killed 21 and injured 19 before he was shot dead by police.

On Aug. 10, 1999 White supremacist Buford O. Furrow, Jr., fired 70 rounds with an Uzi-type submachine-gun inside the lobby of the Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, CA wounding three children, a teenage counselor and an office worker. He then carjacked a woman’s Toyota at gunpoint, dumped it behind a motel and murdered US Postal Worker Joseph Santos with a Glock 9mm handgun.

On July 27, 2008 Former U.S. Army private, Jim David Atkinsson, who hated Democrats, liberals, African Americans and homosexuals, using a Remington Model 48 12-gauge shotgun, murdered two people and injured seven others inside the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, TN.

The day after Obama’s inauguration, white supremacist Keith Luke went on a killing spree in Brockton, Massachusetts. His goal was to kill as many Jews, blacks and Hispanics as possible. When questioned by investigators, the deranged gunman who had stockpiled hundreds of rounds of ammunition, proclaimed that he was fighting the extinction of the white race.

A little over a month later, Donnie Baker, a former Republican campaign volunteer shot seven Chilean immigrants in Florida. Those who knew him said he was obsessed with the fear that illegal immigrants were taking over the country.

In April of 2009, Richard Popalowski, a white supremacist in Pittsburgh, shot and killed three police officers following a domestic disturbance call. He apparently thought that Obama was part of a government conspiracy to seize all guns, and he feared the government would take his guns away.

Later the same month, a Fort Walton Beach Florida man who thought the Obama administration was conspiring against him, shot and murdered two sheriff’s deputies.

On May 31, 2009 Dr. George Tiller was murdered in his own church by a right-wing “pro- life” gun man who decided to express his belief in the sanctity of human life by executing a medical doctor.

Eleven days later a right-wing white supremacist and Holocaust denier walked into the National Holocaust Museum and killed an African-American security guard. Two weeks later, three Neo-Nazis were arrested for bombing a diversity office in Scottsdale, Arizona.

On April 20, 2010 a member of the Sovereign Citizen movement was arrested after a failed attempt to take over a Tennessee county courthouse.

Exactly one month later, in West Memphis Arkansas, Sovereign citizens Jerry and Joe Kane murdered two police officers before they themselves were shot and killed in the ensuing shoot out with police.

On July 18, 2010 Byron Williams, an angry unemployed man, was arrested by police after they discovered a car full of weapons and ammunition that he had planned to use to kill progressives. He was on his way to the non-profit Tides Foundation Center, a favorite target of vitriol from Glenn Beck’s radio show.

On Jan. 8, 2011 22-year old Jarold Lee Laughner killed six people, including a judge and a nine-year old child, and wounded 13 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), using a 9mm Glock 19 pistol during a public meeting in a supermarket parking lot near Tuscon, AZ.

On Aug. 5, 2012 Wade Michael Page, a 40-year old white supremacist and U.S. Army veteran murdered six people and wounded four others inside a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, WI with a Springfield XD(M) semi-automatic pistol.

The idea that recent mass shooters are mostly registered Democrats is a myth - Tulsa FBI | Examiner.com