Is the Media Completely in the Tank for Obama? [W:242]

[Kane]

I couldn't help noticing that all the TV and newspapers are all on board to re-elect Obama.

Chicago Tribune, LA Times, NYT, and television all seem to uniformly back him up whether its his election, wars or ObamaCare.

First, from News Busters:

"Abby Goodnough of The New York Times is reporting as the California state government is setting up its ObamaCare exchange, the exchange has hired a PR firm (with federal government money).

"Realizing that much of the battle will be in the public relations realm, the exchange has poured significant resources into a detailed marketing plan — developed not by state health bureaucrats but by the global marketing powerhouse Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, which has an initial $900,000 contract with the exchange," she wrote. Ogilvy's plan is to tap major network TV shows like "Grey's Anatomy" and "Modern Family" to sell Americans on the health care law:




Propaganda Update: TV Networks Will Be Asked to Boost ObamaCare In Plots of Their Top Shows | NewsBusters.org

The exchange itself has so far been financed by three grants, worth $237 million, from the federal government. Most of the money is committed to consultants, including Accenture, which has a $327 million contract to build and support the initial operation of the enrollment portal."

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And for those of you who agree the press should oprate independantly of the govmnt: The WaHoPo: "Liberal" Amnesty Lies About Syria

Amnesty: Indiscriminate government attacks are maiming, terrorizing Syria civilians
"BEIRUT — The Syrian government has carried out indiscriminate air bombardments and artillery strikes on residential areas that do not target opposition fighters or military objectives, and instead appear aimed solely at punishing civilians seen as sympathetic to rebel forces, Amnesty International said Wednesday."

Amnesty: Indiscriminate government attacks are maiming, terrorizing Syria civilians - The Washington Post
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Uh, hello!

Its the foreign backed "Free Syrian Army" terrorists doing the indiscriminate bombings to destabilizes and soften up Iran's big ally, armed by Washington, that are doing most of the damage. But apparently, Amnesty liberals are for sale, as well their counterparts in the press.

 

[Grim17]

"Is the Media Completely in the Tank for Obama?"

YES.

 

[notquiteright]

Yes- it is a vast left wing conspiracy to defeat the leader of the upper 1% most of Hollywood belongs to!

They doctored secret tapes to fake Romney's 47%, Mexican Dad fundraiser speech.

They planted fake overseas tax dodge accounts in Willard's name.

They mess with the video of Romney appearances to make him look stiff, his smile frozen and a stutterer.

They added dozens more 'umms' to Clint's rambling monologue at the convention.

They dubbed in 'people are corporations too my friend' in that public appearance.

Yep,yep,yep ya caught 'em....

 

[sawyerloggingon]

The media is basically part of the obama reelection campaign.

 

[Manc Skipper]

Keeping the fear alive...The idea is still as ludicrous on it's face as it ever was. Where is the incessant torrent of hateful vitriol coming from if not "the media"?

 

[madman]

Where is the incessant torrent of hateful vitriol coming from if not "the media"?

The right wing conspiratorial "media." LOL

 

[Birdzeye]

Are Fox, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Times part of the lefty media cabal?

Not to mention Daily Caller, Breitbart, Newsmax and Worldnet Daily.

 

[Donahue]

Keeping the fear alive...The idea is still as ludicrous on it's face as it ever was. Where is the incessant torrent of hateful vitriol coming from if not "the media"?

You're seeing an incessant torrent of hateful vitriol coming from the media?

Toward Obama?

Where?????

 

[PeteEU]

The first sign of the right wing candidate is loosing... the right starts to attack the media and blame them for bias. Happens in every freaking country around the world.. must be part of the "how to be a conservative 101" manual.

 

[iguanaman]

The media is basically part of the obama reelection campaign.

And the whining begins. Why are Conservatives so fond of playing the victim? I thought that was bad? Didn't Romney say as much?

 

[iliveonramen]

It's actually a good things that Conservative come up with they myths on why they lose. As long as they point to Presidential hopeful X as not being conservative enough or the media is against them they won't actually make the changes they need in order to be a relevant party post-Boomer dominated elections.

 

[Manc Skipper]

You're seeing an incessant torrent of hateful vitriol coming from the media?

Toward Obama?

Where?????

It's coming from somewhere. You could look at the post before yours for a clue.

 

[Donahue]

It's coming from somewhere. You could look at the post before yours for a clue.

How about you just show me where the main stream media is emitting an incessant torrent of hateful vitriol.

MSNBC, CNN, The New York Times, etc. have a lot of pundits. It should be easy for you to find hundreds of attacks by them.

 

[Cameron]

So are the Wall Street Journal, FoxNews, The Washington Times, The Drudge Report, Townhall Magazine, Human Events, Commentary, The American Spectator, The Atlantic, The NY Post, Policy Review, Public Interest, The Indianapolis Star, The Economist, National Review, Reason, The Spectator, the Weekly Standard, not part of "the media"? A lot of the remainder have conservative pundits as well. Are they not real journalists?

It's easy to claim "the media" is biased when you decide to eliminate half of it from the category.

It's stupid to scapegoat or demonize liberal newspapers and magazines. Especially while conservatives are hypocritically trying (and succeeding) to do the same with their own networks and papers.

 

[mpg]

So are the Wall Street Journal, FoxNews, The Washington Times, The Drudge Report, Townhall Magazine, Human Events, Commentary, The American Spectator, The Atlantic, The NY Post, Policy Review, Public Interest, The Indianapolis Star, The Economist, National Review, Reason, The Spectator, the Weekly Standard, not part of "the media"? A lot of the remainder have conservative pundits as well. Are they not real journalists?

It's easy to claim "the media" is biased when you decide to eliminate half of it from the category.

It's stupid to scapegoat or demonize liberal newspapers and magazines. Especially while conservatives are hypocritically trying (and succeeding) to do the same with their own networks and papers.

"half"? hardly

 

[Cameron]

"half"? hardly

You're right. For example, FoxNews has better ratings than the other two major cable news networks combined, and all of the top 13 cable news programs, so it's actually probably more than half.

 

[Manc Skipper]

How about you just show me where the main stream media is emitting an incessant torrent of hateful vitriol.

MSNBC, CNN, The New York Times, etc. have a lot of pundits. It should be easy for you to find hundreds of attacks by them.

You don't get to qualify which parts of the media, and nobody said the trorrent came from the same place every day. Radio is part of the media.

 

[sawyerloggingon]

So are the Wall Street Journal, FoxNews, The Washington Times, The Drudge Report, Townhall Magazine, Human Events, Commentary, The American Spectator, The Atlantic, The NY Post, Policy Review, Public Interest, The Indianapolis Star, The Economist, National Review, Reason, The Spectator, the Weekly Standard, not part of "the media"? A lot of the remainder have conservative pundits as well. Are they not real journalists?

It's easy to claim "the media" is biased when you decide to eliminate half of it from the category.

It's stupid to scapegoat or demonize liberal newspapers and magazines. Especially while conservatives are hypocritically trying (and succeeding) to do the same with their own networks and papers.

The problem with your post is the masses get informed or should I say misinformed by the network news , the big three. That is what they listen to while they make dinner, eat dinner and yell at the kids. If they read anything at all it is probably the NY Times, AP etc and the head lines that scream out at them from Time and News Week as they stand in the checkout line at the local super market. The publications you listed are for those of us who actually pay attention and want to be informed, sadly we are the minority. FOX is only one TV news show that is not liberal but it is surrounded by the networks and several other lib cable news shows, nice try but no dice.

 

[Mycroft]

I couldn't help noticing that all the TV and newspapers are all on board to re-elect Obama.

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Kane, I have to ask you if you were around in 2007-2008? Since then, the majority of the MSM has absolutely been in the tank for Obama...and they still are. Heck, the MSM is responsible for Hillary losing the nomination last time.

Keeping the fear alive...The idea is still as ludicrous on it's face as it ever was. Where is the incessant torrent of hateful vitriol coming from if not "the media"?

Oh, for sure the incessant torrent of hateful vitriol is coming from the media...but it's not being directed at Obama.

 

[code1211]

How about you just show me where the main stream media is emitting an incessant torrent of hateful vitriol.

MSNBC, CNN, The New York Times, etc. have a lot of pundits. It should be easy for you to find hundreds of attacks by them.

You're kidding, right?

 

[johnny_rebson]

Isn't ObamaCare a copy of RomneyCare?


Who created RomneyCare?

 

[code1211]

There is an interesting undercurrent of liberal Bias in many programs. HBO has a pretty well written show called the newsroom except that it's so biased in the way it "sees" the world that it's hard to watch.

The setting is a news room in a major cable news operation and they present very slanted interpretations of ideas as if they are facts and then proceed from there. It's a dangerous piece of work that these folks are presenting. It is propaganda. That is the plain and simple fact of the matter.

However, this could be an accurate presentation of the one-sided thinking that guides the editorial efforts of most news organizations in which upwards of 85% of the staff actually contributes to the democrat party and candidates. If this program's portrayal is accurate, it is as frightening as it is infuriating.

 

[mpg]

You're right. For example, FoxNews has better ratings than the other two major cable news networks combined, and all of the top 13 cable news programs, so it's actually probably more than half.

Fox News + talk radio + conservative periodicals = small piece of the MSM

 

[Mycroft]

Isn't ObamaCare a copy of RomneyCare?


Who created RomneyCare?

Is there some reason for bringing that up? Or are you just trying to derail the thread?

I suspect the latter.

 

[Josie]

The vast majority of newspaper and television media leans toward Obama.

The vast majority of talk radio and new media (blogs, Twitter, etc.) leans toward Romney.