(November 20, 2014 at 5:06 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: ...the liberal bias of the other networks...
Anyone who was still attached to the myth of the "liberal bias" of the media should have been disabused of that delusion during the W Bush years. The media shamelessly turned into a bunch of cheer leaders in the run up to the Iraq War and then swept it all under the rug when it turned out to be based on lies. They even managed to create an artificial moratorium on the words "lie" or "liar", condemning anyone uttering those words as impolitic and "shrill". This ban lasted until some people had their health insurance plans canceled and suddenly the word "lie" was in vogue again. It was all changed on a fucking dime like the propaganda in Orwell's 1984.
If you work in the media and you either are a liberal or report on a story sympathetic to liberals, you are skating on thin ice. Your career hangs by a thread. You make one mistake and you are FIRED. You made an honest mistake? Fuck you, you're fired! You have 25 years with us? Fuck you, you're fired! Turns out you were completely right about what you said? Fuck you, you're fired! You're lucky if we don't physically throw you out and dump the contents of your desk out the window.
If you work in the media and you are either a conservative or report on a story sympathetic to conservatives, there is no accountability for any mistakes or even gross negligence. You can shit yourself on air, pull it out of your pants and fling it at the camera. At most, you may go to the penalty box for a month or two and then be back on the air with nothing said.
See Lara Logan and Dan Rather for an apples to apples example. There are many others I can name.
If Republicans win an election, even if it's a 51/49 win, it's reported as a "mandate" and the discussion turns to "how will the Democrats come to the center" (as if they're not already centrist enough).
If Democrats win an election, even if it's a landslide, it's reported as "a call for bipartisanship" and the discussion turns to "how will the Democrats still include the Republican minority as they govern".
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