John Stewart Mocks Olbermann

[Eilonnwy]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/3...2335025138

I was pissing myself laughing when I saw this. As someone who loves both Stewart and Olbermann, this was just priceless!

[theVOID]

Is it just me or are the two best (non comical) News personalities in the states both on MSNBC? That being Olbermann and Maddow.

What is MSNBC like in general?

[leo-rcc]

MSNBC is more the liberal and democratic tainted news, and therefore just as bias as Fox is. As it happens more people here agree with the liberals and democrats, so we tend to think of their news as "better".

[theVOID]

Fairly biased i get, but Just as biased AS FOX? That's quite a claim...

Me thinks i'll stick to the Beeb and Al jazeera for my primary news sources.

[leo-rcc]

Fairly biased i get, but Just as biased AS FOX? That's quite a claim...

Perhaps not as biased, but biased none the less. It's hard to give a grade on bias.

[theVOID]

Fairly biased i get, but Just as biased AS FOX? That's quite a claim...

Perhaps not as biased, but biased none the less. It's hard to give a grade on bias.

What's your opinion on the Beeb?

[Tiberius]

Not sure how much truth there is in it, but one of my friends read a study once (or at least claims he did) that found Fox News had more "balance" between conservative and liberal guests than the overly liberal media of CNN and MSNBC (who favoured liberal guests far more than conservative ones).

I haven't found the study, but I think it might hold some truth. Fox News tends to invite liberals on so that they can laugh and make fun of them whilst under the guise of "having an interview". Just look at O'Reilly. He has mostly liberal guests on his show, since he loves to shout and harass them.

Of course, none of this "balance" affects the fact that Fox News also participates in censoring their liberal guests by cutting them off.

[leo-rcc]

Fairly biased i get, but Just as biased AS FOX? That's quite a claim...

Perhaps not as biased, but biased none the less. It's hard to give a grade on bias.

What's your opinion on the Beeb?

Which one? World? America? UK 1 2 3 4?

[Eilonnwy]

As a loyal watcher of Olbermann and Maddow I can say, yes they have a liberal bias but they put that on the table. They don't try to hide their bias and unlike Fox, they don't try to pretend that their bias is the opinion of everyone else in the world. They are very decent about being factual, Maddow is painstakingly so. If someone asks for a correction, they do it or they explain why a correction is not needed. Keith Olbermann can get hyperbolic but he admits he's hyperbolic and mocks himself for it sometimes. Maddow is extremely professional and does an excellent job of interviewing people she disagrees and is fair about it. She's also a geek so will feature science stuff.

So while I agree, there is a bias there, they don't try to pretend there's not and they do a decent job of fact checking. I watch them and CNN, which seems to even the playing field for me. CNN is more conservative without being overly biased like Fox so I feel I get two sides of the coin.

Here's a perfect example of what I'm talking about: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/3...2335024863

[theVOID]

Fairly biased i get, but Just as biased AS FOX? That's quite a claim...

Perhaps not as biased, but biased none the less. It's hard to give a grade on bias.

What's your opinion on the Beeb?

Which one? World? America? UK 1 2 3 4?

Well lets start with BBC World, since that is the only broadcast one I am familiar with.

Do the various BBC networks not adhere to the same standards regarding impartiality?