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Some Examples of News Media Bias

Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by InTheLight, Dec 1, 2017.

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    The MSM has been biased in its presentation of Republicans in general for as long as I know. But it has become more pronounced, more professional, and more vicious, especially against Trump and those who come out in favor of his actual policies.
     
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    Vox News Headline

    CNN receives bomb threat on same night as Trump’s latest attack on media as “the enemy of the people”

    Trump attacked the “FAKE NEWS.” That same night, the NYPD was on its way to CNN’s studio.

    Vox News (Actual article contents)

    On Thursday evening at 10:07 pm, President Donald Trump posted a tweet containing all of seven words — “FAKE NEWS - THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!”

    A short time later, CNN’s Don Lemon had to abruptly go to commercial break as CNN’s New York studio was evacuated because of a bomb threat.

    According to the CNN, the network received a threat from a caller who said there were five explosive devices in the building. The network later said the threatening call “was received shortly before 10 pm,” before Trump posted his tweet.


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    Or is this another example of fake news? It seems to me that their taking the words personally is tacit admission of guilt.

    Trump calls fake news the enemy of the people; CNN and certain other news organizations take offense. Hmmm.

    Had Hillary merely said half the voters belong in a basket of deplorables, I would have assumed she meant her own supporters, or Bernie's.
     
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    It's not Fake News because it really did happen. The bias is the implication that there is a cause and effect--Trump tweets something, a zealot carries out an act. Ergo, Trump caused the bomb threat. That's dispicable.



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    I agree it's despicable, but also fake news. You don't have to agree, but I say this is fake news because we're not talking minor details or opinion here.

    Fake news isn't just when something reported never happened at all, but when they spin the news such that it no longer reflects the truth.

    Trump tweeted about fake news--true (though not their version), plus there was a serious incident at a news outlet--true, plus the first prompted the other--false, equals fake news. It is a false narrative, but "fake news" is catchier.

    I know the MSM doesn't want this labeled fake news, but it is. They aren't only outright liars, but deceivers, as well. Again, we're not talking minor details or opinion here.

    This label also applies when they claim Trump called all immigrants animals--false, when they claim Trump called the press the enemy of the people--false, when they claim Trump mocked someone's handicap--false, etc. Their conflations amount to fake news. The MSM doesn't like this label, but that is their problem. If they really don't like it, they could stop doing it, well, theoretically.
     
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    #26 InTheLight, Dec 30, 2018
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    BTW, if you were curious but didn't click on the link, this piece ran in Newsweek. Yes, Newsweek.

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    The left takes great joy in the fabrication of lies and the media takes joy in the money they get for reporting it.
     
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    I couldn’t believe it. Yup. I checked.
     
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    Or aggravates their insanity. They were madmen, completely out of touch with reality long before he was on the scene. They are a dangerous lot.:eek:

    And by using a lunar calendar, Islam’s observances can occur during any season. The author cited Eid al-Adha but it was in August this year (and Ramadan in May-June).:rolleyes:
     
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    Newsweek is on a roll.
     
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    Yep. It continues. All down hill.
     
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    Trump left a meeting with Pelosi and Schumer yesterday. Take a look at how it was handled by various news outlets. First, here's how Trump characterized it.

    Trump Leaves Meeting.JPG


    Here's how other news outlets handled it.

    CNN:
    Donald Trump's Temper Tantrum
    Washington (CNN)On Wednesday, the President of the United States stormed out of a meeting with top congressional leaders after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to support money in the federal budget for the border wall he has long championed.

    London Times
    President Trump walks out of shutdown meeting after wall ‘tantrum’

    NBC News:
    Trump stalked out of his meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday — "I said bye-bye," he tweeted soon after — as efforts to end the partial government shutdown fell into deeper disarray.

    The Atlantic
    Trump reportedly walked out of a meeting with Democratic leaders because they wouldn’t agree to funding a border wall.

    Associated Press
    Trump’s comments came a day after he walked out of a negotiating meeting with congressional leaders — “I said bye-bye,” he tweeted soon after — as efforts to reopen the government fell into deeper disarray.

    Fox News
    President Trump walked out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday afternoon over the partial government shutdown after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi again rejected supporting new funding for a border wall, according to those in the meeting.
     
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    CNN solicits, then rejects news contrary to the mantra.

    Twitter
     
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    That's true. It's also proof that they are not interested in "reporting" the news, just supporting left wing talking points. Even when they know it's lie.
     
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