bowerbird

Do you realise that I am posting from Australia and that when I google up "news" it is slanted to deal Australian news first?

It is difficult for me to choose a topic that would show the differences but should you choose to kick it off with something you feel is well presented by Fox I will endeavour to provide other slants on the same news from different sources - including some international ones

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Middleground

Agreed. Though it's sooooooooooo boring when pundits and interviewers don't yell at/over each other.

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niftydrifty

don't forget Democracy Now.

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Harshaw

So you keep saying, without examples, and those few you do provide usually turn out not to be true.

An interesting thing about last night's coverage, at least concerning the differences between Fox and MSNBC . . .

Fox had on numerous Democrats, including Bob Beckel and Joe Trippi, and they were both treated respectfully, with collegiality, whereas MSNBC's conservative guests were brow-beaten.

Fox stayed live through the evening, until midnight; MSNBC re-ran Olbermann's 8 o'clock hour at 10 pm after announcing it would be a live show (Olbermann apparently left the building).

Fox stayed pretty measured; Matthews was getting crusty; who knows what happened to Olbermann; and Matthews starting spinning this bizarre theory that Corzine's loss was a voter rejection of "Wall Street money."

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EpicDude86

aaannnd the Network failed because it couldn't compete with all the Infotainment. lol

Sir Loin

Good for you, because as you already know, and using urban vernacular, that would be a START. As versus a wild arsed claim followed by a wild arsed dodge.

lizzie

Headlines from a few major news sources today:

From CNN:
Analysis: Elections not a referendum on Obama
By Mark Preston, CNN Political Editor
November 4, 2009 1:24 p.m. EST

From MSNBC:
White House distances itself from vote losses
Says the races for governor hinged on local issues and were not a referendum on the president. Full story
First Read: Four lessons learned
Vote: What was biggest lesson?


From PBS online Newshour:
GOP Says Election Wins Show Rebirth
The Republican Party trumpeted wins in both the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections Tuesday as signs of the party's resurgence just a year after Barack Obama and the Democrats dominated the 2008 elections.


From BBC:
Democrats play down vote defeats

Victory speeches: Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie and Michael Bloomberg
US Democrats have played down their defeat to the Republicans in two key gubernatorial races.

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What it probably amounts to is that bias has been present in journalism since it's inception, because there are few people who can truly be objective. We all are biased based on our personal histories. I don't have a problem with bias in journalism, because I have a strong bias myself. To me, it's not a flaw. What I do like to see, though, is establishable facts put forth. I can come to my own conclusions if I have facts. Peoples' opinions are just that- opinions, and it doesn't hurt to consider other opinions.

As for investigative journalism, I believe there is a shortage of that these days, but I suspect that is due to a probability that many journalists are afraid of what they may find out- it may not support their own beliefs regarding what is happening in the world.

bowerbird

I rarely get accused of laziness or dodging a question because my usual modus operandi is to research first - but this time I was too unsure about the current news events and how they are being presented THERE. I have tried logging on to some of the live stream stuff only to get "Not available outside of America" So was, in this instance, despite trying, unable to do the requisite research that would have settled your contention. Your response, has been rude and accusatory, so, welcome to my ignore list

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bowerbird

Again thank-you

Here is what I ended up with googling

news american local elections - Google News

As you can see I got the Afghan elections and Iranian elections mixed in!

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lizzie

Yes, the age of information has made this a small world.