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Is CNN left-wing biased?

Is CNN left-wing biased?


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Maybe THAT's why I never thought of Fox as uber-biased - I mainly encounter their product when I hear their radio news broadcasts on a local radio station, and those are usually just short bits about the news, no commentary or anything...

Yes their new station is only slightly biased, it's their writers, and more importantly their followers that are radical conservatives.
 
A couple weeks ago an Internet search too me to CNN's website home page. 100% of their links to OP-EDs were either anti-Romney or pro-Obama.
 
A couple weeks ago an Internet search too me to CNN's website home page. 100% of their links to OP-EDs were either anti-Romney or pro-Obama.

Yes. The key word is "Op-Eds." Otherwise known as "some guy's opinion."
 
Check out the following interview from this morning with Mayor Giuliani, and make your own determination. In particular, listen to Soledad O'brien as they start to discuss Libya, and take a look at the other reporters chiming in.

They simply can't help themselves, as their left-wing ideology just bubbles over.

The mayor actually has to call her out on it.



...well if you were able to read between the lines for both sides, you'd realize Mayor Giuliani is voting for Romney ;) and has an (R) by his name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani I believe a lot of people initially thought the attacks were a response to the anti muslim movie. I believe the president though that at first too. Further investigation showed that was not the case, end of story. Romney tried to score political points before he really understood the situation.
 
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Yes. The key word is "Op-Eds." Otherwise known as "some guy's opinion."

And when some guys opinion become the standard for what a news organization presents and it consistently supports one side that is bias.
 
Yes. The key word is "Op-Eds." Otherwise known as "some guy's opinion."

OP-EDs by their staff, for which 100% were pro-Obama and anti-Romney, and those the only OP-ED links. Thus, it fair to conclude:
1. 100% of CNN staff is actively supporting Obama using their position with CNN to do so and
2. CNN will allow no opinions other than pro-Obama and anti-Romney to be seen.

Easy enough to figure out. I doubt anyone doesn't understand that CNN is MSNBC-light, MSNCB partisanship but presented in a less raging manner.
 
I would say somewhere between the first and second choice on the Poll. Anderson Cooper is in Obama's left front pocket, so there's no way in Hell CNN is anything other than somewhere Left of Center.
 
I would say somewhere between the first and second choice on the Poll. Anderson Cooper is in Obama's left front pocket, so there's no way in Hell CNN is anything other than somewhere Left of Center.
Damn, either this Cooper guy is really damn small, or Obama has some gigantic pockets.
 
Damn, either this Cooper guy is really damn small, or Obama has some gigantic pockets.
It'd be a combination of both. What do you think?
 
Really weird thread, because I have been looking at CNN lately and thinking, "This is Fox-lite". Perception and mind set is everything. Weirder is that for most folks who know me . . . if a real Republican ever ran for office, I'd vote for them.
 
CNN has a pretty good mix of pundits. Their partisans are for the most part fairly reasonable (or at least good-natured and upfront about it), and their hosts do a good job of being balanced.

Sometimes, the result is that their coverage is very hokey and not very deep, though.

CNN is the only network I watch, because I can't stand MSNBC or FOXNews.

That is exactly how I feel.

I really do enjoy Morning Joe on MSNBC, but the rest of the shows are garbage and simply a left wing version of Fox.
 
IMHO CNN is slightly left. Among the cable news channels, there are the most fair and balanced, as such I watch them mostly. I do miss former anchor TJ Holmes. I can do without Peirs Morgan.
 
Porchev wrote
MSNBC type place where it is 24/7 opinion shows. Watch Fox most of the day, it is showing a fair assessment of what is going on


nonsense!


MSNBC gives a conservative a 3hr show 5 days a week - Joe Scarborough - and most of his guests tilt right, although I would say they are more in the "fiscal conservative - social liberal" vein that used to be the defining style of northeast Republicans.

Fox News never ever has given a liberal an equivalent voice to that provided by MSNBC to Scarborough. One thing I find quite offensive on Fox is the sexual exploitation of their female personalities, nevermind the blatant bias in almost all of their broadcast. O'Reilly an "independent"? :rofl
 
CNN does lean left. This close to an election is when you really notice it. I remember in 2008 about this time, I was deployed overseas and I had limited choices of news channels, and I watched a lot of CNN’s coverage of that election…and it was horrible. I was so frustrated from that I blocked CNN channels on my TV when I got home. However, I know CNN can be ok at times, but again, when it gets so close to a Presidential election their journalism standards seem to go out the window.

As far as Fox News Channel, as I often say, when they are reporting the news like they do most of the day, they are truly fair and balanced. Some people seem to confuse the opinion shows for the actual news reporting, and they think Fox is some sort of MSNBC type place where it is 24/7 opinion shows. Watch Fox most of the day, it is showing a fair assessment of what is going on. Now, if you are watching Hannity that is clearly a conservative leaning opinion type show, don’t judge the whole channel because of that. Hannity is the most right leaning there. As for the others: O’Reilly is an independent and it shows; The Five is a mixed bag; Greta Van Susteren is a moderate (I remember when she was on CNN). The only reason Fox is so incredibly successful, is because one, there apparently was a market for fair and balance reporting that wasn’t being filled. Two, those opinion shows weren’t being showed anywhere else.

I agree with your assessment. O'Reilly is my favorite by far. I find him to be very fair, more than most. I watch some CNN, some Fox, never MSNBC.
 
I have to agree that while I think O'Reilly leans right, he is pretty fair. I may not agree with him a lot of the time, but he certainly doesn't hold back when it is necessary to stick it to the right.

I will admit that I generally don't watch Fox news much though.
 
I think CNN was far more liberal when Ted Turner owned and ran it...when he sold it, cnn went more to the middle and tried to maintain a professional air in reporting without the entertainment factor of Fox or MSNBC...that proved to be wrong and their ratings just died people want to be entertained, foxnews proves that...Soledad Obrien is a leftwinger no doubt, but she has never been as blatant as she has been lately...this may be by intent to jazz up the network and make it more entertaining.
 
I think CNN was far more liberal when Ted Turner owned and ran it...when he sold it, cnn went more to the middle and tried to maintain a professional air in reporting without the entertainment factor of Fox or MSNBC...that proved to be wrong and their ratings just died people want to be entertained, foxnews proves that...Soledad Obrien is a leftwinger no doubt, but she has never been as blatant as she has been lately...this may be by intent to jazz up the network and make it more entertaining.


So it seems to be the opinion of the "Independents", Conservatives and Libertarians that Soledad O'Brian is some radical leftist. Why does calling out rightie lies equate to being a leftie?
 
So it seems to be the opinion of the "Independents", Conservatives and Libertarians that Soledad O'Brian is some radical leftist. Why does calling out rightie lies equate to being a leftie?


Cmon now lets be fair..shes been alot more flagrant than that and whats a lie to you isnt to someone else...shes been flaming and im no right winger
 
A lie is a statement that is untrue.

Those who would say "lies" aren't lies must provide contradicting evidence.
 
A lie is a statement that is untrue.

Those who would say "lies" aren't lies must provide contradicting evidence.
I think a lie is more accurately a statement which the person making it THINKS is untrue.

People can believe false information is true, and thus make an incorrect/false statement without lying.
 
A lie is a statement that is untrue.

Those who would say "lies" aren't lies must provide contradicting evidence.

I think a lie is more accurately a statement which the person making it THINKS is untrue.

People can believe false information is true, and thus make an incorrect/false statement without lying.

I'd agree. Mens rea has to play a role here.
 
CNN "left wing biased" :lamo
Your kidding me right?
Has anyone watched CNN recently?
 
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