Gotta ask.... y'all don't much care for Fox News, but don't you want to listen to all sides? The more info, the better able folks are to make an informed decision, right?
Oh, without a doubt. I do get a lot of my info from right wing sources: bloggers (I even put links up to them, how many liberals do you link to?), Drudge Report, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Well, I do have one linked actually on the blogroll. I've been trying to get my roll whittled down, so I can kind of do a left and right type thing. :) But you'd be surprised how many I have bookmarked. LOL
Stanley and Kaiser, the main editors, are very conservative. There are many things that are skewed. Especially if you look at how a story originally appears on JSOnline one day and compare that to the final edition the next day. The difference can be rather alarming.
Wow. We really do see things through a totally different perspective. sad....
Way back in the dark ages, I took a mini class on journalism. We were taught, who, what, when, where, why and how. We don't get that anymore. Like Joe Friday always said, "Just the facts ma'am". That's all I want from any news source...facts. Not an inserted slant, from either direction.
Oh, I full agree Kate. The only thing I would change is going from "just the facts" to "just all the facts". I want to know the whole story, not just what they want us to know. And like you said, that goes for both liberal and conservative sites.
This does remind me of a cartoon about Fox News. It has two people, one of whom is a pollster. He is asking the other fellow, "Do you: A) Think Bush is always right, B) Think Bush is never wrong, or C) I don't watch Fox News."
I guess the implied all should have been inserted. :) Hey, I'm awake too bloomin' early, and still working on the second cup. LOL
Question: DO you ever watch Fox? Cuz I can tell ya, they don't sing Bush's praises like some would prefer you to think. When he screws up, it is made known, big time! When conservatives do something stupid, they don't mince words. They also don't give a pass to anyone on either side. And no one gets chills running up their leg when any of the candidates talk. :/
Now, it might sound like I'm defending Fox, and maybe I am, but I watch all the cable, and alphabets, and that seems to be the only station I can get both sides of many stories. ALL the news channels to do that.
Ya know, I've seen screen shots with an R behind a name, that should have been a D. Can't remember who it was right now, but it was a prominent Democrat. Then there was a black screen incident at CNN. People in the booth make mistakes. You've got people typing at a furious pace, and tell me you've never made a typo. LOL
If ya lived in this area, you'd either watch all the coverage of the U of M loss in the NCAA nonstop, or how many kids got shot in Memphis last night, or, you'd actually get some national news on the cables. Me? I'm opting out more and more for the History Channel. Heh.
Hmmm... kind of missed the point there, didn't ya. sigh....
ReplyDeleteNo, Kate, I did't miss what the cartoonist was getting at. You know me better than that. Did you miss the point I was making?
ReplyDeleteHeh. Nope....I got it. :)
ReplyDeleteGotta ask.... y'all don't much care for Fox News, but don't you want to listen to all sides? The more info, the better able folks are to make an informed decision, right?
Oh, without a doubt. I do get a lot of my info from right wing sources: bloggers (I even put links up to them, how many liberals do you link to?), Drudge Report, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
ReplyDeleteI just don't have time for liars.
Well, I do have one linked actually on the blogroll. I've been trying to get my roll whittled down, so I can kind of do a left and right type thing. :) But you'd be surprised how many I have bookmarked. LOL
ReplyDeleteCapper, the Journal Sentinel is a right wing source?
ReplyDeleteStanley and Kaiser, the main editors, are very conservative. There are many things that are skewed. Especially if you look at how a story originally appears on JSOnline one day and compare that to the final edition the next day. The difference can be rather alarming.
ReplyDeleteWow. We really do see things through a totally different perspective. sad....
ReplyDeleteWay back in the dark ages, I took a mini class on journalism. We were taught, who, what, when, where, why and how. We don't get that anymore. Like Joe Friday always said, "Just the facts ma'am". That's all I want from any news source...facts. Not an inserted slant, from either direction.
Oh, I full agree Kate. The only thing I would change is going from "just the facts" to "just all the facts". I want to know the whole story, not just what they want us to know. And like you said, that goes for both liberal and conservative sites.
ReplyDeleteThis does remind me of a cartoon about Fox News. It has two people, one of whom is a pollster. He is asking the other fellow, "Do you: A) Think Bush is always right, B) Think Bush is never wrong, or C) I don't watch Fox News."
I guess the implied all should have been inserted. :) Hey, I'm awake too bloomin' early, and still working on the second cup. LOL
ReplyDeleteQuestion: DO you ever watch Fox? Cuz I can tell ya, they don't sing Bush's praises like some would prefer you to think. When he screws up, it is made known, big time! When conservatives do something stupid, they don't mince words. They also don't give a pass to anyone on either side. And no one gets chills running up their leg when any of the candidates talk. :/
Now, it might sound like I'm defending Fox, and maybe I am, but I watch all the cable, and alphabets, and that seems to be the only station I can get both sides of many stories. ALL the news channels to do that.
Look at the picture at the bottom of this post. They do that sort of stuff rather often, I'm afraid.
ReplyDeleteActually, I don't watch any of the cable news anymore, if I can help it.
Ya know, I've seen screen shots with an R behind a name, that should have been a D. Can't remember who it was right now, but it was a prominent Democrat. Then there was a black screen incident at CNN. People in the booth make mistakes. You've got people typing at a furious pace, and tell me you've never made a typo. LOL
ReplyDeleteIf ya lived in this area, you'd either watch all the coverage of the U of M loss in the NCAA nonstop, or how many kids got shot in Memphis last night, or, you'd actually get some national news on the cables. Me? I'm opting out more and more for the History Channel. Heh.