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TheWraith

(24,331 posts)
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 02:44 PM Jan 2012

Here's the difference between left-wing media and right-wing media.

Right-wing media and talking heads attack Democrats using made up smears, exaggerations, emphasizing the negatives, insinuations, and outright lies.

Left-wing media and talking heads attack Democrats using made up smears, exaggerations, emphasizing the negatives, insinuations, and outright lies.

You don't agree? Show me one left-wing media source which is as unabashedly pro-Democratic as Fox News is pro-Republican... or one right-wing news source which is as relentlessly anti-Republican as FireDogLake is anti-Democrat.

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Here's the difference between left-wing media and right-wing media. (Original Post) TheWraith Jan 2012 OP
You nailed it. freshwest Jan 2012 #1
Permit me to edit that last line for brevity: Jackpine Radical Jan 2012 #2
my reaction also rurallib Jan 2012 #7
The Freakers NewImproved Deal Jan 2012 #3
Defend your position with something other than ad-hominem. Pholus Jan 2012 #4
Add DU-GD to that list. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2012 #5
when the left wing media is owned and run in part by G.E. is it really left wing media? think Jan 2012 #6
Left wing and Progressive MakingSense Jan 2012 #9
I was just thinking this the other day after watching MSNBC and they were talking about Romney, FarLeftFist Jan 2012 #8
We have a left wing media? nadinbrzezinski Jan 2012 #10
Ditto that question liberal N proud Jan 2012 #11
Nah, the difference is that one exists and the other doesn't tularetom Jan 2012 #12
What a pantload. Hell Hath No Fury Jan 2012 #13
Exactly. intheflow Jan 2012 #14
It floors me that anyone thinks -- Hell Hath No Fury Jan 2012 #15
We are supposed to report the good, the bad and the uggly nadinbrzezinski Jan 2012 #17
Bingo. Hell Hath No Fury Jan 2012 #18
There is no "left-wing" media Cali_Democrat Jan 2012 #16
when you find this so called left wing media quinnox Jan 2012 #19
Show me a left wing Democrat. GeorgeGist Jan 2012 #20
 

NewImproved Deal

(534 posts)
3. The Freakers
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 02:52 PM
Jan 2012

...seem to spew their most toxic venom on GOP outliers: "RINO's" like Romney and "Paleocons" like Paul. Rimjob seems to favor the squalid Gingrich now; of course his site will go lock-step for Romney in a month or two.

Pholus

(4,062 posts)
4. Defend your position with something other than ad-hominem.
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 02:57 PM
Jan 2012

Relentless? Please stop hyperventilating for a moment. Divisive smack-talk is all you're doing.

Seriously.

I hadn't visited FDL in a long while until your post. Until you give specifics about how the current headlines
are "anti-Democrat" you have merely proven yourself to be a non-credible source.

As I look right now at the time of this post:

Headline 1: OWS update
Headline 2: Predictions for the Iowa Caucuses
Headline 3: Discussing minimum wage and the economy. Yup, it seems there is
a failed presidential promise in there but if mentioning it is "Anti-Democrat"
we have groupthink problems here on DU.
Headline 4: Discussing Indiana legislation creating a right-to-work state and mentioning what
Dems had to do to keep it from passing.
Headline 5: Dissection of N.C. Values Coalition head. Guess what? Not a Dem.
Headline 6: Discussion of European Recession
Headline 7: News roundup from last night. I *dare* you to find something "relentlessly anti-Democratic" in there.

So..... I await some actual proof rather than your case of the vapors.

 

MakingSense

(32 posts)
9. Left wing and Progressive
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 03:05 PM
Jan 2012

are not the same thing. The left wing contains a much broader set if ideals than many here like to allow for.

FarLeftFist

(6,161 posts)
8. I was just thinking this the other day after watching MSNBC and they were talking about Romney,
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 03:01 PM
Jan 2012

I was thinking "When is FOX going to have Obama on and give him an un-biased platform without interruption? When are they going to get excited about Obama's campaign without a bias. Maybe even show Obama in a positive light without the lies and distortions".

There is NO opposite of FOX.

 

Hell Hath No Fury

(16,327 posts)
13. What a pantload.
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 03:26 PM
Jan 2012

Seriously. "Pro-Democratic"? Find me a media source that is pro-Democratic and I will call it what it is: propaganda. Just like Fox.

As for what leftish media we have -- most of them are doing what they are supposed to do: providinng us with facts. Apparently, many are having an issue with what the facts reveal.

intheflow

(28,481 posts)
14. Exactly.
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 03:39 PM
Jan 2012

That really does seem to be what the OP wants: leftist propaganda. Not that I would call an all-Democrat-supportive media outlet "leftist." But many in the Democratic Party like to think of themselves that way.

 

Hell Hath No Fury

(16,327 posts)
15. It floors me that anyone thinks --
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 04:16 PM
Jan 2012

media/journalists are supposed to be on any "side". With the rise of FOX and the use of pundits, I think folks are getting confused on the correct responsibilities of media/journalists.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
17. We are supposed to report the good, the bad and the uggly
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 04:21 PM
Jan 2012

but what some want is purely opinion, mostly nice opinion.

 

Hell Hath No Fury

(16,327 posts)
18. Bingo.
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 04:41 PM
Jan 2012

You can certainly have a definite point of view and still report fact -- such as Maddow and Democracy Now! -- but I agree that what is wanted too often is "nice opinion".

 

quinnox

(20,600 posts)
19. when you find this so called left wing media
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 04:44 PM
Jan 2012

that is not confined to a tiny obscure corner, let me know. I'm sick of the right wing media which is massive in this country, 99% right wing media, and 1% left wing media does not seem a proper balance.

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