That darn liberal media
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 08/10/2019 - 1:27pm
We all know how MSNBC and CNN are just like Fox, but for the far-left.
Just look at the chart.
But what qualifies as "far-left"?
Media Matters looked for several commonly used phrases to determine whether cable news programming repeated far-left or far-right framing more often: “far left” or “far right,” variations of “too far left,” “so far left,” “too far right,” or “so far right,” and “extreme” or “extremist” left or right.
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Cable news channels applied the far-left framing to wide-ranging subjects: Oftentimes, it was applied to the Democratic Party as a whole or to the 2020 Democratic candidates -- particularly Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) or as a juxtaposition to former Vice President Joe Biden. Networks also applied it to House Democrats, including members of “The Squad” and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), future Supreme Court nominees, Democratic voters, party activists, antifa, Warren’s economic plans, economic policies in general, student debt forgiveness plans, health care plans, pro-choice policies, immigration policies, tax plans, identity politics, Google filters, legal challenges against President Donald Trump’s administration, the Green New Deal, and the Netroots Nation political conference.
So Pelosi, Warren, and MFA are "far-left", and obviously crazy, and that's according to MSNBC and CNN.
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They wouldn't know crazy...
If it reached up, bit them on the ass, ran around making motorcycle noises and then gave a fifteen minute lecture on the world being controlled by Sentient Tacos.
Whoops, went a bit off the rails there at the end...
/snark
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I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Original Medicare
I wonder how long it will take for the "liberal" media to begin calling original Medicare a far-left idea? In 1961 Ronald Reagan was involved in "Operation Coffee Cup", an American Medical Association campaign against Medicare for seniors.
The blue spectrum is entirely relative
Like where do you board a train? Close to the terminus or at the origin? Perspective--it's all a matter of perspective--and inventive name-calling. Here's a reminder from the recent past to savor.
corporate media is the voice of the 1%
...which is yelled in the ear of America 24/7. Propaganda for profit...how convenient.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
You'll never learn anything from tv anyway
Not anymore. Even the 'educational' channels are nothing but garbage these days. I wish more people would stop watching tv, use ad blockers and ignore the constant stream of propaganda and advertising they try to shove down our throats 24/7/365, and go outside or something. Alas, nobody wants to give up their sportsball and reality tv shows. Sigh.
This shit is bananas.
Every once in a while
Every once in a while you can learn something useful by watching tv. About a year ago I was watching a show called, "Homestead Rescue" and I learned that guinea fowl eat ticks. I can't really remember anything else I've learned from tv - except maybe from sesame street and mister rogers when I was little.
Mr Rogers, Sesame Street, Electric Company
Zoom, This Old House, many more. My son learned to say thank you in Cantonese when he was 2 1/2 - 3 years old watching Sagwa (sp?), and blew a
Chinese server's mind once at a restaurant. She almost cried.
I learned to put mashed up, warm, boiled potatoes in my salmon patties, for an Irish twist by watching a cooking show as a teen in the 80s. Won't cook them any other way now. Sooo creamy!
It's not like it used to be, even if Sesame Street is still there. I did get addicted to Downton Abbey on a whim to see just what all the hoopla was about. Now I'll watch Finding Your Roots rarely, but that's about it.
maybe she almost cried because he called her
an ugly cow or something. chinese languages can be very tricky.
The earth is a multibillion-year-old sphere.
The Nazis killed millions of Jews.
On 9/11/01 a Boeing 757 (AA77) flew into the Pentagon.
AGCC is happening.
If you cannot accept these facts, I cannot fake an interest in any of your opinions.
No
He said, "shu shu" (sp?) which was said at the end of every show by the main character, a cat who lived in the royal palace set during one of the historical dynasties.
He did it unprompted, as we were all leaving, with her standing at the door to see us out. He even bowed as he stopped in front of her as he said it. The look on her face was priceless, and she returned the phrase and bow.
He had never done anything like that before. I had no idea how closely he listened and how much attention he paid until then. They're little sponges, kids.
It was actually quite cool!
For one brief stretch in the 60s, educational TV was educational
I remember being really enthusiastic about the educational programs on KHET channel 11 in the early years, after it first went on the air in Honolulu in 1966.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=making+things+grow+thalassa+cruso
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=french+chef+julia+childs
youtube is, surprisingly, fulfilling the promise that
was once assigned to TV.
you can learn damn near anything on Youtube.
For now.
The earth is a multibillion-year-old sphere.
The Nazis killed millions of Jews.
On 9/11/01 a Boeing 757 (AA77) flew into the Pentagon.
AGCC is happening.
If you cannot accept these facts, I cannot fake an interest in any of your opinions.
Yes
I've repaired a laptop, and resolved countless computer issues. Also installed a replacement part in my washing machine, using YouTube. The son I mentioned above taught himself bass guitar which he eventually played in jazz band at school, and how to tie a necktie among other things.
It can be very informative.
My husband
fixed the cruise control in our car--bought the part, and looked up a YT video and fixed it. I was impressed.
This shit is bananas.
Yep!
The only thing I needed help with was putting the top-loading washer face down on the floor. The guy who helped me do that figured I wanted him to replace the part, damsel in distress shit I guess. Nope lol. Just didn't want to tear a bunch of stuff up, me included, trying to get it turned over by myself in the constraints of the laundry room.
Gotta love the fact people put their how-to videos online for us to use. I had forgotten about the car repair videos, or diagnostic videos out there until your comment about the cruise control.