Murdoch: ‘If we weren’t fair and balanced, we wouldn’t have the number one network in news.’

[scandal 951]

I know NPR but what is PRI?

Not really true. Although the US is losing a portion of its newsheets, there are still a lot of quality newspapers out there and the vast majority have online versions. It just requires the ability to read for more than 30 seconds at any one time.

PRI = Public Radio International. Bringing us such wonderful programs as Marketplace and This American Life. Ohmygod!!! Any TAL fans on VJ??? Ira Glass is such a geek, but what a wonderful amazing radio program TAL is!

Many public radio affiliates across the country will carry both NPR & PRI programming.

MC - you're in Cali right? In the Bay area I know KQED carries all the good stuff. Not sure about where you live.

Oh , and regarding newspapers. Um, it's actually frightful what's going on. The shocking drop in revenues, and editorial standards, and quality, of America's newspapers is dreadful. Pretty much the only papers left in the country that have maintained standards are NY Times, WS Journal, Washington Post. Possibly LA Times, but now that Tribune Company is in bankruptcy even LATimes and Chicago Tribune have had their newsrooms hacked to pieces. Very, very sad and concerning development.

[Peikko 1,575]

Got it, I already listen to those shows. The local station carries both programing I just didn't know the acronym.

[nowhereman 1]

Obama's approval ratings nationwide: Over 60%

Obama's approval ratings on VJ: 6%

Conclusion: There's a whole lot of right wingers on VJ!

link?

I was being sarcastic, but his approval ratings really are above 60% nationally (just google it... I'm too lazy to atm). However you definitely don't see an approval rating on VJ anywhere near 60%.

[scandal 951]

Got it, I already listen to those shows. The local station carries both programing I just didn't know the acronym.

You have good taste

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Liberals don't even like to be called liberals, but they can't call conservatives simply "conservatives". We have to be "right wingers", "extremists" and other qualifiers that indicate that we are perceived as way off the norm.

Obama's approval ratings nationwide: Over 60%

Obama's approval ratings on VJ: 6%

Conclusion: There's a whole lot of right wingers on VJ!

link?

I was being sarcastic, but his approval ratings really are above 60% nationally (just google it... I'm too lazy to atm). However you definitely don't see an approval rating on VJ anywhere near 60%.

True. Most of his formerly dogged and most vocal supporters have melted away.

[Peikko 1,575]

Got it, I already listen to those shows. The local station carries both programing I just didn't know the acronym.

You have good taste

I have a secret vice, I really like a Prairie Home Companion. Not so much the country music, but the sketches. They are so homey

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I know NPR but what is PRI?

It is true though. If it weren't why are people treating fox news as though it were some sort of sacred cow?

The attitude isn't restricted to the right. It is however pretty typical of how this country frames political discourses.

I have never thought of them as a sacred cow (not saying you have acussed me of that). I have in this forum pointed out what it is I think that doesnt make them fair and balanced, that said I dont think fox news is as biased as many liberals here would say there are but nevertheless fox understands that the right wingers are there bread and butter and often choose stories that will peak there interest. We have little options when it comes to the media.

Not really true. Although the US is losing a portion of its newsheets, there are still a lot of quality newspapers out there and the vast majority have online versions. It just requires the ability to read for more than 30 seconds at any one time.

I meant tv media, thats what we were talking about. As far as other media, yes we do have plenty of outlets. Are you implying that right wingers are not capable of reading for more than 30 seconds.

There is an undue importance placed on TV news media. TV news carries the least content and the least amount analysis.

[Ban Hammer 14,668]

Obama's approval ratings nationwide: Over 60%

Obama's approval ratings on VJ: 6%

Conclusion: There's a whole lot of right wingers on VJ!

link?

I was being sarcastic, but his approval ratings really are above 60% nationally (just google it... I'm too lazy to atm). However you definitely don't see an approval rating on VJ anywhere near 60%.

so you're going to make up a number and have zero to support that arbitrary number. got it.

[nowhereman 1]

Liberals don't even like to be called liberals, but they can't call conservatives simply "conservatives". We have to be "right wingers", "extremists" and other qualifiers that indicate that we are perceived as way off the norm.

Obama's approval ratings nationwide: Over 60%

Obama's approval ratings on VJ: 6%

Conclusion: There's a whole lot of right wingers on VJ!

link?

I was being sarcastic, but his approval ratings really are above 60% nationally (just google it... I'm too lazy to atm). However you definitely don't see an approval rating on VJ anywhere near 60%.

True. Most of his formerly dogged and most vocal supporters have melted away.

Well my conclusion is that VJ slants far right & if Obama gave every single family in the USA a million dollars (not practical I know, just an extreme example) the VJ hardcore wouldn't approve. I think you're take is just a tad different

[scandal 951]

Got it, I already listen to those shows. The local station carries both programing I just didn't know the acronym.

You have good taste

I have a secret vice, I really like a Prairie Home Companion. Not so much the country music, but the sketches. They are so homey

Lake Woebegon - where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average

[Ban Hammer 14,668]

Well my conclusion is that VJ slants far right & if Obama gave every single family in the USA a million dollars (not practical I know, just an extreme example) the VJ hardcore wouldn't approve. I think you're take is just a tad different

from my perspective, it's more left.

[Peikko 1,575]

I know NPR but what is PRI?

It is true though. If it weren't why are people treating fox news as though it were some sort of sacred cow?

The attitude isn't restricted to the right. It is however pretty typical of how this country frames political discourses.

I have never thought of them as a sacred cow (not saying you have acussed me of that). I have in this forum pointed out what it is I think that doesnt make them fair and balanced, that said I dont think fox news is as biased as many liberals here would say there are but nevertheless fox understands that the right wingers are there bread and butter and often choose stories that will peak there interest. We have little options when it comes to the media.

Not really true. Although the US is losing a portion of its newsheets, there are still a lot of quality newspapers out there and the vast majority have online versions. It just requires the ability to read for more than 30 seconds at any one time.

I meant tv media, thats what we were talking about. As far as other media, yes we do have plenty of outlets. Are you implying that right wingers are not capable of reading for more than 30 seconds.

No. No implication beyond the fact that TV is really only useful for those with ADD.

TV is not a good news source in the US, that's all there is to say. If you want news, then you need to delve a little deeper. Radio/newspapers/magazines.

[_Simpson_ 250]

There is an undue importance placed on TV news media. TV news carries the least content and the least amount analysis.

Thats why we need to turn on talk radio

[Peikko 1,575]

Got it, I already listen to those shows. The local station carries both programing I just didn't know the acronym.

You have good taste

I have a secret vice, I really like a Prairie Home Companion. Not so much the country music, but the sketches. They are so homey

Lake Woebegon - where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average

I think my fav section is Guy Noir. My 10 year old finds it hysterically funny too and always asks me to put it one when we drive anywhere. Of course, it's only on at the weekends. I should have gone see him when he came to LA's Greek theater last Friday but I couldn't face the traffic

[nowhereman 1]

Well my conclusion is that VJ slants far right & if Obama gave every single family in the USA a million dollars (not practical I know, just an extreme example) the VJ hardcore wouldn't approve. I think you're take is just a tad different

from my perspective, it's more left.

There are very vocal personalities from both ends of the spectrum here... we can agree on that much.