Sunday, February 15, 2009
The bias in your news and politics
Every time you turn on your television you are pumped with whatever emotions the network wants you to be pumped with. The kung fu channel wants you to be pumped with adrenaline and excitement, Comedy Central wants you to be pumped with laughter and happyness, and the cabel news networks want you to be pumped with fear and anxiety. Feelings of fear and anxiety cause you to do one thing above all others, watch the news. You see suicide bombings, dead marines hanging off bridges, pictures of men in turbans, and you think to yourself, these people are scary and these people are bad. They are using these images and this rhetoric to make you think a certain way. Every news station claims no bias in their reporting but that is a load of crap. Everyone who watches Keith Olbermann and knows this guy is a left wing man, and you see Bill O'Reilly and you know hes a left wing man. They both claim "No spin" but everyone sees it. Noone who is unbiased uses the phrase "left wing loon" ten times per show. This isnt just cabel news either, its also in your magazines. Time for instance had Obama on the cover perhaps 20 times during the campaign season and nearing the end of the race. Mccain probably 4. What does this mean to you. Do you think Time was pulling for McCain? No. No you do not. Its the subtletys that will end up getting to you. If you want real news, unbiased news, youll have to watch....oh wait, there isnt any.
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