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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 07:11 PM
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Poll question: How is the Obama administration being portrayed by the GOP-controlled media?
Pick one please and discuss.

There is no "other" choice.

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rwheeler31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 07:18 PM
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1. If you listen carefully they introduce segments with phrases
such as, Is Obama on the defensive with his stimulus package.
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 07:21 PM
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2. they are very slick at what they do
people need to realize how much of an impact words have on people's perceptions.
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 07:23 PM
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3. Yes, lots of insidious phrases that are intended to cause doubt
and mistrust. Except of course for Faux, which blatantly calls him a socialist or a communist, depending on the host/guest.
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Believing Is Art Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 07:29 PM
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6. I remember an article in Nat Geo that was introduced that way (not about Obama though)
In big words on the cover it said "Did Darwin Get it Wrong?"

Then you opened to the article and in an even bigger font, it said "NO."

That was okay for Nat Geo. They know their readership is science-minded, and they don't have those kind of gimmicks all the time. But when you're watching the news and hear about upcoming segments titled something like "Is Obama turning us into a socialist society" on a daily basis, people are just going to take that headline and run with it. Many won't even watch the actual segment, just assume that title says all they need to know.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 09:04 PM
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7. Dr. Colbert says the GOP sells doubt. n/t
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 07:24 PM
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4. what GOP- controlled media?


seems we aren't as powerless as we thought - we seem to have won the last election despite what you see as GOP bias... :shrug:
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 07:26 PM
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5. You're kidding, right? n/t
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 09:22 PM
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9. no, I'm not - a lot of research says there is very little media bias
Edited on Sat Feb-21-09 09:22 PM by tigereye


except on Fox.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:22 PM
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10. All the studies I've seen shows there is NO LIBERAL bias. n/t
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 09:08 PM
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8. they've been terrible on the stimulus
all kinds of misinformation repeated over and over. Total lack of balance of voices.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:25 PM
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11. As far as I'm concerned, this is the best we'll see from the GOP-controlled media.
I expect much worse in the future.

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