Black Socks

October 24th, 2015 at 3:35 PM ^

You do realize that all mainstream media are owned by the same people right?  It's called a false left / right paradigm.  That's why more and more people are tuning the mainstream out.  Like George Carlin said it's only created to make you think you have a choice.  At the end of the day you bend over and take it.

SalvatoreQuattro

October 24th, 2015 at 3:53 PM ^

That man knew as much about politics as Brady Hoke knows about special teams.

You do realize that there are a great many ways for news to be spread and that not all news outlets are owned by the same companies, don't you?

Oh, wait, you probably don't because you are too busy receiving your knowledge from a dead  comedian.

The reality is that with the age of the internet news can be easily disseminated by individuals as much by corporations. The internet was a gamechanger in that regard. But even before then news/political views were  widely disseminated through visual and audio media and in university classrooms.

The Left-Right paradigm is very real. I think you need to find better sources of information because you quite clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

drjaws

October 24th, 2015 at 3:14 PM ^

Or maybe he leans left and like to hear commentary that supports his opinions. There's a reason these sites exist.

Fun fact. I read a story that said the most factual new outlet available in the US is Al-Jazeera. Fox News, MSNBC etc were 45-65% truthful/accurate

That being said, I don't watch the news. Ever.



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BornSinner

October 24th, 2015 at 3:24 PM ^

But... it has "Al" in it... must be a terrorist sympathizer news station.... 

 

/s 

 

Actually, interesting story... back when Michigan students were protesting DB's firing last year, Al-Jazeera of all fucking news stations covered it LOL. 

Turns out one of their anchors is a Michigan alum... 

Interesting factoid of the day. 

SalvatoreQuattro

October 24th, 2015 at 3:36 PM ^

That's why I scorn those who think "independent" media is any better than "corporate" media.  The key difference other than that the mainstrem media includes more of the spectacular  (car chases, murder cases, etc) whereas the independent are more focused on political.

drjaws

October 24th, 2015 at 4:36 PM ^

Sal. Correct. All news is biased, which is why no news station received close to a 100%. Al-Jazeera was 80-something %, Fox was 45% accurate, MSNBC was low 60-something %.

The point of my post was mainstream US media outlets are so politicized that they are almost as focused on the "spin" as they are reporting the facts.



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stephenrjking

October 24th, 2015 at 2:51 PM ^

The non-self-aware anti-other prejudice is strong with these two.

If you don't think that there are people who will rush to say insane, inflammatory things in comments on all sides of the political spectrum, you are as myopic as the people who make those comments.

Lie-Cheat-Steal

October 24th, 2015 at 3:02 PM ^

and self-righteousness is strong with this one.  Was referring to FOX, if you had the reading comprehension of a 4th grader and attention span of a squirrel you may have been able to piece that together from the chronology of the thread.  Had MSNBC been the topic at hand the commentary would have been a satire from the other end of the spectrum.

But thank you Captain Obvious for enlightening us that there are extreme opinions on both sides, particularly made by commenters on right or left leaning websites.  Your insight and depth are not just a service to the community, but have helped me in my path towards personal growth and a deeper wisdom.

BomTrady

October 24th, 2015 at 3:14 PM ^

Try reading HuffingtonPost comments. THOSE are the real looney-tunes. Constantly fretting over anyone who is more successful than they and demanding that the government give them everything and get its greedy hands into everyone's pockets.



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BornSinner

October 24th, 2015 at 3:28 PM ^

Eh.. with HuffPo you know what you're gonna get with PC zealots and leftists. WIth Foxnews you get the righties + much more extremists/racists/xenophobes etc. 

I think it has to do with the fact that you don't have to be logged into Facebook in order to comment. 

ESPN and HuffPo switched over to Facebook and it helped quite a bit in toning down their trolls.