Gawain 0 #1 November 1, 2008 The Pew Research Center has quite the interesting graph to measure the tone of news coverage. Surprise surprise... http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1011/color-of-news-coverageSo I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jclalor 12 #2 November 1, 2008 Fox news has over twice the viewers as MSNBC, so I guess things kind of even out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #3 November 1, 2008 What a shocker!!! The liberal media wanting a liberal president? Oh wait i can't call him a liberal b/c thats old style politics that hes trying to get away from....... I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,026 #4 November 1, 2008 Quote The Pew Research Center has quite the interesting graph to measure the tone of news coverage. Surprise surprise...http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1011/color-of-news-coverage What a shocker! The candidate running the blatantly negative campaign gets more negative coverage. Who would have thought that?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jclalor 12 #5 November 1, 2008 I wonder if thier were any studies done on bias in radio coverage? Limbaugh and Hannity have about 10 times the audience of MSNBC, I wonder who will have the higher impact. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrophyHusband 0 #6 November 1, 2008 radio talk shows are not news, they are opinion and commentary, besides, for the most part they're just preaching to the choir. "Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama www.kjandmegan.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #7 November 1, 2008 Quote On the Fox News Channel, the coverage of the presidential candidates is something of a mirror image of that seen on MSNBC. WTF?! Did the writer even bother to look at the graph? I pretty much stopped reading there because the credibility of the piece just went in the shitter.www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
likearock 2 #8 November 1, 2008 Quoteradio talk shows are not news, they are opinion and commentary, besides, for the most part they're just preaching to the choir. And that's different from Keith Olbermann, how? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #9 November 1, 2008 Quote Quote The Pew Research Center has quite the interesting graph to measure the tone of news coverage. Surprise surprise...http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1011/color-of-news-coverage What a shocker! The candidate running the blatantly negative campaign gets more negative coverage. Who would have thought that? ummmm obama outspent him in that regard.I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jclalor 12 #10 November 1, 2008 Cable news is different than netwowk news, cable has a POV. If McCaine was up by 10 points and the left was bitching about Fox, the right would just sing the praises of a free press and tell the left to get over it. But now things are different. The argument that the media could help Obama win just does not hold water. The Right has far more media influence, just look at the ratings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #11 November 2, 2008 Quote What a shocker!!! The liberal media wanting a liberal president? Oh wait i can't call him a liberal b/c thats old style politics that hes trying to get away from....... Wait a minute....hold the buses...where the hell have you been...what's up?? So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnDeere 0 #12 November 2, 2008 QuoteI wonder if thier were any studies done on bias in radio coverage? Limbaugh and Hannity have about 10 times the audience of MSNBC, I wonder who will have the higher impact. Hmmm I wonder why there raiting are higher..... Maybe becuase everybody is tired of hearing ignorant liberals telling everbody how bad and shity our country is. Maybe people would rather hear we have problems but are still a good country.Nothing opens like a Deere! You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halfpastniner 0 #13 November 2, 2008 Quote The Right has far more media influence, just look at the ratings. You actually believe that?BASE 1384 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jclalor 12 #14 November 2, 2008 Well if the right's media ratings are higher, then why all the bitching about the press. Change is coming. Tic toc Tic toc Tic toc Cant wait to listen to Limbaugh the day after. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richard1954 0 #15 November 2, 2008 Fercripesake. It's comparing one opinion factory to another. Whatever the graph shows, it's not interesting. It's like comparing the opinions of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders with those of the Washington Redskins Cheerleaders as to which is the better team. That's as informative, and as deep, as political discussions get these days. People pick their side based on temperment, training in school, the opinons of their parents, what their friends think, what they think they might get out of government (lack of controls or easy money)etc. Then they back-fill reasons for liking that candidate, hating the other candidate, and eventually belive that their own "reasoning" is sound and that this is all a matter, not of politics, but of "truth" and "justice." Hogwash again. Go Redskins! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnDeere 0 #16 November 2, 2008 QuoteWell if the right's media ratings are higher, then why all the bitching about the press. Change is coming. Tic toc Tic toc Tic toc Cant wait to listen to Limbaugh the day after. The shows rating are higher but the liberal has ALOT more outlets!!! Edit to add Cuba got CHANGE in what 1959?! May god bless us all if he wins!Nothing opens like a Deere! You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #17 November 2, 2008 Quote Quote The Pew Research Center has quite the interesting graph to measure the tone of news coverage. Surprise surprise...http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1011/color-of-news-coverage What a shocker! The candidate running the blatantly negative campaign gets more negative coverage. Who would have thought that? Second shock - making a boneheaded pick for VP leads to a lot of stories about what a boneheaded pick it was. I bet Slobodan Milosevic got mostly negative coverage too. When even Fox (Faux) News has more negative than neutral or positive stories about McCain, that tells you that there's more than just smoke. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jclalor 12 #18 November 2, 2008 QuoteEdit to add Cuba got CHANGE in what 1959?! May god bless us all if he wins! To even mention Cuba and Obama in the same context is just plain silly. Comments like that made by Limbaugh and Hannity are not onyl ignorant but dangerous, as it might intice some nut to take a shot at Obama believing he is doing Gods work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #19 November 2, 2008 Robert Lichter of the Center for Media and Public Affairs recently did a study that compared the number of negative statements by TV news programs between the two candidates. 72% of comments about Obama were negative, 57% of the comments about McCain were negative. During an interview with Bill O'Reilly, Bill attacked him for inaccuracies and poor analysis. Ironically, O'Reilly had lauded his results during the the previous election where it demonstrated that the media had more negative things to say about Bush. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
