>> ^doremifa:
After following the news for some time I have come to this conclusion:
Fox News = anti-Obama
CNN = Pro-Democrat
MSN = Pro-Obama (except morning Joe Scarbourogh show)
I admire NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) and CSPAN.


Really, CNN is Pro-Democrat? I don't watch a lot of CNN, but I generally think of them as Fox-lite these days.

MSNBC is all over the map in my opinion. Olbermann is strongly pro-Obama, but the rest of the network is pretty neutral. Except all the Republican analysts are uniformly pro-Clinton, though I find that's consistent right now across all media everywhere.

PBS is wonderful. It reminds me what real TV journalism looks like. They try their best to provide an even-handed report of the facts, sans spin.

After following the news for some time I have come to this conclusion:

Fox News = anti-Obama
CNN = Pro-Democrat
MSN = Pro-Obama (except morning Joe Scarbourogh show)

I admire NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) and CSPAN.

Are you saying there are pro-war news stations? Oh, you mean pro-Iraq war; Fox News. Well sure, Fox News could show funeral processions for fallen soldiers or hospitals full of Iraqi civilians after a bombing run... the footage exists, but we both know why they don't.

I think you should give the NewsHour a chance sometime if you havn't. Its no-frills national and world news free of opinions and commentary. I first really started watching it because their embedded journalists were letting the soldiers do the talking (instead of some asshat in the greenzone giving their opinion). If they have a slant thats against people dying, well, I would hope that is just a reflection of the default human condition.



In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
That's good to know, but don't you think that a Pro-war news station should be doing that?

In reply to this comment by bamdrew:
... not a PBS watcher? NewsHour with Jim Lehrer closes with name, rank, and hometown accompanying a picture of every fallen soldier as the news is broken and pictures are made available, each shown in silence for 5 or 6 seconds.


In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
I'm not saying that each one should have a detailed write-up - but would 15 fucking seconds really hurt that bad? Rank, name, location and event of death - Is that really so much to ask? Regardless if you support the war or not, you should still care about the troops.

@MG; ... not a PBS watcher? NewsHour with Jim Lehrer closes with name, rank, age and hometown accompanying a picture of every fallen soldier as the news is broken and pictures are made available, each shown in silence for 5 or 6 seconds.

That's good to know, but don't you think that a Pro-war news station should be doing that?

In reply to this comment by bamdrew:
... not a PBS watcher? NewsHour with Jim Lehrer closes with name, rank, and hometown accompanying a picture of every fallen soldier as the news is broken and pictures are made available, each shown in silence for 5 or 6 seconds.


In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
I'm not saying that each one should have a detailed write-up - but would 15 fucking seconds really hurt that bad? Rank, name, location and event of death - Is that really so much to ask? Regardless if you support the war or not, you should still care about the troops.

... not a PBS watcher? NewsHour with Jim Lehrer closes with name, rank, hometown and age, accompanying a picture of every fallen soldier as the news is broken and pictures are made available, each shown in silence for 5 or 6 seconds.


In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
I'm not saying that each one should have a detailed write-up - but would 15 fucking seconds really hurt that bad? Rank, name, location and event of death - Is that really so much to ask? Regardless if you support the war or not, you should still care about the troops.

Every time you think reporting in the US couldnt possibly get any worse, they come up with shit like this and sinks to a new low *terrible

Thankfully, there are some exceptions in this madness, watch this interview with Gravel thats actually about politics instead of this crap.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Mike-Gravel-on-PBS-The-NewsHour-with-Jim-Lehrer