[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by rextorres:
Everyone acts as if it were a self-evident truth that the mass media are liberally biased. Where are those liberal TV channels? Could I please sign up for them? All I get on my cable system are center-right channels such as CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, and far-right channels such as the "we distort, you deride", Fox News, owned by equally far-right media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, and assorted christian nutball channels such as the Trinity Broadcasting Network or Pat Robertson's The 700 Club, carried by Fox Family.[/QB]

Heh... every time I see Fox News (which is when visiting someone else, I don't own a TV and would not pay for cable...) I keep expecting Robocop to resume any second. I wonder if they realize that they sound just like the news spoofs in Robocop?

But yes, I am also really baffled at the hue and cry about 'liberal media' carried by the media in this country. They're all butt-kissing toadies who wouldn't dare to challenge a thing the government Propo^H^H^H^H^H 'Press Secretaries' or 'Spokesmen' or whatever title they have today want to feed them.

I listen to NPR (only slightly less cowardly than the commercial networks) and the BBC when possible. BBC is an odd case. At least they aren't beholden to the US government, but they still seem to be a bit blinkered.