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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
First of all, the post was not directed at you. It was directed at DTS and I never said that DTS would defend someone just beacuse they are a Muslim. I said that DTS probably wouldn't have been interetsed in the story and probably would not have posted the story if it was about a Muslim. That is what I said.
With regard to the drudgereport, you can believe whatever you want. I think I know a little bit more about the site than you do, since I read it regularly and you do not. Are you denying that Drudge posts negative articles about republicans? Drudge will post any story that is major news or any story that is interesting for that matter. He probably is a republican and he probably is happier when he finds dirt on a democrat than a republican, but he will print dirt on either.
I challenge you to go to the site and tell me how he has slanted any story. Go check to see the articles that he has posted on the Haggard scandal. Tell me how his coverage is slanted compared to other media outlets. You won't be able to do it.
I can come up with more examples of major news outlets showing bias than Drudge. The Los Angeles Times is a perfect example. When a few of Gray Davis' female aids came forward with repots that he had abused them, the LA Times refused to print the story. When the same thing happened with Schwarzanegger(females accusing him of abuse), they immediately printed the story. Now that is slanted news. The same could be said with CBS. They had no problem running the story about Bush' National Guard Service, even though they coudn't verify that their sources were accurate. They normally never run a story if they can't verify that the sources were accurate. They would have never run that story if it was about a democrat.
That is two examples that I have given you about liberal news sourses slanting their coverage. I bet you can't give me any examples of slanted coverage on the drudgereport. And you are sadly mistaken if you think that I don't use many different sources for my news. I have suscribed to the LA Times(a liberal paper) for 20 years.
Going back to the drudgereport, you probably didn't know that many of his stories are from the New York Times and the Washington Post which are two liberal newspapers. Less than 5% of his stories are his own stories. His site is a site that carries headlines from all different newspapers. I bet you didn't even know that.
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A few weeks ago you recommended I watch Fox News and suggested I would see a balanced report. I did tune into Hannity and Colmes the night of the Kerry furor a few days ago. It was after Kerry had issued his apology. The story lead the show and lasted about 10-12 minutes. During that time, Hannity and "analyst" Newt Gingrich ripped Kerry and the Democrats for all but about 15 seconds of the segment (when the obligatory Colmes retort was issued). Hannity and Gingrich denied there was an apology then said even if there was one, it was insincere and politically motivated. Hannity went on to to liken Kerry to Mel Gibson, stating that when someone is "joking" there are more likely to be speaking their true feelings; much the same as people, including Gibson, do so when a bit boozy.
Point is, so what if some of the media is liberal? That's true, but some of it is conservative as well (Wash Times, Fox, etc). With all the freaking media that's out there, people have to sift through it to get the real story and to form their own opinions. Most people are too lazy or don't care enough to do so and are happy to simply subscibe to liberal or conservative ideology because that's the easy thing to do.
I happen to like Drudge a lot.
And here's a prediction. I have never heard a bad word spoken regarding the the Military Times. I bet we will now see conservative media bashing this publication and Gannett.
And I have a question for you. Do you think Bush's job approval rating is negatively effected by the totality of all media coverage? Personally, I dont think so, but rather believe it's a result of Americans disliking war coupled with him being a second term president.