You posted the exact same thing I was going to...I picked withdrawing from Iraq because it has been the most intense the longest with the msm IMO...but then I also wanted the greenies issue and Obama...so it was really tough to pick just one.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
This was a better -than -usual poll question..I chose social liberalism as number one across the democrat board.
They gotta brain-wash the little ones before the little ones learn to think for themselves! They tried it on me when I was in school eons ago...remember the crying indian? How about that old commercial with the grandfather telling his granddaughter,"Pumpkin...in my day there were trees!"
Now it is a hundred times worse.(Or am I a hundred times smarter?) I tell you all the straight truth...satan cannot operate without IGNORANCE.
The Media wants to rule the country. They anoint leaders, cheat the public, conflate data, misrepresent honest people and are duplicitous, vain, venal and ugly.
They want the power over you, me, and all future generations. Their will must be law and they will stop at no humiliation, lie or fabrication of the truth to achieve their ends. There is no other interpretation than the Media's and they will crush you if you say so.
Oh yeah! And money. It has to pay, and pay well, too.
It could have been any of them; however, I picked the one where absolutely no dissent is ever considered, offered, or covered - evironmental extremism.
Today's msm(Lsm) doesn't know how to report, with very few exceptions, so to exist, they need to push an agenda. The best way to get the most people to listen, watch or read, is to make it appear that there are things that can be got for free. That is the agenda. Have the ill-informed, tell the un-informed, what they should get. Truth gets tolds when it fits the agenda.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dadV
Absent, All of the above, clearly the answer is choice 4. Items 1, 2, 3 imply more regulations. Choice 5 is the last choice, they have already withdrawn from Iraq by ignoring it.
I would have made my vote a write-in for Class Warfare. Few media stories do not contain at least an element of this. Maybe this fits under "More Regulations."
I agree with you. I think overall the media is in favor of more taxation and regulation. But I don't think you're in last place for the reason you may think you are. Ultimately, increased government control is the objective much of the media covets. However, there has to be an overriding issue (a back door, if you will) to engage people so that they'll willingly surrender to such taxation and regulation. Ultimately, environmental extremism, socialized medicine, class warfare, public education ("the children"), labor unions, class-action lawsuits, the movement of jobs and dozens of other issues serve as the media lightning rods to soften people up for the increased regulation...media's ultimate goal.
Would have mentioned not only taxation & regulation, but perhaps their favorite thing of all: Spending. Journalists have a saying, "follow the money," but it might apply to their own biases these days, too.
JMR
The tax & spend drugwar looks racist in the real world.
In my view, they are most biased toward environmental extremism...which begins the slippery slope into more taxation and regulation of private business. The environment is the easiest path the media can take to advocate socialism. They seize on a subject of which most people are ignorant...science...then set about making bleak forecasts based on phony information to create hysteria. Since most people are disengaged from the scientific world, yet are unwilling to accept the predicted consequences, they surrender their freedoms in the hopes of stopping those predicted consequences from becoming reality. And since most are scientifically ignorant, they'll pay someone else (in this case, through taxes and behavior adjustment) to make the "problem" go away. The Al Gore types are like unscrupulous mechanics...they prey on the ignorance of their audience/customers to sell them a bunch of crap they don't need for a problem that doesn't exist. And the best part for the media is that they don't have to know anything, either.
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tough question
April 9, 2008 - 00:56 ET by timotheThis is an exceptionally tough question. I answered Iraq but could have just as easily chose Environment or Obama, man of many softball questions.
Tim, I agree. quite a few
April 9, 2008 - 04:38 ET by USA4freedomTim, I agree.
quite a few of half a doz, or 6 answers.
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
Romney / Jendil 2012 (if,we survive)
timothe... You posted the
April 9, 2008 - 14:33 ET by bigtimertimothe...
You posted the exact same thing I was going to...I picked withdrawing from Iraq because it has been the most intense the longest with the msm IMO...but then I also wanted the greenies issue and Obama...so it was really tough to pick just one.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
Bias
April 9, 2008 - 05:07 ET by DontabI would of picked all the above but it wasn't a choice, so I picked social liberalism which in doctrinates our children to all the above!
I'm with you, Dontab!
April 9, 2008 - 05:53 ET by sentforth5This was a better -than -usual poll question..I chose social liberalism as number one across the democrat board.
They gotta brain-wash the little ones before the little ones learn to think for themselves! They tried it on me when I was in school eons ago...remember the crying indian? How about that old commercial with the grandfather telling his granddaughter,"Pumpkin...in my day there were trees!"
Now it is a hundred times worse.(Or am I a hundred times smarter?) I tell you all the straight truth...satan cannot operate without IGNORANCE.
Ditto
April 9, 2008 - 06:24 ET by Indiana Joe"All of the above" was my choice too, so "social liberalism" was the closest match.
Maybe the question should have been, "which does the most harm?" Or maybe "at which are the MSM most successful?"
I think I'd have still answered the same, though.
My thoughts exactly.
April 9, 2008 - 08:55 ET by HermanoIt is in SL that all of the rest are derived.
Power
April 9, 2008 - 06:58 ET by heldmywThe Media wants to rule the country. They anoint leaders, cheat the public, conflate data, misrepresent honest people and are duplicitous, vain, venal and ugly.
They want the power over you, me, and all future generations. Their will must be law and they will stop at no humiliation, lie or fabrication of the truth to achieve their ends. There is no other interpretation than the Media's and they will crush you if you say so.
Oh yeah! And money. It has to pay, and pay well, too.
Equally biased
April 9, 2008 - 07:54 ET by Mearlinebut if I have to choose only one then I'd also have to go with Social Liberalism.
Social liberalism hands-down
April 9, 2008 - 08:07 ET by lotrSocial liberalism hands-down -- all the other choices are merely special cases of this.
Tough choice.
April 9, 2008 - 08:31 ET by Joe C.It could have been any of them; however, I picked the one where absolutely no dissent is ever considered, offered, or covered - evironmental extremism.
Where's the "everything"
April 9, 2008 - 08:47 ET by wiwfWhere's the "everything" button?
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Liberalism of the social type
April 9, 2008 - 09:05 ET by FastEdToday's msm(Lsm) doesn't know how to report, with very few exceptions, so to exist, they need to push an agenda. The best way to get the most people to listen, watch or read, is to make it appear that there are things that can be got for free. That is the agenda. Have the ill-informed, tell the un-informed, what they should get. Truth gets tolds when it fits the agenda.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
As the leading proponent of
April 9, 2008 - 09:12 ET by Hunter12As the leading proponent of social liberalism, I believe boosting Obama promote that cause as well.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
hard call
April 9, 2008 - 10:12 ET by rcairflyerAbsent, All of the above, clearly the answer is choice 4. Items 1, 2, 3 imply more regulations. Choice 5 is the last choice, they have already withdrawn from Iraq by ignoring it.
What the media is most biased against.
April 9, 2008 - 10:17 ET by needleI propose a poll sometime soon concerning what the media is most biased against.
My candidate for that is: An effective Foreign Policy for American.
(Iraq is just part of the picture.)
Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.
Biased towards Obama
April 9, 2008 - 12:06 ET by exLibBias towards Obama gets you all of the above.
Obama's platform is based on the other four liberal stances. So all they have to do is feature Barak and his speeches
Class Warfare Anyone?
April 9, 2008 - 14:22 ET by unitaryexecutiveI would have made my vote a write-in for Class Warfare. Few media stories do not contain at least an element of this. Maybe this fits under "More Regulations."
that's what I chose, and in part for that reason.
April 9, 2008 - 14:24 ET by sarcasmoBut as usual, I'm in last place. :)
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
I agree with you. I think
April 9, 2008 - 14:40 ET by fitzfongI agree with you. I think overall the media is in favor of more taxation and regulation. But I don't think you're in last place for the reason you may think you are. Ultimately, increased government control is the objective much of the media covets. However, there has to be an overriding issue (a back door, if you will) to engage people so that they'll willingly surrender to such taxation and regulation. Ultimately, environmental extremism, socialized medicine, class warfare, public education ("the children"), labor unions, class-action lawsuits, the movement of jobs and dozens of other issues serve as the media lightning rods to soften people up for the increased regulation...media's ultimate goal.
Agreed. My ideal answer
April 10, 2008 - 06:05 ET by sarcasmoWould have mentioned not only taxation & regulation, but perhaps their favorite thing of all: Spending. Journalists have a saying, "follow the money," but it might apply to their own biases these days, too.
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
In my view, they are most
April 9, 2008 - 14:27 ET by fitzfongIn my view, they are most biased toward environmental extremism...which begins the slippery slope into more taxation and regulation of private business. The environment is the easiest path the media can take to advocate socialism. They seize on a subject of which most people are ignorant...science...then set about making bleak forecasts based on phony information to create hysteria. Since most people are disengaged from the scientific world, yet are unwilling to accept the predicted consequences, they surrender their freedoms in the hopes of stopping those predicted consequences from becoming reality. And since most are scientifically ignorant, they'll pay someone else (in this case, through taxes and behavior adjustment) to make the "problem" go away. The Al Gore types are like unscrupulous mechanics...they prey on the ignorance of their audience/customers to sell them a bunch of crap they don't need for a problem that doesn't exist. And the best part for the media is that they don't have to know anything, either.