fisherguy Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Here is my reply...please give us more detail on the "research". As in, did you do it, if so what sources, what criteria were used, etc. If you just took it from some website, please reference that website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! Team Franken? And you expect an unbiased opinion? That's funny. I really liked the part where you said we should just believe you without any refrences. I don't think you've earned that kind of respect around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherguy Posted June 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! Hahaha, don't get your underwear in a wad, i simply asked about your sources. When you present something as fact, it is helpful to know where it is coming from before you form a judgement on its validity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! BIGBUCKSHOOTER, why do you have to sound so mad and upset and like you are looking for an arguement. Maybe you don't respect Racksie, but a lot of us do, including me. He has been an outstanding member here for almost 5 years, you've been here just 6 months. Guys here have come to know him quite well. You won't win the respect arguement like that. We members here are not the media on this forum and best as I remember no one here has ever said anything about this stuff recently enough to bring about this arguement (and sarcastic sounding I may add). Maybe I missed it though. I'm sure there are some members here that may agree with you, I am not one of them and neither are those that have responded so far. They are simply wondering what your research consisted of and it looks more like you want to argue than explain your research and findings. I am sure most guys here would be interested in seeing this. Take a few minutes and tell us how you came to determine this, I am curious myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! I don't want your respect, BBS. I don't need it. I'd rather not have it. 1. Durbin vs. Rove 2. Clinton vs. Gingrich 3. Media Bias Basics 4. That Liberal Media Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ritzer Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! [ QUOTE ] I don't want your respect, BBS. I don't need it. I'd rather not have it [/ QUOTE ] good thing we dont all sound like a bunch of kids lol. ah ha ha ah. man this is my favorite part of the forum. im only 15 and its so funny to watch all you guys act like big babies. you argue over the stupidest stuff. lol man o man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I don't want your respect, BBS. I don't need it. I'd rather not have it [/ QUOTE ] good thing we dont all sound like a bunch of kids lol. ah ha ha ah. man this is my favorite part of the forum. im only 15 and its so funny to watch all you guys act like big babies. you argue over the stupidest stuff. lol man o man [/ QUOTE ] Way to put me in my place, sport. Now I'm going to cry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ritzer Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! [ QUOTE ] Way to put me in my place, sport. Now I'm going to cry. [/ QUOTE ] #1 my name is not sport "racksie". #2 it was a freakin joke. so before you go cry try and bump your maturity up to the level of about my 10 year old sister. #3 it was directed at everybody in the forum, i just used your quote as an example, show me where i said racksie you act like a kid. show me exactly where i said that because thats exactly what i thought i didnt. good call on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! I haven't done any research. I just observed for the last 52 years The News Media is interested in one thing....ratings !!. They all want the biggest audience they can get. That's how they make their money and that's also how they make their decissions on how to report the news.. They swing like a pendulum in the ever changing wind, as far as taking sides here or there. It's the masses they want to please. It's good for business. The very fact that they are like a pendulum in the wind, is what makes them have a liberal bias, because that is the same principle that makes a liberal, a Liberal. Pendulums in the wind, who would rather fall for everything than stand for something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Way to put me in my place, sport. Now I'm going to cry. [/ QUOTE ] #1 my name is not sport "racksie". #2 it was a freakin joke. so before you go cry try and bump your maturity up to the level of about my 10 year old sister. #3 it was directed at everybody in the forum, i just used your quote as an example, show me where i said racksie you act like a kid. show me exactly where i said that because thats exactly what i thought i didnt. good call on that one. [/ QUOTE ] #1 I call kids sport when I don't know their name. #2 My comment was obviously as much a joke as yours. And as poorly constructed as yours. #3 If the comment wasn't directed at me, don't quote me. It may not have been directly stated, but it was implied. Why comment in the political forum if you have nothing to say? I'm sure there's 20 "which bow" or "which gun" posts to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! do I lock this post now or wait 10 minutes, just for the fun of it ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ritzer Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! [ QUOTE ] Why comment in the political forum if you have nothing to say [/ QUOTE ] because i can and i dont give what part of the forum it is.i can talk about politics in this post if i want,but i dnt have to. and no it was not implied. if i had implied it then it would have really been directed at you but not directly stated. so now that i put all those questions to shame, got anymore? oh bye the way, using a quote that someone said does not mean that it was implied or directed at them. i used a quote from george washington in my worl history midterm. does that mean tht i was talking to him? yeah it doesnt. sorry for hijacking this thread but when hes gonna tske a post that i was kiding around in and make sarcastic remarks, i aint just gonna "let it fly" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! Or we could take 2 posts that we both were in kidding and get a thread locked over it. Don't assume that I'm being serious because I'm not using smilies. Anytime I call someone 'sport' chances are I'm not being serious. Anyway. How 'bout we get back on topic.. What was the topic again? OH yeah.. Mathews or Hoyt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherguy Posted June 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! [ QUOTE ] do I lock this post now or wait 10 minutes, just for the fun of it ?? [/ QUOTE ] Buckee do not lock this post! We are still waiting for BBS's response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! Don't give yourself too much credit BBS. You have still refused to present any information to support your argument like I have to disprove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherguy Posted June 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! [ QUOTE ] Don't give yourself too much credit BBS. You have still refused to present any information to support your argument like I have to disprove it. [/ QUOTE ] In the entire time he has been here BBS has yet to backup anything he says. And BBS...you are the only one riled up...i get a good laugh every time you do this...make statements, and then do anything in your power to avoid backing them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! BBS, why is it everytime you post in here you do so with absolutley no facts to back up any of your statements?It seems like we just had this discussion not to long ago.You read a book nobodies heard of and cant or wont print anything from it in here.Why do you waste everyones time like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugshooter Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! First off, I mentioned this last year during the campaign and got basically the same responses. The media is liberal, the media is evil, even though I can think of more "conservative" shows vs. "liberal" shows on TV and radio. Newspapers tend to be more liberal but I tell ya, the least fair and balanced network is FOX News, the other ones at least try to mix up their shows between liberal, conservative, and no , Hannity and Colmes is not "fair and balanced" when Sean Hannity runs his mouth 99% of the time, all Alan Colmes does is step in when Hannity gets to talking to a guest like a piece of garbage. As far as the topic at hand, hey, here's an example. [ QUOTE ] One month after formally kicking off his presidential campaign, Vice President Al Gore paddled down the Connecticut River in New Hampshire on July 22nd, 1999, spreading his green theme of protecting the environment and pausing for a photo op. His message was quickly drowned out, though, when the Washington Times' Bill Sammon reported that local authorities had granted Gore a special favor when they released nearly 4 billion gallons of water from a nearby dam into the drought-stricken river in order to keep the vice president's boat afloat. The price tag on the spilled water was quickly calculated at $7 million. The implication was clear: In a clumsy abuse of power, Al Gore, a supposed friend of the environment, gladly wasted precious natural resources to stage-manage a political event. Following the lead of the Washington Times, an unabashedly conservative outlet often hostile to Democrats, the rest of the mainstream press pounced, not only upbraiding Gore for his supposed hypocrisy but also suggesting that the campaign miscue was just the latest example of a foundering presidential run. The New York Times detailed the "mishap," the Washington Post ridiculed Gore's FOUR BILLION GALLONS FOR A PHOTO OP, Newsweek dubbed it the "photo op from ****," and CNN covered the "wave of criticism after floodgates are opened on a New Hampshire river to keep Al Gore afloat." In retrospect, the most notable thing about the whole story was just how murky the facts were. Nobody from the Gore campaign asked for the water to be released. (Concerned about security, the Secret Service did.) As for the amount of water released, it was 500 million gallons, not 4 billion - a fact that Sammon reported a week later, long after other media ran with the original story. And the local utility company that operates the dam was already dumping millions of gallons of water into the parched Connecticut River every day. The routine release had simply been moved up a couple of hours to accommodate Gore's trip. The $7 million figure turned out to be completely inaccurate, since the water was not wasted. Instead, it passed through hydroelectric turbines and generated power that the utility company sold to other utilities. [/ QUOTE ] If you want to see for yourself what the news story percentages were between Gore and Bush in 2000, as well as some other data, then click on this link and scroll down to the graphs showing percentages for Bush and Gore, looks to me like Bush was better off in the media than Gore as far as positive stories to me. http://www.brookings.edu/dybdocroot/GS/Projects/HessReport/week8.htm As for the issue, does it really matter, at this point I could care less who got trashed more in the media 4 years ago and 4 years from now I'm not gonna care about last year. All we are doing is beating a dead horse here. As far as Ritzer and Racksie, how old did you say you were Ritzer, 15?? And you talk to an adult that way, of course, I know for sure you wouldn't do it to his face because as soon as you did, I am pretty sure your daddy would have done slapped the ever loving crap out of you. Learn some respect for your elders or else you are gonna have a real rough time on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherguy Posted June 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! This is pretty sad...slugshooter has to come in and post some sources to back up your posts BBS. I think you owe him a thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ritzer Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! [ QUOTE ] As far as Ritzer and Racksie, how old did you say you were Ritzer, 15?? And you talk to an adult that way, of course, I know for sure you wouldn't do it to his face because as soon as you did, I am pretty sure your daddy would have done slapped the ever loving crap out of you [/ QUOTE ] yes my daddy woulda slapped the crap out of me if i said that to his face. i have said worse to an adults face but we wont get into that. and back to the topic now, we are still waiting for factual proof from bigbuckshooter. just give your website addresses and names of the boks you used so we can see the cited sources for ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! [ QUOTE ] Team Franken? And you expect an unbiased opinion? That's funny. I really liked the part where you said we should just believe you without any refrences. I don't think you've earned that kind of respect around here. [/ QUOTE ] Could not agree more with what Racksie says here. Bigbuck, I dont hardly believe your research you have quoted is based on established facts. Too funny. I have yet to read a post by Bigbuck that has any validity or factual basis to back up what he says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! [ QUOTE ] First off, I mentioned this last year [/ QUOTE ] Right here is the problem!!! SOME PEOPLE JUST CANT LET GO!!! The elections are over now get over it! SHEEEEEESH! But I will agree with the rest here, BBS once again you have no facts to back up your story! As far as the kid busting on Racksie, I agree with Racksie! If you have nothing to add, then dont. If you dont understand then ask, someone will answer you! But to make a smart comment is just showing your age! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slugshooter Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Re: Liberal Bias in the media! [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] First off, I mentioned this last year [/ QUOTE ] Right here is the problem!!! SOME PEOPLE JUST CANT LET GO!!! [/ QUOTE ] What did you do, read the first sentence and stop. You are good at that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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