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CreekDog

(46,192 posts)
Tue Mar 19, 2013, 08:54 AM Mar 2013

Pew Study says MSNBC is almost all "opinion", but what I don't undersand is this: [View all]

for example:

if MSNBC reported that Colin Powell says that metal tubes were evidence that there were WMD's and therefore we should invade Iraq, and all that has turned out to be totally false...

this is an example of a "fact".

but when Rachel Maddow, or Chris Matthews or Lawrence O'Donnell does a segment on their program that carefully documents the ways in which non-facts, even falsehoods were used to justify the Iraq War and even that Colin Powell's testimony itself was false...and if they do it based on a careful recitation of the "facts"...

this is an example of an "opinion".



I have lost a lot of respect for PEW and this idiotic study.

http://stateofthemedia.org/2013/overview-5/



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All I can say about that study is...pew tularetom Mar 2013 #1
Pew had to have a panel House of Roberts Mar 2013 #2
Dan Rather, and the real news was character asssassinated. RIP to those days graham4anything Mar 2013 #3
If you're dismissive of opinion, it makes sense to be upset. Robb Mar 2013 #4
Pew Research is a direct organizational descendant of Sun Oil Company.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #5
+1 Scuba Mar 2013 #6
And their 2naSalit Mar 2013 #17
PEEEE-EWWWW ReRe Mar 2013 #7
I think it makes a lot of sense: The Straight Story Mar 2013 #8
CNNs so called objectivity has 2 repugs talking to every one Democratic and progressive guest samsingh Mar 2013 #9
I agree MoonchildCA Mar 2013 #10
+1 OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #14
Just another attempt to make MSNBC seem like AlbertCat Mar 2013 #11
Me too! That was my first thought when I saw the article about the study. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #12
PEW mtasselin Mar 2013 #13
Pew is a right-leaning organization with ties to the John Birch society Samantha Mar 2013 #15
I don't see where you dreampunk Mar 2013 #20
It's Pew EC Mar 2013 #16
Thank you for posting - one can contact Pew dreampunk Mar 2013 #18
If those... DirtyDawg Mar 2013 #19
There is nothing wrong with commentary moondust Mar 2013 #21
So, I like MSNBC "opinion" better than "FOX" opinion. You know it hurts when facts must be called kelliekat44 Mar 2013 #22
In the U.S. Media, "The sky is blue" becomes an "Opinion" ThoughtCriminal Mar 2013 #23
This one was really flawed and biased. Cleita Mar 2013 #24
The M$M is kinda like Lizard Lick Towing. Rex Mar 2013 #25
What exactly does Pew call Fox "News" Channel? Dawson Leery Mar 2013 #26
It is pretty much all opinion... OneMoreDemocrat Mar 2013 #27
MSNBC has a lot of opinion shows Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #28
The format of MSNBC shows MoonchildCA Mar 2013 #29
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