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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:20 AM Original message |
Is the MSM left leaning or right leaning, in general |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nowadays, right, because too much of it is owned by large corporations. |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. +1. nt |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. It leans |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. They lean corporate, with a good mix of smoke on social issues. n/t |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. Even neglecting Fox, the media is definitely right wing. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. Need to define your terms. |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. good point |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. The point is, the journalists seldom have the last say over what gets |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. Entertainment has always leaned Left. News has always leaned Right. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. Welcome to DU. |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. thank you for the welcome! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. I don't think the MSM leans any way except in the direction of higher profits. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
12. I highly recommend David Brock's The Republican Noise Machine... |
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ClearPresentDanger (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
13. They are corporate leaning |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yep |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
14. Socially liberal, economically conservative. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. Far right in the issues that matter; business, finance, foreign policy... |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. Although the media is overwhelmingly registered Democrat |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
18. It's OWNERSHIP-leaning! |
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old guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
19. One thing that stands out to me over all others |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
21. The Television Media lean right. Many are highly paid and they |
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s-cubed (860 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. Someone made the point that, for conservatives, if the press is not conservative, it is liberal. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. Neither. It focuses on sensationalism. |
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