Comments on: What Media Bias? Part III http://urbangrounds.com/2006/02/milbanks-the-idiot/ Off-the-cuff commentary on the day's events Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:19:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: UrbanGrounds » Blog Archive » What Media Bias? Part VI http://urbangrounds.com/2006/02/milbanks-the-idiot/#comment-28322 UrbanGrounds » Blog Archive » What Media Bias? Part VI Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:06:41 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/?p=699#comment-28322 [...] What Media Bias? Part III [...] [...] What Media Bias? Part III [...]

]]> By: Sven http://urbangrounds.com/2006/02/milbanks-the-idiot/#comment-14322 Sven Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:59:58 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/?p=699#comment-14322 Hear, hear. Let's line up these jokers against the wall... <blockquote>The president's brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, took a similar jab after slapping an orange sticker on his chest from the Florida Farm Bureau that read, "No Farmers, No Food." "I'm a little concerned that Dick Cheney is going to walk in," the governor cracked during an appearance in Tampa Monday. </blockquote> Clown prince, indeed. Hear, hear. Let’s line up these jokers against the wall…

The president’s brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, took a similar jab after slapping an orange sticker on his chest from the Florida Farm Bureau that read, “No Farmers, No Food.”

“I’m a little concerned that Dick Cheney is going to walk in,” the governor cracked during an appearance in Tampa Monday.

Clown prince, indeed.

]]> By: dianne http://urbangrounds.com/2006/02/milbanks-the-idiot/#comment-14321 dianne Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:41:27 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/?p=699#comment-14321 "out" there “out” there

]]> By: dianne http://urbangrounds.com/2006/02/milbanks-the-idiot/#comment-14320 dianne Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:34:26 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/?p=699#comment-14320 What the hell is Cheney thinking? His ass ought to be ought there talking to the press and the country, especially after the heart incident with this guy. I have to agree it's totally unacceptable unless Cheney himself is laying in the hospital somewhere. What the hell is Cheney thinking? His ass ought to be ought there talking to the press and the country, especially after the heart incident with this guy. I have to agree it’s totally unacceptable unless Cheney himself is laying in the hospital somewhere.

]]> By: chris http://urbangrounds.com/2006/02/milbanks-the-idiot/#comment-14317 chris Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:16:03 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/?p=699#comment-14317 Maybe its just satire. duh Maybe its just satire. duh

]]> By: dianne http://urbangrounds.com/2006/02/milbanks-the-idiot/#comment-14313 dianne Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:33:54 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/?p=699#comment-14313 Preston, your broad and unsubstantiated accusations don't relate to my post and I'm not in the mood to play defense attorney today. Preston, your broad and unsubstantiated accusations don’t relate to my post and I’m not in the mood to play defense attorney today.

]]> By: Preston http://urbangrounds.com/2006/02/milbanks-the-idiot/#comment-14311 Preston Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:04:02 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/?p=699#comment-14311 Robbie: To give you a bit of a more empirical answer to your question. How many news shows are there focusing on investors? Compare that with how many news shows there are about workers. How many of the talk shows feature governmental officials? Compare that with how many programs feature the people influenced by governmental decisions. You have set up the 'legitimate' spectrum of possible political ideas in the media to extend from Center-Left to Far-Right. When the balance is in the Center you complain because it's not in the middle of your artificial spectrum. This ignores the the wide swaths of political opinion that never receive a bit of airing. Robbie:
To give you a bit of a more empirical answer to your question. How many news shows are there focusing on investors? Compare that with how many news shows there are about workers.

How many of the talk shows feature governmental officials? Compare that with how many programs feature the people influenced by governmental decisions.

You have set up the ‘legitimate’ spectrum of possible political ideas in the media to extend from Center-Left to Far-Right. When the balance is in the Center you complain because it’s not in the middle of your artificial spectrum. This ignores the the wide swaths of political opinion that never receive a bit of airing.

]]> By: Preston http://urbangrounds.com/2006/02/milbanks-the-idiot/#comment-14310 Preston Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:56:21 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/?p=699#comment-14310 Dianne: Yipes! You think so? I wouldn't mind, for instance, having a President who claims to read the newspaper rather than relying on people afraid to tell him bad news. I don't think anyone thinks the media is perfect but it is a little frightening that the right has sought to undermine each institution that seeks 'truths': education, journalism, and science. It's starting to feel medieval around here. Dianne:
Yipes! You think so? I wouldn’t mind, for instance, having a President who claims to read the newspaper rather than relying on people afraid to tell him bad news. I don’t think anyone thinks the media is perfect but it is a little frightening that the right has sought to undermine each institution that seeks ‘truths’: education, journalism, and science.

It’s starting to feel medieval around here.

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