CNN has completely abandoned the hihger concepts of journalism and news reporting, in favour of primarily yelling matches between individuals who are far from experts in anything.

And their former global news coverage has almost disappeared; now the only major global coverage we see is Iraq and Afghanistan.

To see quality global news covereage, tun into the BBC; they stil udnerstand and choose and primiarly focus on quality journalism and news reporting, rather than cheap shots, sarcasm and talk-show mentality, and going after the most visible political target, and giving podiums to right wing conservatives.

Rassmusen has consistantly been the most accurate polling firm in the country. They predicted the 04 race by .2 points and the 08 race by .3 points (closer than any other poll). Thats because they poll likely voters instead of calling random people. They also ask straight forward questions – not like the embarrasing NYT’s poll that even some democrats criticized for the misleading questions. Its sad that such a great polling company is being attacked by the left because for the first time in years they show gains for the GOP. Sad, but not unexpected.

Don’t feed the trolls.

CNN, MSNBC, et. al. still claim the Noble Mantle Of Obectivity(tm) like a Cross around their necks.

someone needs to tell them that it looks ridiculous.

it was a really good deal if you were a progressive, not so much if you weren’t.

Rasmussen is almost always out of sync with other pollsters. Below are a couple of recent polls that back up my claims. (Actually, Rasmussen has been the most accurate in the last 2 presidential elections. Check the facts first. Second, they poll likely voters, who are people who have voted at least once in the last 2 election cycles. They poll 40% dems, 35% repubs, and 25% independents. They also poll 1500 households compared to the others of only 900)

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CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. Oct. 16-18, 2009. N=1,038 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

“Now thinking specifically about the health insurance plans available to most Americans, would you favor or oppose creating a public health insurance option administered by the federal government that would compete with plans offered by private health insurance companies?”
(Problem, CNN polls all adults, not likely voters, and only 900 whereas a good poll, polls 1500 people. Second they poll 55 – 65% dems, 25-30% Repubs, 20-25% independents. Problem is the electorate is composed of 40% dems, 37% repubs, 23% independent so the poll is skewed to favor the dem view.)

Favor Oppose Unsure
% % %

10/16-18/09
61 38 1

8/28-31/09
55 41 4

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ABC News/Washington Post Poll. Oct. 15-18, 2009. N=1,004 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.5.

“Would you support or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans?”
( Again only adults, only 900 households, and 65% dems, 15% repubs, 20% independents. And again, another skewed poll to prove what they want, not what the public actually think.)
Support Oppose Unsure
% % %

10/15-18/09
57 40 3

9/10-12/09
55 42 3

8/13-17/09
2 46 2

6/18-21/09
62 33 5

“Would you support or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans?” If oppose or unsure: “What if this government-sponsored plan was run by state governments and was available only to people who did not have a choice of affordable private insurance? In that case would you support or oppose this idea?” Combined responses

Support Oppose Unsure
% % %

10/15-18/09
76 23 1
( In other words, they slant their polls to prove what they want, not what the actual views are of the electorate. Pew, Gallup and Rasmussen, are usually the most accurate, and their numbers are closer to the mean average compared to the liberal polls conducted by the MSM. Also, the three use larger numbers of households, use either Likely voters or Registered voters. Finally, I saw the clip on Beck you posted. You may want to note, he left the “Y” out of the word oligarchy on purpose. On the next days show, he explained he did this so that groups like mediamatters, dailykooks, and huffingthebongpost, would react. The “Y” was for the word “you”, to make the point that the liberal blogs forgot about “you”, just like the government. I guess mediamatters (if its liberal) didn’t post that the next day, did they?)
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CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. Oct. 16-18, 2009. N=1,038 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.

“Now thinking specifically about the health insurance plans available to most Americans, would you favor or oppose creating a public health insurance option administered by the federal government that would compete with plans offered by private health insurance companies?”

Favor Oppose Unsure
% % %

10/16-18/09
61 38 1

8/28-31/09
55 41 4

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ABC News/Washington Post Poll. Oct. 15-18, 2009. N=1,004 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.5.

“Would you support or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans?”

Support Oppose Unsure
% % %

10/15-18/09 57 40 3

9/10-12/09 55 42 3

8/13-17/09 52 46 2

6/18-21/09 62 33 5

“Would you support or oppose having the government create a new health insurance plan to compete with private health insurance plans?” If oppose or unsure: “What if this government-sponsored plan was run by state governments and was available only to people who did not have a choice of affordable private insurance? In that case would you support or oppose this idea?” Combined responses

Support Oppose Unsure
% % %

10/15-18/09 76 23 1

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And if you watch the clips I posted, you’ll see how the “news” portion of Fox is molded by the “commentary” portion of Fox.

Again, Fox and it’s audience comprise a loud, crass, name calling, temper tantrum throwing (those town halls – lordy), fear mongering segment of our society. And again, it is a small one. You know the old saying, an empty can rattles the most.

Just real quick, too, because I have to get back to work, I just wanted to say a word about the poster above who trotted out the term “patriotic,” as if people who disagree with a particular point of view are not patriotic. We had enough of that through the dark bush years. All that flag waving and finger pointing, and damning the Dixie Chicks while scarfing down freedom fries and calling former war veterans terrorist sympathizers got several thousand of our brave young men and women, and tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis dead, not to mention the economic toll. And Fox played a huge part in bringing that little bush/cheney escapade about, by reporting lies and distorting the truth, using fear and demonizing opponents, all with a clear agenda to generate support for the bloody bush invasion. So please, don’t presume to label some Americans patriots and some not.

mediamatters has tapes taken COMPLETELY out of context. For example, Glenn said this about Anita Dunn’s admiration of Moa; “That would be like me saying my fav political philosopher is adolf hitler, have you read mein kompf?”

mediamatters headline: “Glenn Beck’s Favorite Political Philosopher Is Adolf Hitler”

Yeah, thats not out of context. Oh, and 90% of their stuff is on commentators like Beck and Hannity. Well OF COURSE they’re bias. They’re opinion shows. mediamatters is a smear group created to attack the only network not liberal controled. Oh, and w/ only 20% of American being liberal, don’t you think it odd when 80+% of journalist say they are liberal? Maybe this is why so many Americans feel the media is out of touch.

But let’s talk about real numbers for a minute. And here is why, not as a liberal or conservative, but as an American, I’m not bothered one bit by that little segment of our society: the real numbers of where America stands was shown last November, when American rejected Republicans almost across the board. All the “he’s a socialist who pals around with terrorists” bs from Palin and good ole Joe the Plumber couldn’t stop it. The Republican party, what’s left of it, with the drug-addled rants of the Limbaughs and the tearful insanity of the Becks, play to a very small sad crowd of sheep who lap up the fear mongering from their manipulative puppetmasters like holy water and would follow any moron off a cliff if he or she waved a flag at them. It is a very sad thing to see, but I take heart that such a loud, angry group whipped up by a so called news network, is, when measured against the whole of the populace, is in fact quite tiny.

But I digress.

Here is a little clip from a clearly very educated Glenn Beck on one of his recent shows. Gosh, I wish I could be as smart as this guy:

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200908270038

Couple more short clips on Fox, if you faithful can handle the truth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDR47EKTrCQ

And just fyi, the big three broadcast nets’ news shows have more viewers by far than any of the cable nets. Hell, “pro” wrestling has more viewers than Fox news, so there are plenty of idiots to go around.

Conservatives, will normally listen to and entertain opposing points of view and will argue points with facts. Liberals argue based on emotions and desires. Rational, thinking, patriotic Americans will not tolerate the debasement of their country for long regardless of the network used to push the idea.

The USA can regain its prestige and financial dominance again after the current administration and all the liberal, entitlement mentality it wrought are abolished.

Since most liberals are now getting the news from FNC, I am hopeful for the future of this great nation.

Read a 19th century newspaper. It’s the print edition of MSNBC or Fox minus 110 years. Don’t expect “hard news” from CNN or any other future cable network. In fact, if a network claims they are nothing but hard news and have no opinion journalism, just watch for an hour and pay attention to the stories that are NOT being covered. The bias oozes from every pore.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/cable_news_ratings/

John S.

Take the ideas they put out, do some research, and make up your own minds! If Fox can make it work, then more power to them. Nothing wrong there if you think about it for a minute.

If MSNBC or CNN were retaining as well, the I’d say the same thing. There is some measure of lower-case democratic (or at least lower-case republican) values in television; you watch what you want, and you ignore what you want. Maybe that even makes it lower-case libertarian to some degree. Through the power of the Nielsen Ratings, we gain some understanding of what people are choosing to watch.

All I hope is that real news and real reporting will continue to be a part of our culture in some way, shape, or form, no matter the outlet. It doesn’t matter to me if it’s on the TV, in a newspaper, or online (or elsewhere in the future that we can’t yet conceive of). Tell me what’s happening throughout the day, be it in politics, culture, or other areas. As long as I can get the core information, I’ll be satisfied.

Hey Cooper, how’s that “teabag” taste?

What is more absurd is that they someone didn’t even consider that it may offend and drive away viewers, or didn’t care.

Its small things like the Tea Bag comments that start from the top and trickle down to the every day personality, i.e “Anderson Cooper” that cause the viewers to change channels.