What is Digg?Sponsored by AVG
CNET Top Weekly Download for Free Anti-Virus view!
free.avg.com - 2.4 million people a week get AVG Anti-Virus Free, for the best protection against web threats.
500 Comments
- WordsnCollision, on 10/18/2009, -44/+578The fact that Fox News is "really not news" is really not news. Dugg anyway.
- fastasfoggy, on 10/18/2009, -52/+299NPR is the only news that does not push an agenda.
- brucealmighty, on 10/18/2009, -31/+230They should be required by Truth in Advertising laws to change their name to Fox Views.
- gospe1337, on 10/18/2009, -15/+172BBC puts all 3 major US networks to shame. If you don't think MSNBC is a point of view, then I have a very dark kettle to sell you. CNN leans a bit left, but usually it is too busy fumbling over its own feet to make any point.
- rypic7, on 10/18/2009, -33/+168***** Rupert Murdoch.
- fandyllic, on 10/18/2009, -35/+167To be fair (although Fox News doesn't deserve it), some of Fox News is real news, but the filtering and presentation of news is so slanted and so many lies are perpetuated and propagated that Fox News still doesn't deserve to be treated as a news organization. Fox News is a propaganda front for the right masquerading as a news organization. Despite the liberal leanings of other news organizations, they aren't so blatant, filtered, and slanted.
- fastasfoggy, on 10/18/2009, -8/+107usually when someone is pointing out a politicians mistakes they are just pointing out their mistake not jumping sides. And be fair 8 years of Bush will make anyone seem leftist.
- Shadic, on 10/18/2009, -9/+105David was right, at least in the Bush days.
Fox would report both sides of every story - The President's side, and the Vice-President's side. - lulzy, on 10/18/2009, -6/+98however unlike Fox, digg doesn't bill itself as legitimate news.
- jimmysilvs, on 10/18/2009, -13/+102there hasn't been news on television for years now... fox, cnn, msnbc, whatever. it's all over-sensationalized *****, entertainment over the truth.
- inactive, on 10/18/2009, -14/+95Niven thinks that anything farther to the left than Fixed News is radically left-wing.
- bonofosho, on 10/18/2009, -2/+82Not being "to the right" does not make you "to the left".
- digitalArtform, on 10/18/2009, -15/+88I'm afraid we are stuck with it until Reality stops having that pesky Liberal bias.
- Fib0112, on 10/18/2009, -12/+84Ahahahahaha, all sides of the issue? Suuure. Interested in buying lakefront property in the Sahara?
P.S. From Wikipedia, sour grapes "always refers to an unattainable goal and human reaction to it. It can mean to deny desire for the unattainable item." What now, Obama wants to be FN? - Bartboy919, on 10/18/2009, -4/+76PBS, with Bill Moyer's Journal and Jim Leaher News Hours too!!
- CK20XX, on 10/18/2009, -2/+70Some people may respond to this by saying, "there's no such thing as unbiased news".
But that REALLY drives me crazy. It's technically true that no news is unbiased, but since when is that an excuse to abandon journalistic standards? Imagine what our country would be like if all news outlets said that just to justify themselves reporting whatever they darn well please.
Heck, we're clearly headed in that direction right now. I shouldn't have to turn to the BBC, a news station in a another country, to get reliable news about MY country. - lolerskate, on 10/18/2009, -14/+80Most 24 hour news network are full of *****, Fox just happens to be fuller.
- dukeeeey, on 10/18/2009, -20/+78digg isn't really news either
- inactive, on 10/18/2009, -9/+60"All sides"? I think you mean just the dishonest sides.
- BrBybee, on 10/18/2009, -9/+57lib⋅er⋅al [lib-er-uhl, lib-ruhl]:
7. free from prejudice or bigotry; tolerant: a liberal attitude toward foreigners.
8. open-minded or tolerant, esp. free of or not bound by traditional or conventional ideas, values, etc.
Not going to post all of the definitions because there are like 20. But you should study the meaning next time before using a word. - drowningfish, on 10/18/2009, -2/+47When exactly has Digg published its own news content? I don't get your analogy here dukeeeey.
- blup3ace, on 10/18/2009, -10/+53NPR has to be liberal. the definition of the word means that they are open minded and tolerant of all voices. any quality news source must abide by this.
- spiralfunk, on 10/18/2009, -12/+55I wouldn't call distortion of facts as a "point of view", I'd call it propaganda.
- captspaulding, on 10/18/2009, -9/+46I'm a big fan of NPR, I listen to it daily. But its clear to see that they lean to the left a bit. The difference is that NPR leans a bit, Fox bend over backwards and any other contortion to get the spin that they want. I doubt a completely objective new sources exists. But NPR is the closest to that ideal, if you're aware of the bias.
- Bartboy919, on 10/18/2009, -3/+39nope
- DirtPile, on 10/18/2009, -2/+38They push the Lake Wobegon agenda.
- inactive, on 10/18/2009, -5/+41If by that opinion you mean that news shows should show a single shred of journalistic integrity, then sure, why not?
- buzaman, on 10/18/2009, -3/+38Welcome to the department of redundancy department.
- MatthewTheRaven, on 10/18/2009, -2/+30That would leave us with no news stations anywhere...
- catalysis, on 10/19/2009, -12/+39To conservatives, any unfiltered news is considered "liberal."
- captspaulding, on 10/18/2009, -0/+26Because they are incredibly pro government when a republican is in the white house, and very hostile when a democrat is the president.
- kitsua, on 10/19/2009, -0/+26Actually, in the context of American politics NPR may be deemed as 'left', but that's only because of the manufactured controversy drummed up by the right about the 'liberal media' and the fact that America is extraordinarily right-leaning, compared with actual 'right/left' global politics.
I agree that NPR is the closest you have for a truly balanced news outlet, but that very balance makes it seem 'leftist' when considered against the rest of the MSM, which is overwhelmingly right of centre. - iheartbakon, on 10/18/2009, -1/+26William. Shatner. Declared. It. To. Be. So.
- tonyteetime, on 10/18/2009, -11/+36Mainstream media (in the USA and most western world) are not there to inform , instead their purpose is to give you view points to try to convince you of their stand. The news is what we tell you it is .. ok ?
Fox gives you right wing views and CNN gives you left wing views . Just pick your flavor and watch so you can later debate and bicker among each other on the issues so you can keep busy chasing your tail and stay divided. Keep bickering and fighting amongst yourselves is what the ruling class wants from you. That way, you won't ever collaborate together to figure out who is screwing you .
If you want to know the true story, then take some times to research it , check out what the rest of the world reports on the same issue and and draw your conclusion (the truth is somewhere in between) .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXWzSwZ_wPs - dissolutionman, on 10/18/2009, -5/+30Dude, the very existence of Fox News proves that there are loads of conservatives who think like that.
And since you're always bragging about ratings dominance, that means fewer liberals think that way; Fox News gets way better ratings than MSNBC. - MisteryMeat, on 10/18/2009, -2/+26Yet millions still don't know it, so one extra digg from me even if it's redundant. Who knows, maybe some of these millions started reading today.
- lulzy, on 10/18/2009, -2/+24it should be illegal for a network to call itself news if it gives any opinion on the story unless they acknowledge it as commentary. fix'd
- weaksnyc, on 10/18/2009, -11/+32msnbc has left leaning comentators, they don't have editors changing transcripts, placing an (R) next to any democrat with negative exposure in the news, anchors organizing and promoting rallies, and while they do have left leaning shows, they don't have an entire left leaning network (for example, their morning show is hosted by a former republican senator and is very open about his right-leaning views).
Is MSNBC left leaning in general? I suppose you could say that. On the same scale as Fox? No, not even close... but that's not really the point. The point is that Fox is far right of -any- media source, while claiming that they're center and everyone else is left... which is retarded. - carbonetc, on 10/18/2009, -4/+25How to determine whether or not a source is biased:
1) See where you are in the political spectrum? This is the center. The exact center.
2) Is the source to the left or right of you? This source is biased. Does the source agree with you? This source is unbiased and dependable.
3) All who disagree with you about the dependability of the source are also biased.
That seems to be how most people do it anyway. - yocouchdigga, on 10/18/2009, -5/+26stop projecting, dumbass.
- inactive, on 10/18/2009, -5/+26You appear to hold only one view about liberals; by your definition, that makes YOU a liberal.
- altgeeky1, on 10/18/2009, -4/+24Because they are inciting their viewers, possibly to violence. Think about it: they're astroturfing that Obama is not LEGALLY the president.
- swimtwobirds, on 10/18/2009, -9/+28jesus are you ***** joking me? that channel went off the deep and a while ago - they promoted and co-ordinated the teaparties, they actually instructed the teabaggers when to cheer for camera effect. glen beck called obama a racist. hannity and beck are running that ***** insane 9-12 project. they are a slavering, bigoted, biased crowd of white, male, overpaid hacks and the white house is right to call them out. Fox News is not a news channel. Its a right wing opinion channel.
I honestly think they, the WH, might be onto something there, if they box them in hard enough, over time they'll go even more crazy with nothing to lose and no respectable commentators willing to appear on the channel. Either way, the white house is calling them outside the region of news coverage, accurately, and telling them to go ***** themselves. - deathandtaverns, on 10/18/2009, -2/+21Most of its funding does not come from the state. It mostly comes from corporations and individual donors. Modern NPR and PBS are just non-profit corporations and less of a government run program.
- Beatmiser, on 10/19/2009, -0/+19Ironically, NPR is usually airing BBC World News about the time I head to work.
- RatatRatR, on 10/19/2009, -1/+20No, it isn't looking like that, quirkopatra, and that's why all your comments on this thread are getting dugg down.
- eadint, on 10/19/2009, -3/+21By definition NPR cannot be biased or have any political affiliation. the actual funding model is designed to enforce this.
So i think you are the delusional person here.
But i really don't think that republicans are vulnerable to logic. its like their brains are broken, you come out with the truth use facts and logic and their response is, (ad hominem attack) therefor fox news is the only real news. Republicans scare me in that they are completely stupid and are invulnerable to logic or reality. These are the kind of people that handed germany over to hitler. - ElSantos, on 10/19/2009, -13/+31NPR is not left-leaning or right-leaning. It is logic-and-reason-leaning. And as we all know, logic and reason have a very strong liberal bias.
- quirkopatra, on 10/19/2009, -2/+20BET
- drowningfish, on 10/18/2009, -9/+27Dare I ask what inaccurate information you are referring to?
-
Show 51 - 100 of 520 discussions
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is