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I'm not sure why anybody should care.

 

Let's face it, she's fairly easy on the eye and she's sure to generate interesting TV.

Nobody's forcing you to believe what the talking haeds on the telly say.

 

I've read mutterings that this gives her an unfair platform to air her opinions in the event that she still plans to be the first female president in 2012 but, pffft, american pol's piggybacking off a celebrity career isn't exactly a new thing is it?

Clue: Ronnie.

 

 

On a more general note, what's the deal with US news programmes?

 

Do you guys actually have an objective, non-biased news show you can watch?

What I mean is, in the UK we have "The News" and it's just a recount of what's happened in the country and in the world.

There's probably a little bias in the way the BBC amd ITV report news but it's 95% factual with no commentary.

 

We then have shows such as Question Time which round up a bunch of public figures and then some suitably opinionated front-man will make them look stupid or brilliant depending on how he feels.

 

Thing is, from listening to the way a lot of americans talk about the news, I kinda get the impression that ALL your news shows come with a side-order of opinion and commentary.

I kinda get the impression that one news might say, for example, "President Obama held a disappointing press conference once again today and failed to address any of the questions asked of him" whereas another outfit might say, of the same event "President Obama's press conference today successfully reassured all those present as he laid out his glorious plan" or whatever.

In the UK the news would just say "President Obama held a press conference today to discuss the issues at hand".

 

Maybe I'm getting the wrong idea but it seems you guys need to, perhaps, boycott all the pay-per-view services which broadcast biased news and insist on having more objective news programmes.

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they do have fair news programmes. But they're not fair according to Fox fans, they're "liberal biased". Because they don't toe the Fox line. "Conservatives" always accuse MSNBC of being for "liberals" (there is no other kind of american, apparently), but MSNBC is a tiny wee minnow of a channel. It's a joint venture between Microsoft and NBC, those bastions of hippydom.

The nightly news on ABC, CBS and NBC is just news, pretty much. CNN too. Fox bats above its weight because of the absolute insanity of its "opinion" shows like O'Reilly, Beck, etc ad infinitum.

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they do have fair news programmes. But they're not fair according to Fox fans, they're "liberal biased". Because they don't toe the Fox line. "Conservatives" always accuse MSNBC of being for "liberals" (there is no other kind of american, apparently), but MSNBC is a tiny wee minnow of a channel. It's a joint venture between Microsoft and NBC, those bastions of hippydom.

The nightly news on ABC, CBS and NBC is just news, pretty much. CNN too. Fox bats above its weight because of the absolute insanity of its "opinion" shows like O'Reilly, Beck, etc ad infinitum.

Thing is, as soon as you try to have a "news channel" you find yourself short of stuff to fill it up with.

I've always found a lot of the content of channels like CNN to be a little questionable simply because they fill up so much time with commentary and opinion.

 

In this information-age it seems far smarter to just watch the news headlines on TV and then google any subject that catches your attention and then form your own opinion.

Unless google is "liberal" now too?

 

Mind you, I guess if some big corporation has the funds to bankroll what is, effectively, a 24/7 political broadcast channel then good luck to them.

I mean, they're gonna be preaching to the choir. Everybody who wasn't gonna vote that way anyay will have already switched off.

 

Unless it's comedy hour and Palin's on. ;)

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I'm not sure why anybody should care.

Let's face it, she's fairly easy on the eye and she's sure to generate interesting TV.Nobody's forcing you to believe what the talking haeds on the telly say.

 

Yes, however it is sad that I see many people believe what they say.

 

 

 

what's the deal with US news programmes?

 

If you look at the owners of the major news outlets in the US, you will see most of them have a liberal agenda, or in FOX new's case a conservative agenda.

 

Do you guys actually have an objective, non-biased news show you can watch

No.

 

There's probably a little bias in the way the BBC amd ITV report news but it's 95% factual with no commentary.

 

That's the main problem with U.S. media. Most of information is based on the reporters personal opinions

 

We then have shows such as Question Time which round up a bunch of public figures and then some suitably opinionated front-man will make them look stupid or brilliant depending on how he feels.

 

Thing is, from listening to the way a lot of americans talk about the news, I kinda get the impression that ALL your news shows come with a side-order of opinion and commentary.

 

Definately. If you ever get the chance to even watch a few MSNBC or FOX clips you will see the trend.

 

 

I kinda get the impression that one news might say, for example, "President Obama held a disappointing press conference once again today and failed to address any of the questions asked of him" whereas another outfit might say, of the same event "President Obama's press conference today successfully reassured all those present as he laid out his glorious plan" or whatever.

 

You hit the nail right on the head. You can hear the reporters add in their own personal views via adjectives.

 

 

 

 

Maybe I'm getting the wrong idea but it seems you guys need to, perhaps, boycott all the pay-per-view services which broadcast biased news and insist on having more objective news programmes.

 

Hah, liberals and conservatives working together? I wish, otherwise a lot more could be done here :P

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We really don't have completely fact-based news television, unless you count something like the Nightly News. (And I can't honestly say I've watched that in over a decade, so who knows).

 

On the one hand, we have FOX, which is so unashamedly off-the-deep-end nutjob conservative that it makes the word "news" angry.

 

On the other hand, we have CNN, MSNBC, and so on – all of which have been accused of being "liberal." That's probably accurate, but to a much, much smaller degree of slant than FOX. The trouble is, MSNBC in particular has seen how profitable it can be, ratings-wise, to just feed people confirmation of their opinions like FOX does, so they've started going more and more in that same direction, from the liberal side.

 

I get all my news from the radio via NPR generally. Some people say that is "liberal," too, but those people are too stupid to breathe.

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"I am thrilled to be joining the great talent and management team at Fox News," Palin said in a statement posted on the network's Web site. "It's wonderful to be part of a place that so values fair and balanced news."

 

What a *fruitcage* joke!

 

I guess in this context, fair means "we get to say whatever the *fruitcage* we want and pretend to be journalists", while balanced means "we like to think that every media outlet that isn't owned by our company is liberal, so we're balancing it out".

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My favourite story about fox was when fox news attempted to sue 'The Simpsons' for mocking fox news...

 

... then someone pointed out that Fox owned 'The Simpsons'...

 

 

I am disappointed though, I was sure she was going to capitalize on the success of 'Who's nailin' Palin' and embark on a porn career...

 

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I think this ruined any credibility FOX news had to begin with.

 

Don't worry, they had none to begin with so this can't hurt them there. No this may actually help their ratings since non-Republicans may watch to get a similar effect of watching a 'tard talk on stage that doesn't know it's a 'tard.

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Personally I think it's the best place for her. She can be all mavericky and rogue on Fox and the rest of the world can get on with laughing at it.

 

The problem I have with Fox News is that they seem to have redefined news into one continuous OpEd where fact is largely less important that rhetoric. At times it drifts unintentionally into a parody of itself though. Sadly a large part of America takes what they say as the gospel truth.

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I'm glad you all can have a laugh about someone on the conservative side of things going to a talk show. I bet if it was some left wing nut, it'll be in the normal off topic.

 

"Joe Biden now a reporter for CNN"

 

"Oh wow, good for him he's a reallll patriot"

 

"I'm proud of him"

 

I see it now...

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I'm glad you all can have a laugh about someone on the conservative side of things going to a talk show. I bet if it was some left wing nut, it'll be in the normal off topic.

 

Always making political talk out of a joke..I guess republicans can't have humor or something?

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As Denny Crane has pointed out, it would be refreshing if we had a candidate from the Republican party who isn't a moralistic, sexually repressed, crusading hypocrite who cruises airport men's rooms late at night.

 

In the uk that applies to pretty much half of our politicians too.

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