Quote (thesnipa @ 31 Oct 2016 15:33)
Or maybe a guy who sifts a webforum that provides plenty of biased and objective news sources that he can read in print turns on the TV for entertaining coverage of shill'd out surrogates and biased as fuck pundits simply for the entertainment of it all.
I guess you need to censor biased viewpoints so that they don't accidentally affect your viewpoint, that sucks....
You think he watches it for entertainment? He has said time and time again the CNN is his primary news source, watches it almost every night, and think it's a good news source.
Also, no one is immune to being influenced by spin, no matter how smart you are or how much you think it doesn't affect you. Humans are very easily influenced, especially by things we see (videos, watching), more so than what we read, which tends to use a less reactionary part of the brain. I think reading news is inherently better than watching it when you control for slant.
Quote (IceMage @ 31 Oct 2016 15:36)
It's a fact that CNN is in the tank for the Democrats and Hillary Clinton? What are you basing that on? A few emails where people that work for CNN are doing what media people do to gain/maintain access? This is more about your ignorance of how things work than anything extraordinary about CNN.
I've been paying attention to politics long enough that I could frame the arguments from Trump/Hillary supporters before they even make them on television. If you are a dullard and aren't capable of separating spin from legitimate commentary, stick to the monotone voices at NPR.
Yes. Feeding sanctioned debate questions to HRC during the Primary Debates and the General Election Debates. Giving scripted interview transcripts to Hillary Clinton. Selectively displaying poll and survey results in a way that makes Democrats look better and Republicans look worse.
Also, just examine the language of the station as it pertains to HRC. They called the FBI's probe of HRC during her criminal investigation a "meeting." They consistently cover what some random racist Trump supporter said at a rally on pretty much every day HRC has a huge negative scandal hit her in the press. Brooke Baldwin is one of the most biased pundits I've seen this election cycle, probably only a couple pegs down from Sean Hannity.
Are you really not able to see the slant of CNN? And it's sad, because they are known as the least biased/most moderate major news network in America, so it's really a huge wasted opportunity for them to give fair news to the American people. Instead, they are trash news organization who would rather cover a plane crash for two months than discuss real topics facing America and the world.
Speaking of trying to appear more objective, you've been a walking and talking argumentum ad temperantiam this election cycle with your support of HRC. Your party just nominated a shit candidate, that doesn't all of a sudden make you more reasonable for supporting the blatantly obvious candidate.
Me? I don't care if I look reasonable or not, I just try to be correct. I'm not afraid to admit I'm a Liberal, even if that comes with the label of "partisan hack", because I don't believe that the middle is always correct and the best option. It's a popular logical fallacy, especially during an election time when both candidates are so disliked, but I think it's a fact at this point that CNN is biased in favor of Democrats and Hillary Clinton. Make of that what you will.