Never any media bias - well maybe just a little. All the time.

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:Are you sure you want to merge
"Nah, there's no media bias at all."
to
"Never any media bias - well maybe just a little. All the time."

Yes I'm sure. Thank you.

^^^ power tripping mod^^^

Just kidding. It happens so rarely now (I like to think because of my strict crackdown) but once in awhile when tty goes on some drunken political rant on the main board, when I move it I think to myself things like "haha suck it pylon this is your problem now."

Please feel free to vilify whichever side you don't like more.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Please feel free to vilify whichever side you don't like more.

Do you think there are any idiots who actually believe it's just one side? I hope people are just trolling and don't think that. I mean we all graduated from MSU.

I like how people hated Comey until they loved him, trusted him until they didn't, thought he should have been fired until he was.

And members from both parties in all camps at different times. The sleaze is apparent but will change no minds.

LooseGoose wrote:I like how people hated Comey until they loved him, trusted him until they didn't, thought he should have been fired until he was.

And members from both parties in all camps at different times. The sleaze is apparent but will change no minds.

Mods please merge

DWags wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Please feel free to vilify whichever side you don't like more.

Do you think there are any idiots who actually believe it's just one side? I hope people are just trolling and don't think that. I mean we all graduated from MSU.

Any idiots here? I hope not. In general? Yes, there are tons and tons and tons of them. I do think they all do the same stuff, and they have for a long time. Beyond cable news. I also think all cable news sucks and you learn nothing from the talking heads in a box. That said, I do think some are way worse than others. It doesn't mean that the others don't suck. But they aren't as abhorrently awful.

LooseGoose wrote:I like how people hated Comey until they loved him, trusted him until they didn't, thought he should have been fired until he was.

And members from both parties in all camps at different times. The sleaze is apparent but will change no minds.

I still believe in truth, I still believe that we are a nation of laws and not of men, and I still believe the truth will prevail and justice usually does. Not all the time but usually does

I want the country to run to historical norms.

That means the President isn't hitting up the head of the FBI for a promise of loyalty rather than to uphold the laws of the US.

It means a President who doesn't have adult children traveling across the country and across the world drumming up business that's being run by the adult children all the while requiring FBI travel and billing the FBI and the government for not only the FBI lodging in hotels they own but billing the government for their lodging at their hotels.

It means not having a President who consistently lies and talks about Fake News

It means not having a President go after the judicial branch because it doesn't rubber stamp executive orders.

That means a President who isn't inviting Russians into the Oval Office and having the meeting only covered by "journalist/photographers" from TASS and no US media.

I didn't agree with everything Comey did regarding Clinton emails but I also understand the government investigations into Russian involvement wasn't ready to be released and also know Comey had been directed to President Obama to not go public with any findings prior to the election.

Right now we have a guy in The White House who has regularly bullied contractors into minimum or no payments for his projects. It appears he tried the nice guy, be loyal to me and I'll help you with the wrong guy when he asked Comey for dinner.

GRR Spartan wrote:I want the country to run to historical norms.

The Dems throwing fits like babies and not accepting they got their asses beat in an election is right in line with historical norms.

LooseGoose wrote:

GRR Spartan wrote:I want the country to run to historical norms.

The Dems throwing fits like babies and not accepting they got their asses beat in an election is right in line with historical norms.

Couldn't coach with anyone who uses the line "not accepting they got beat". WTF does that mean exactly? "stop trying, we would, cause we're pussies". Fuck that. You bet I don't accept my side list to backwards knuckle dragging misogynistic lugheads. Tom Izzo walks off the floor not believing he's lost to some backwards team so he should just accept it? Bullshit. Good to know who has a quitter attitude

Fox is disgusting propaganda. Just check out their continuing coverage of Pizzagate and you will see that they lend the complete bunk conspiracy story just enough "but what if" to not alienate their fringe audience. It's the same thing the Republican Party did with the Birthers, and Obama Muslim conspiracies which is what has led to the extremists in the White House. The word "News" needs a higher standard. And yes, I'm talking about policing speech. In the case of the 4th estate, poorly sourced garbage, or op-eds, should never be allowed to be called news. We need the fairness doctrine back. We need an end to the 24 hour news cycle. Fuck this shit. Just skim these. The wording is so carefully crafted not to say straight out the truth that anyone who lends any credence to this shit is a moron.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/05/how-internet-conspiracy-theory-led-gunman-into-dc-pizza-parlor.html

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/14/pizzagate-gunman-says-in-video-hes-standing-up-for-kids.html

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/22/pizzagate-shooter-to-be-sentenced-what-to-know-about-comet-ping-pong-conspiracies.html

Rocinante wrote:Fox is disgusting propaganda. Just check out their continuing coverage of Pizzagate and you will see that they lend the complete bunk conspiracy story just enough "but what if" to not alienate their fringe audience. It's the same thing the Republican Party did with the Birthers, and Obama Muslim conspiracies which is what has led to the extremists in the White House. The word "News" needs a higher standard. And yes, I'm talking about policing speech. In the case of the 4th estate, poorly sourced garbage, or op-eds, should never be allowed to be called news. We need the fairness doctrine back. We need an end to the 24 hour news cycle. Fuck this shit. Just skim these. The wording is so carefully crafted not to say straight out the truth that anyone who lends any credence to this shit is a moron.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/05/how-internet-conspiracy-theory-led-gunman-into-dc-pizza-parlor.html

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/14/pizzagate-gunman-says-in-video-hes-standing-up-for-kids.html

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/22/pizzagate-shooter-to-be-sentenced-what-to-know-about-comet-ping-pong-conspiracies.html

welcome to the mainstream media.

they couldn't get enough of the sexual predator during the primaries and leading up to the election - I guess a lot of people like their "news" fed to them via a professional wrestling template... lies, smoke and mirrors, entertainment and a gullible populace that willfully gobbles it all up and begs for more.

There was a police chase in St. Louis. The cops put out a strip to stop the chase. The suspects shot at the cops. A African American citizen came out of his home to aide the police in the capture, and was told to surrender himself. He complied. A different officer showed up on the scene and promptly shot him. In the arm, luckily.

Oh there was another detail, the African American gentleman who tried to help is an off duty cop from the exact same precinct as the guy who shot him. Forever, from now on, anyone who says "oh just listen to the officers orders and you'll be fine" is even more of an idiot than they already were.

Here's the link

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:There was a police chase in St. Louis. The cops put out a strip to stop the chase. The suspects shot at the cops. A African American citizen came out of his home to aide the police in the capture, and was told to surrender himself. He complied. A different officer showed up on the scene and promptly shot him. In the arm, luckily.

Oh there was another detail, the African American gentleman who tried to help is an off duty cop from the exact same precinct as the guy who shot him. Forever, from now on, anyone who says "oh just listen to the officers orders and you'll be fine" is even more of an idiot than they already were.

Here's the link

Wow. Frustrating

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:There was a police chase in St. Louis. The cops put out a strip to stop the chase. The suspects shot at the cops. A African American citizen came out of his home to aide the police in the capture, and was told to surrender himself. He complied. A different officer showed up on the scene and promptly shot him. In the arm, luckily.

Oh there was another detail, the African American gentleman who tried to help is an off duty cop from the exact same precinct as the guy who shot him. Forever, from now on, anyone who says "oh just listen to the officers orders and you'll be fine" is even more of an idiot than they already were.

Here's the link

It's wrong for me to find this story humorous, right? I mean, the actual events of the story aren't humorous, but just the implication for all the badge lickers out there who defend everything cops do, that tickles me. Whose side do they take here? Such a quandary for them.

Fuck the police.

Oh they'll just ignore it. Much easier than way.

Also I'm so sorry I put this in this thread. Meant to put it in the Hodgey one. Apologies.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Oh they'll just ignore it. Much easier than way.

Also I'm so sorry I put this in this thread. Meant to put it in the Hodgey one. Apologies.

I know. What the hell were you thinking? Oh, that's right, you weren't.

CNN Has to Completely Retract a Major Anti-Trump Story

That story blew up and was just another story designed to suggest both Jared Kushner and the President were tied to the Russians through Scaramucci. CNN has now completely retracted the story after the damage was done.

I decided to watch an hour of Fox News today so I could report back to you. You are welcome.

745
- religious freedom and playground equipment
750
- video of a North Korean woman being beaten by NK officials, which they wouldn't show because it was too bad. Immediately talking about Otto. It all was very scary though.
- Afghanistan- commenting on how the only reason we haven't been successful there is because we've never put in the resources necessary.
800
- Tucker is on oh good. We're talking about "trumps travel ban victory." They immediately brought on a token liberal. I've never heard of this guy. He seems like a fall guy. They're just sort of rearguing about the travel ban. They're mostly just yelling. Liberal guy can get out about a half sentence at a time. Not making them count.

808
- now we're talking about how evil CNN is. Fuck man. 8 minutes into prime time. No other news going on today. Oh, there's that "93% of trump coverage is negative" number that's so oft quoted here. He just called them a campaign organization. Ironic.
813
- sorry they're still talking about the evil media. While they were on that I've been reading the bottom line on a working theory so I'm not really listening. But rest assured, the media, except for them, is evil. Tucker just blamed the media for "there are weapons of mass destruction in iraq." Fuck man. Jesus. I mean.... man. Come on.
816
- commercial break. That's a solid 50% so far about how evil the liberal media is. Impressive.
819
- we're back and talking about "Russia hysteria!" As it relates to Obama. "Dems turn on Obama over Russia hysteria." Oh! Someone just said the word "healthcare" that's what I'm here for guys. It was in passing though :( The coup against trump is running out of steam. Great news.
824
commercial. When they come back we're talking about the guy that shot the congressman.
827
were back and true to his word we're talking about the deranged Bernie sanders fan. Some liberal talk show host (never heard of him) said that the guy shot the congressman because he thought he was protecting us from a tyrannical government. Weird. Gotta put him on prime time though. Basically they're making it seem like the big bad liberal is defending the shooter. It's weird.
831
Oh! The bottom line mentioned the CBO score!!! It did not mention 20 million people losing their insurance. Really it just said that it was released. Anyway, sorry, back to this weird conversation about tyranny.
835
Commercial, but when we get back we're talking about how a pro life group is sensored on twitter and then Bernie sanders again.

Okay, I'm out. Here's the thing and the reason why I did this.... I had this theory on what I might hear about the republicans effort to take away 20 million people's health insurance. And I was right. Not. A. Single. Word. A lot of those people are from places like West Virginia, Arkansas and Alabama where I'm guessing fox dominates the ratings. And they have no fucking idea what is happening. Not only that, but they spent so much time talking about how evil every other media source is that those people will automatically tune it out and assume it's not true. Of all the topics mentioned above, healthcare is the only one that will actually impact the lives of the people watching, but not a word. Despicable.

840- sorry it's still on we're talking about how Alaska stopped Columbus Day. Cool.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:I decided to watch an hour of Fox News today so I could report back to you. You are welcome.

745
- religious freedom and playground equipment
750
- video of a North Korean woman being beaten by NK officials, which they wouldn't show because it was too bad. Immediately talking about Otto. It all was very scary though.
- Afghanistan- commenting on how the only reason we haven't been successful there is because we've never put in the resources necessary.
800
- Tucker is on oh good. We're talking about "trumps travel ban victory." They immediately brought on a token liberal. I've never heard of this guy. He seems like a fall guy. They're just sort of rearguing about the travel ban. They're mostly just yelling. Liberal guy can get out about a half sentence at a time. Not making them count.

808
- now we're talking about how evil CNN is. Fuck man. 8 minutes into prime time. No other news going on today. Oh, there's that "93% of trump coverage is negative" number that's so oft quoted here. He just called them a campaign organization. Ironic.
813
- sorry they're still talking about the evil media. While they were on that I've been reading the bottom line on a working theory so I'm not really listening. But rest assured, the media, except for them, is evil. Tucker just blamed the media for "there are weapons of mass destruction in iraq." Fuck man. Jesus. I mean.... man. Come on.
816
- commercial break. That's a solid 50% so far about how evil the liberal media is. Impressive.
819
- we're back and talking about "Russia hysteria!" As it relates to Obama. "Dems turn on Obama over Russia hysteria." Oh! Someone just said the word "healthcare" that's what I'm here for guys. It was in passing though :( The coup against trump is running out of steam. Great news.
824
commercial. When they come back we're talking about the guy that shot the congressman.
827
were back and true to his word we're talking about the deranged Bernie sanders fan. Some liberal talk show host (never heard of him) said that the guy shot the congressman because he thought he was protecting us from a tyrannical government. Weird. Gotta put him on prime time though. Basically they're making it seem like the big bad liberal is defending the shooter. It's weird.
831
Oh! The bottom line mentioned the CBO score!!! It did not mention 20 million people losing their insurance. Really it just said that it was released. Anyway, sorry, back to this weird conversation about tyranny.
835
Commercial, but when we get back we're talking about how a pro life group is sensored on twitter and then Bernie sanders again.

Okay, I'm out. Here's the thing and the reason why I did this.... I had this theory on what I might hear about the republicans effort to take away 20 million people's health insurance. And I was right. Not. A. Single. Word. A lot of those people are from places like West Virginia, Arkansas and Alabama where I'm guessing fox dominates the ratings. And they have no fucking idea what is happening. Not only that, but they spent so much time talking about how evil every other media source is that those people will automatically tune it out and assume it's not true. Of all the topics mentioned above, healthcare is the only one that will actually impact the lives of the people watching, but not a word. Despicable.

840- sorry it's still on we're talking about how Alaska stopped Columbus Day. Cool.

You made it through almost an hour of Tucker Carlson?

At least watch an hour when a chick is on. Geez.

I just picked prime time nigel, when they reach the most viewers.

You know. I lied a little bit. I expected them to talk about healthcare. But to take the paul ryan line of "oh the cbo is just total bullshit." I really didn't think they'd totally ignore it.

LooseGoose wrote:CNN Has to Completely Retract a Major Anti-Trump Story

That story blew up and was just another story designed to suggest both Jared Kushner and the President were tied to the Russians through Scaramucci. CNN has now completely retracted the story after the damage was done.

Do they have accountability at your prefered sources: Fox, Breitbart, and InfoWars?

Three CNN staffers resign over retracted Scaramucci-Russia story
http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2017/06/26/cnn-resign-russia-scaramucci-239975

Don't have to make up anti Trump stories.

Unless you think admitting you lied about taping conversations to cast doubt on a former FBI director.

Trumpites would fire an employee for what Trump did but admire his street smarts when he lies as Commander in Chief

#Comeyliedpeopledied

#ThePissTapeIsReal

Rocinante wrote:#ThePissTapeIsReal

#Guaranteedbuttrumanzeeswon'tcareaslongasthebrownonesareoutofthecountry

Rocinante wrote:#ThePissTapeIsReal

Could you imagine? I am sure his most ardent defenders would be saying it was because he got stung by a jellyfish.

DWags wrote:

Rocinante wrote:#ThePissTapeIsReal

#Guaranteedbuttrumanzeeswon'tcareaslongasthebrownonesareoutofthecountry

I hate WMU as much as the next guy, but I do not want them out of the country.

Hey let's see what's going on over at Fox News' website as the senate health care bill that will effect almost all Americans and 1/6th of the economy stalls temporarily, but certainly not permanently...

Aw Jesus fuckin Christ guys come on.

I watch none of the mainstream media that managed to get the sexual predator elected.. but the fact that CNN retracted a story (if, in fact, they did), says more about their integrity than any of the lies that the other networks espouse, not to mention the lies coming out of the sexual predator's camp the last 16+ months.

so, if they did indeed retract a story, good for them. Gives me hope that at least one entity between the mainstream media and the sexual predator has a shred of ethics.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Hey let's see what's going on over at Fox News' website as the senate health care bill that will effect almost all Americans and 1/6th of the economy stalls temporarily, but certainly not permanently...

Aw Jesus fuckin Christ guys come on.

It is Mitch Album territory. When things get bad at UM, revisit the MSU riots. When Trump is a disaster, talk about Obama's vacations.

Turtleneck wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Hey let's see what's going on over at Fox News' website as the senate health care bill that will effect almost all Americans and 1/6th of the economy stalls temporarily, but certainly not permanently...

Aw Jesus fuckin Christ guys come on.

It is Mitch Album territory. When things get bad at UM, revisit the MSU riots. When Trump is a disaster, talk about Obama's vacations.

It's so frustrating to me just because millions of people follow only this, only the headlines even, and that's what they think is the biggest thing going on out there right now. No clue that their republican senator is voting to take money from their health care and give it to a billionaire. None.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:

It is Mitch Album territory. When things get bad at UM, revisit the MSU riots. When Trump is a disaster, talk about Obama's vacations.

It's so frustrating to me just because millions of people follow only this, only the headlines even, and that's what they think is the biggest thing going on out there right now. No clue that their republican senator is voting to take money from their health care and give it to a billionaire. None.

been saying for years - America is stupid. Look how they were duped last November and continue to willfully be duped. When we all are ready to admit it to ourselves, we'll then be able to hopefully move forward.

until then, I'll just sit back and get a kick out of the stupidity within the sexual predator's administration, his followers and the mainstream media that created them.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Hey let's see what's going on over at Fox News' website as the senate health care bill that will effect almost all Americans and 1/6th of the economy stalls temporarily, but certainly not permanently...

Aw Jesus fuckin Christ guys come on.

I'm sorry that having our Black former President enjoy his retirement bothers you so.

If there's media bias, did they do it very well in the election?

LooseGoose wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:Hey let's see what's going on over at Fox News' website as the senate health care bill that will effect almost all Americans and 1/6th of the economy stalls temporarily, but certainly not permanently...

Aw Jesus fuckin Christ guys come on.

I'm sorry that having our Black former President enjoy his retirement bothers you so.

I think his point is that it really seems to bother you and your Fox News brethren.

Turtleneck wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:

I'm sorry that having our Black former President enjoy his retirement bothers you so.

I think his point is that it really seems to bother you and your Fox News brethren.

Doesn't bother me a bit, I'd much rather have him on vacation.

LooseGoose wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:

I think his point is that it really seems to bother you and your Fox News brethren.

Doesn't bother me a bit, I'd much rather have him on vacation.

It is so hot when you lie to me, Goose.

Turtleneck wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:

Doesn't bother me a bit, I'd much rather have him on vacation.

It is so hot when you lie to me, Goose.

You are attached to that slur.

LooseGoose wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:

It is so hot when you lie to me, Goose.

You are attached to that slur.

What slur? Oh, and calm down. Get some self control, bro.