Liberal Bias in the Media (At least in Public Radio)

Not my dog. You can't recall the name of the program, you can't remember the name of the host, you refer to an unnamed member of "the insurance industry," you fallaciously state that the Federal government provides flood insurance (it is a guarantor, not an insuror)--and you want that bit of vague blather to stand as an indictment of public radio in particular, and the allegedly liberal (unproven) media.

Yes, you well should yip, yip, yip, because it makes about as much sense as your silly, silly thread.

Yes, Finn, I will agree with you that NPR has a liberal slant. So what? I mean, It's not like there's anyone actually listening.

What the hell is "ad hominem logic;" let alone "ad hominem logic error?"

I forgot to add that we get CBC on NewsRadio was well. They used to have a brilliant science show I listened to a lot. I was going to zip in to CBC when i was in Toronto but the array of hockey shirts in the front window spooked me.

I forgot to add that we get CBC on NewsRadio was well. They used to have a brilliant science show I listened to a lot. I was going to zip in to CBC when i was in Toronto but the array of hockey shirts in the front window spooked me.

Public radio might have a liberal bias, but they are a lot longer on in-depth reporting and facts than any other news source with the possible exception of news magazines like Time or Newsweek. I listen to them and feel like I get a lot more good info.

So do I, and I feel like I get a lot of good info from Time and Newsweek although they too have a liberal bias.

Their liberal bias doesn't ruin their value, but it does, unfortunately, taint it.

But I would probalby cringe if I heard the exchange you mention, Finn.

Believe it or not, I cringe whenever I detect similar bias. It just so happens that in the news media, liberal bias is the most prominent.

I'm not completely convinced that liberal bias is the most prominent bias in media today. My impression, and this is completely subjective, is that there is a slight liberal bias in a number of media outlets, but a huge conservative bias concentrated in a few media outlets. I'm not quite sure what I make of it, but over all it seems that the info I'm looking for is out there if I have the energy to dig for it. So I can't really complain. I just have to read and listen to many different sources.

My bias is that I think that the best news sources, the ones that give me the most information and the most reliable information, are usually ones considered to have "liberal bias", like NPR. I've found (and again, it's just my impression) that the outlets with the opposite bias tend to be the least reliable and the least informative.

Personally, it seems to me that the bias is on ratings. Public radio is one of the few places that doesn't pander to their audience, or cowtow to politicians for fear of losing future interviews.

Seriously, how many times in the last year have you seen a journalist refuse to allow someone to duck the question?

I myself don't believe the media does have a political bias, only a bias towards sensationalism.

One of the things I've often wondered is, "Is this perceived bias a result of the media being biased, or the media kow-towing to a biased audience?" I myself think that the media only seems biased, because the audience itself is biased.

It makes more sense for the media to cater its news to its audience and thus make more money, than it does to cater towards either wing of the political spectrum.