bias in the media
dylan ratigan
dylan ratigan calls for armed revolution
liberal bias in the media
msnbc
socialism
MSNBC Host Sees Armed Revolution Coming - From the LEFT!
By AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
Boston, Massachusetts
November 9, 2010 10:35am CST
We've heard a lot on the MSM about the Tea Party and the general assertion that its members are angry, white people with guns who are racist, bigoted and prone to violence. We haven't seen any evidence of that, mind you, but we've been told about it a lot. If we don't believe it just because there's no facts to back it up, that's because we're probably stupid. And if we keep pointing to all the actual incidents of violence perpetrated by those on the left, that's because we're listening to the wrong news channel - you know, the one where they actually report that stuff instead of ignoring it as it doesn't fit the agenda.
So, what are we to believe when an MSNBC host, Dylan Ratigan, calls for armed revolution from the left?
Dylan Ratigan: "Are things in our country so bad that it might actually be time for a revolution? The answer is obviously ‘yes.'"
http://nation.foxnews.com/dylan-ratigan/2010/11/09/nbc-news-segment-calls-armed-left-wing-revolution
And if we were to use the term "socialist" to describe anyone on the left, that is probably because we're stupid, too. We don't understand those complicated political terms and ideologies.
But what do we do when a host on MSNBC, Lawrence O'Donnell, declares "I'm a socialist. I live to the extreme left, the extreme left of you mere liberals"?
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/11/05/msnbcs_lawrence_odonnell_im_a_socialist.html
All the while, I am being told by liberals that MSNBC and its hosts are not biased, left-leaning or slanted. It's news, straight-up. Maybe. Maybe it's news straight up from armed socialist revolutionaries.
Can MSNBC truly call itself a "news network"?
1 person likes this
7 responses
@Adoniah (7513)
• United States
9 Nov 10
It is a "news network" it just is not a fair network. It is a socialistic network. They are reporting a slanted view that's all. No network can report a truly unbiased news report. They are human after all. From the time I was a kid, I knew that one of our local papers was Catholic and one was Protestant. The other was pretty much balanced and that is the one I read, but when things got heated they had their leanings too. The TV stations, all 3 of them had their leanings back then too. We did not complain, we just knew and accepted it. Now it is upsetting for some reason. If you do not like it, you go elsewhere for your news and their ratings go down and either they do something about it or they fold....
Shalom~Adoniah
2 people like this
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
10 Nov 10
I think my biggest problem with them is not that they report the news in a slanted way, it's that they let their on-air personalities make up the news based on their opinions. They need to present news as news and opinion as opinion.
This is a problem for more than just this network, I agree. But there's such an air of indoctrination about the really slanted sites, that it contributes to the polarization of the public and makes useful debate on the issues impossible.
1 person likes this
@xfahctor (14118)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
9 Nov 10
I can't wait to see how this one gets spun. After the "left" (ack, i hate labels) spent so much time screaming about how people like Beck, Palin and O'Reilly were "inciting violence", this promises to be REALLY entertaining.
as to the guy on MSNBC admitting he was a socialist, well, it's about time. Finally some honesty. I don't have an issue with someone being a socialist. There is no law against it and to call someone a socialist is no more insulting than calling them a capitalist. If you are a socialist, just come out with it and try and make your case, rather than hiding behind the veil of some vague political term. It would at least be a more honest conversation.
1 person likes this
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
9 Nov 10
Certainly, a bias admitted is better than one hidden. However, with the network suspending Keith Olbermann for campaign contributions, it seems a little wishy-washy if they don't at least wag a finger at the guy calling for a civil war.
I have been told several times over the last few days here at mylot that SNBC doesn't have any liberal bias.
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
9 Nov 10
Well, they report news so they are a news network unfortunately. If find it funny that they are now finger pointing with who will revolt first. If any one should revolt, it should be all of the mistreated, unpaid military folks and their families who are the ones fighting the "war" for nothing.
Personally I get my news from NPR and BBC. The BBS America news is actual news and they report relevant stories before the US "news" stations pick them up.
1 person likes this
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
10 Nov 10
I think that both NPR and the BBC lean left, so I don't feel that I get unbiased news from either source.
I know that MSNBC has its staunch supporters, but the reason their viewer numbers are so low is that they only appeal to the far left.
News should be news and opinion should be opinion. They need to draw the line and say which is which, not to claim opinion is the same as news coverage.
@djbtol (5493)
• United States
12 Nov 10
MSNBC is propoganda. There is no other way to call it. They are the 'news' service that communist Russia had dreamed about over and over.
Yes, violence is certainly present at the core of the liberal left. Does the name Bill Ayers ring a bell?
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
9 Nov 10
There are no news networks anymore, just propaganda stations. The exception might be Bill O'Reilly, who always tries to present both points of view.
"News" shows present only what they want the public to see in order to try to shape our attitudes and influence our actions. I see no difference in our "news" shows and what they used to be in Communist countries--propaganda machines.
1 person likes this
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
10 Nov 10
I see it becoming that way, but I don't think it's always been that way. I know that even newspapers had a slant when they ruled the news world, but there was always at least one paper you could rely on to be straight reporting. I don't know if there's much of that devotion to journalism and integrity anymore.
@redmaryjane (891)
• United States
10 Nov 10
To call for something like that just because of differing opinions is way too much. Is this what it all has to come down to? A war? What will that accomplish?
I can't stand MSNBC. I hardly pass through it as I surf channels, but to be honest, news networks of their level should be talking about more international issues.
But inciting a revolution? For what? I know it's important to be passionate about what you believe in, but not at the expense of others as casualties of an unnecessary war.
