Majorities Say Objective Journalism is Dead

[Mike (Premo)]

Poll: Big Majorities Say Objective Journalism Is Dead and that Media Back Obama

CNSNews.com) – Two-thirds (67.9 percent) of Americans surveyed think that “objective and fair journalism is dead,” while an overwhelming 89.3 percent believe the news media played a role in the election of President Barack Obama.
That is what a poll conducted earlier this month by the Sacred Heart University Polling Institute showed. The survey, “Trust and Satisfaction with the National News Media,” polled 800 people nationwide and revealed that only 24.3 percent of Americans believe all or most reporting.

The poll also showed that over half of Americans – 56.4 percent – think the media are promoting the Democratic health care reform package without objective criticism, while 57.6 percent of those surveyed believed the news media tried to diminish the record of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee.

CNSNews.com - Poll: Big Majorities Say Objective Journalism Is Dead and that Media Back Obama

I thought this is an interesting poll / article. FOX NEWS scored #1 as the most trusted and LEAST trusted.

I think the poll shows Americans think all their news outlets are tainted by politics to a certain degree.

Does this mean ratings are based on who pleases the majority of the voters with like political views? Not me - truth be known,I only watch FOX for the bevy of beauties.

In case you missed Bill Hemmer's announcement:Megyn Kelly had her baby today.

[Alexa]

Originally Posted by Mike

CNSNews.com - Poll: Big Majorities Say Objective Journalism Is Dead and that Media Back Obama

I thought this is an interesting poll / article. FOX NEWS scored #1 as the most trusted and LEAST trusted.

I think the poll shows Americans think all their news outlets are tainted by politics to a certain degree.

Does this mean ratings are based on who pleases the majority of the voters with like political views? Not me - truth be known,I only watch FOX for the bevy of beauties.

In case you missed Bill Hemmer's announcement:Megyn Kelly had her baby today.

Of course it's dead. The likes of Fox News and MSNBC and their blatant partisan slant is evidence of that. What's even scarier is that the Daily Show which is on a comedy show and doesn't shy away about their being full of crap is where a lot people get their news from.

The days of trusted, non-bias reporting died with Walter Cronkite.

[Lenny]

Originally Posted by Alexa

Of course it's dead. The likes of Fox News and MSNBC and their blatant partisan slant is evidence of that. What's even scarier is that the Daily Show which is on a comedy show and doesn't shy away about their being full of crap is where a lot people get their news from.

The days of trusted, non-bias reporting died with Walter Cronkite.

[Bann (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Mike

Not me - truth be known,I only watch FOX for the bevy of beauties.

In case you missed Bill Hemmer's announcement:Megyn Kelly had her baby today.

Awww. I hadn't heard that!

[Lenny]

Originally Posted by Bann

Awww. I hadn't heard that!

It is a little boy they'll call Yates.

[chernmax (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Alexa

Of course it's dead. The likes of Fox News and MSNBC and their blatant partisan slant is evidence of that. What's even scarier is that the Daily Show which is on a comedy show and doesn't shy away about their being full of crap is where a lot people get their news from.

The days of trusted, non-bias reporting died with Walter Cronkite.

So who do you trust your news from?

[Larry Gude (Premo)]

It is NOT dead. it is just simply not the priority. You can find good journalism all over the place. Just not the msm.

[Alexa]

Originally Posted by chernmax

So who do you trust your news from?

I'm quirky in that way. I don't trust any of them, but visit all of them. And depending on what is happening depends on what I am viewing. I have a bookmark to all the newspapers in the world. When I go to read the news for the day...I go to CNN, MSNBC,FOX, Brian Williams, BBC, The Deutche Weld, Al Jazeera and scan the headlines....if there is a story that grabs me...then depending on where it is ....I will read or watch several versions of the report from different sources. And sometimes depending on mood I will just pick a country and read their headlines for the hell of it. For instance, my son is going to France, Italy and Greece next summer, so now I'm beginning to check their papers out more often. The wild fires in Greece interested me...so I tended to hit Greece...The pirate incident...I began reading papers from that region and from the individual countries in which the hostages were involved or tanker belonged too. and so on and so on....

I like jazz so in the car it tends to be NPR....but love talk shows so I am all over the place...that is why I do listen to Limbaugh every once in a blue moon. But I definitely switch to CSpan if something is going on there I'm into.

NPR is a great site to listen and read online for culture, music and entertainment. They seem to be diverse where the others just tend to focus on sensational Hollywood BS..there is more to entertainment than just that. But their news and politics slant to the left.

When I want a good laugh on politics I go online and watch the Daily Show and the Colbert Report..... SNL has just started their Thursday night line...so far I don't care for it.

But one thing I do notice is the differing perspectives people have on the same subject from differing places in the world and even among the networks here in the U.S.A. That is why the partisanship drives me up the wall in this country...the slant is always present...I just want the facts..If the story tends to be the same all over...I will pretty much take it to heart.

Told you...quirky..

[chernmax (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Alexa

I'm quirky in that way. I don't trust any of them, but visit all of them. And depending on what is happening depends on what I am viewing. I have a bookmark to all the newspapers in the world. When I go to read the news for the day...I go to CNN, MSNBC,FOX, Brian Williams, BBC, The Deutche Weld, Al Jazeera and scan the headlines....if there is a story that grabs me...then depending on where it is ....I will read or watch several versions of the report from different sources. And sometimes depending on mood I will just pick a country and read their headlines for the hell of it. For instance, my son is going to France, Italy and Greece next summer, so now I'm beginning to check their papers out more often. The wild fires in Greece interested me...so I tended to hit Greece...The pirate incident...I began reading papers from that region and from the individual countries in which the hostages were involved or tanker belonged too. and so on and so on....

I like jazz so in the car it tends to be NPR....but love talk shows so I am all over the place...that is why I do listen to Limbaugh every once in a blue moon. But I definitely switch to CSpan if something is going on there I'm into.

NPR is a great site to listen and read online for culture, music and entertainment. They seem to be diverse where the others just tend to focus on sensational Hollywood BS..there is more to entertainment than just that. But their news and politics slant to the left.

When I want a good laugh on politics I go online and watch the Daily Show and the Colbert Report..... SNL has just started their Thursday night line...so far I don't care for it.

But one thing I do notice is the differing perspectives people have on the same subject from differing places in the world and even among the networks here in the U.S.A. That is why the partisanship drives me up the wall in this country...the slant is always present...I just want the facts..If the story tends to be the same all over...I will pretty much take it to heart.

Told you...quirky..

I also try and make my rounds of the different news organizations to see who's reporting what, when, or if. But you have to admit Fox news does not have any ties to Obama like NBC and MSNBC does which makes them in the slam dunk tank for Obama!

Obama helps strengthen General Electric-Putin ties

Reuters reports an interesting nugget in the wake of President Barack Obama's decision to grant Vladimir Putin his wish and kill the Eastern European missile shield:

Shortly after the pullback on the shield programme was announced, Russia's government said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin would meet several U.S. executives on Friday from firms including General Electric, Morgan Stanley as well as TPG, one of the world's largest private equity firms

General Electric may be the company with the closest ties to the Obama administration (if not, GE is second only to Goldman Sachs), and here we see the company benefiting from an abrupt foreign policy change made by President Obama. But GE isn't the only company benefiting. Reuters paints the broader picture:

"U.S. companies have arguably lost out to some European companies in joint ventures, and better diplomacy will likely improve the chances for investors in the strategic sectors of the Russian economy," said Carlo Gallo, senior Russia analyst at London-based consultancy Control Risks.

GE CEO Jeff Immelt sits on Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, and GE owns MSNBC, the network famously friendly to Obama

It gets better!

By putting NBC News in bed with Obama, is GE pandering for payback?