| No, what is un-American is an organization that touts itself to be unbiased when clearly they are. I remember during the Bush administration how un-American FOX claimed every one was that would voice their opposition to the administration in power then.
No. What was unAmerican was to be opposed to a war after we had voted on it and had engaged in it. I could somewhat respect the opinion of someone who had been against it from the beginning and continued their opposition (as far as Congress was concerned). I never heard that it was unAmerican to be opposed to Bush or his administration - in fact, the most common retort Bush himself made about people who jeered him in public was that he thought freedom of speech was great.
And the reason I'd still say it's unAmerican to be opposed to a war after we begin is that men's lives depend on support from home. Their lives are on the line and while people are at home changing their minds, men have given their lives already. The time for bickering about a war is before it begins. I could never support the BS that says I support the troops but I am against the war. They're in a fight for their lives, and no one got sent to war on the support of a single ruling despot. It's disgraceful to vote to go to war and then, after it's too late for some young men who have died, back up and say, oh maybe not.
I think you need to look up the definition of unbiased. Then come back to me and tell me it isn't another way of saying "fair and balanced". Your wrong.
Then perhaps "bias" is the wrong word. I think FOX clearly shows a preference or an opinion that favors the right. There's no question about it, you can see it in FOX and Friends and in shows like Red Eye. But I also clearly see that the news broadcasts are even. I think they try to present both sides with fairness. For what it's worth, I think most of the Sunday morning talk shows do, as well (except Chris Matthews), although I think David Gregory's bias compels him to let more liberal guests get tossed a few softballs and lets them off when they give idiot non-answers. He's no Russert.
You would be hard-pressed to guess the political leaning of someone like Chris Wallace (son of 60 Minute's Mike Wallace).
Yes, the political shows have bias. They do on MSNBC as well. Heck, no one screeches about Comedy Central's shows (Colbert and the Daily Show), Letterman, The View or Maher's show on HBO, and they don't hide their bias at all. What they don't do, and what O'Reilly, Beck, Hannity and others do, is bring on guests who disagree with them. The few times I have enjoyed Maher's show is when he gets ambushed by guests he clearly thought agreed with him. He's not used to it, and is visibly bothered by it.
See, to me, it only makes sense to be fair to both sides, in journalism. If you let the guys whom you favor off easy, it's like letting the crooks run your office. You let them off easy, they'll wreck everything. If you chase every molehill and every rumor about those you don't like, you lose credibility. You do yourself a great favor by being fair. You kick out the jerks in your own camp, and you nail the SOB's in theirs. Consider it pest control. If you clean your own house, you can rest well. Moral high ground be damned.
It's a system that works - so long as there's competition. When there ISN'T any serious competiition against the side you favor, there's no pressing need to be fair, because no one will ever hold you accountable. Let me make that clear - when there's no opposition, and no chance of being held accountable, there's not only no incentive to be fair, there is every likelihood it will become corrupt. People are only as "good" as they need to be.
I am amused that the left is so very frazzled by FOX. They're one network. The left is like the selfish toddler who won't let his baby sister have one toy, while he plays with the rest. What's the damned threat? Opposition is normal. It's freedom of speech. LET them speak. I dare say, most conservatives on here WANT Pelosi and Reid out there talking - it exposes them. We WANT the left to be out there talking. The more they talk, the more people will see what they believe. The left doesn't appear to want conservatives talking at all. They want the stage to themselves.
For all the left's screeching about freedom of speech and tolerance, they clearly have no idea what it means. Honestly. They need to know that when you have freedom, it means everyone has that freedom, and not just those with whom you agree. My voice is just as free as anyone else's.
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