--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <wayback71@> wrote: > > > > > > > > O-Reilly and Fox News have hurt America's reputation in the > > > > world. They make us look like complete morons, which I think > > > > we might be. But they make us look even worse, and they > > > > encourage morons to be be more so. > > > > > > Fox's audience is actually pretty small compared to that > > > for the broadcast networks. O'Reilly's ratings are > > > currently around 3.5 million, for example, whereas the > > > three broadcast nets' evening news programs average around > > > 26.5 million total. Fox's reputation is way out of > > > proportion to its actual importance. > > > > Good point, Judy. But they certainly seem to ring their > > tiny bell rather loudly and shrilly. The rest of the media > > gives them too much weight and attention. > > Yes, on both counts. But anybody who thinks Fox's audience > is *representative* of the people of this country is just > misinformed. > > > The same complaint surfaces in discussions about climate > > change. In their efforts to show both sides of an argument, > > mainstream media give respect to a few crackpot scientists > > who deny some basic science, and that has slowed awareness > > of the information that is derived from real science and > > accepted by thousands of scientists world-wide. It makes > > the "debate" look more significant than it is. > > Yes, again. The right-wing meme about the "librul media"-- > which it began using quite some time ago--seems to have > permanently intimidated the MSM, such that they knock > themselves out trying to appear "objective" and "balanced" > by airing the frequently ridiculous views of conservatives, > as if those views should be given equal weight, when the > facts to the contrary are clear. > > As Stephen Colbert observed so memorably, "Reality has a > liberal bias."
Perfect, thank you Stephen. >
