US News is going downhill whereas British News is relatively Impartial - Discuss

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<p>British News is quite impartial compared to US News. Of course, that is because Impartiality is close to (classical) Liberalism, and (modern) Republicanism (or rather, the “policy of the Republican Party”) is … let us say, something of which the otherwise sane person’s fathoming requires an intrinsic web of conveniently uninformed faiths.</p>

<p>BBC is/was typically the place for condemnation of Bush (for those of you who don’t frequent non-US sources, there were a few clips of this in Fahrenheit 9/11) and now the Guardian has made what I think is its first unreserved hit at McCain. </p>

<p>[Oliver</a> Burkeman’s Campaign Diary: New McCain ad caught in a web of untruths | World news | guardian.co.uk](<a href=“http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/oliverburkemanblog/2008/sep/11/uselections2008.johnmccain]Oliver”>Republican ad succeeds where large hadron collider failed | US elections 2008 | The Guardian)</p>

<p>So, while * people claiming to be * almost half of the US populace continue to resist sensible enlightenment, with a disgraced interpretation of Christianity similar to the latest editions of Islam (this comparison is not fair as it ignores those who have subtle belief systems), when will we cast off this nonsense? The US Media was stronger a long time ago (a decade is a long time to me) but now it does not merely seem pathetic - is it corrupted?</p>

<p>Why are there so many “commentators” on US News entities?
If it is already saturated with opinion, why do those entities then proceed to avoid condemning parties and companies? If the Dems/Cons do crap, then why hold back the nitpicking of flaws on the regular headlines?
Isn’t investigative journalism concerned with finding out facts and producing a bold and unambiguous presentation?</p>

<p>So the main questions are - Why is impartial US news so timid?
and - Why is the bold US programming so lacking in veracity?</p>

<p>Attempting to compare in-house discussion at MSNBC, FOX or often CNN to something like BBC’s Hardtalk, Doha or that thing with the seven journalists at the oval table is almost unfair.</p>

<p>Edit: C-Span is a duly acknowledged exception.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure what you’re talking about. There’s nothing impartial about liberals. They say blacks need affirmative action/special scholarships/special housing. They designate special places for Native Americans. They cite defect as a valid reason for a fetus to be aborted. etc.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/business/media/08msnbc.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/business/media/08msnbc.html&lt;/a&gt;
But yeah, we are moving in the right direction. Liberal madness is getting sacked by the big wigs to appeal to a common sense America.
[NewsBusters.org</a> | Exposing Liberal Media Bias](<a href=“http://www.newsbusters.org/]NewsBusters.org”>http://www.newsbusters.org/)
Wooo :)</p>

<p>[President</a> George W Bush a half-wit? Russell Brand should look at himself - Telegraph](<a href=“http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/09/12/do1202.xml]President”>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/09/12/do1202.xml)
Common sense is not a sole trait of America though, the good ol UK still has good conservatives over there calling out the most hateful and stupid of characters. :)</p>

<p>No one forces you to watch O’Reilly. If you don’t think that’s a commentary show, you’re stupid. If you just want news, watch Headline News or something.</p>

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<p>As I see you’ve posted, Puggy, note that I’m resisting the urge to read your political-thread posts for a few months.</p>

<p>Yes, you are on my ignore list.</p>

<p>It would be nice if you noticed I only put in Liberalism at the start, and LibbyConnism is rather irrelevant to the subject at hand, as I am condemning all excessive partisanship. (I’ve honestly never read or heard of a Guardian/Independent/BBC etc journalist stating their allegiance making more than light of it.)</p>

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<p>Okay, geek nerd.</p>

<p>All I have to say is that, good thing, despite this liberal media, we’re still a conservative country. Where Russell Brand is seen as a fool rather than a comic.</p>

<p>[url=<a href=“http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2008/09/04/cnn-s-john-king-self-criticizes-media-s-language-about-gop]CNN”>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2008/09/04/cnn-s-john-king-self-criticizes-media-s-language-about-gop]CNN</a></p>

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<p>US does not have “news.” We have distractions and entertainment that serves as a distraction from the real issues. So basically all we have are distractions to keep real news far from our ears. People who watch American “news” and feel on top of things, or feel well informed make me cringe.</p>