You didn't watch the presidential debate last night

trump represents the 'crazed right wing of the republican party' ? do you even watch the videos you post?

 

Are you saying Trump strikes you as a moderate Repulican?

 

This shows quite a disconnect. I can explain if you'd like, but basically Fox is right leaning, the rest are left. As far as printed, radio or internet, it really doesn't matter but there's enough of them it would be hard to separate.

 

I mean, my middle is probably just here

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and yours is there

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Since there's no way to really talk about it this other than what we believe is left right and center. There should be a graph for this.. ay

edit, Firking forum doesn't recognise spaces, now pretty please?

 

I get what you are saying, degrees of position? But honestly, if you really hear commentators like Van Jones on CNN, or MSNBC... any of them Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow etc. My comment was referring to the major ones, Fox, ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC etc.

Here's a fucboi graph for you pulled from here, also more info:

 

Yeah, it's all about perspective

sexy graph though, thanks, sweet information

 

I saw that picture, but it doesn't say what bias those channels/sites have, it just says what their readers identify as.

Which may be related but is not the same.

 

It also isn't internationally embedded. Using it as if it were objective scale is just demonstrative of Americocentrism and Ignorance.

 

Hint: the viewers, or customers, go where they will find the product, or "lean", they most agree with, be it one or multiple offerings. Liberal viewers are not going to pile onto a conservative-leaning news station.

 

ok let me rephrase what badger is saying:

the graph based on the data collected by asking americans where they believe on a line from left to right a news station is in regards to bias is not objective and probably based on american views.and thus in itself biased.

do you agree, yes or no.

 

That's not quite right. The viewers are asked what their political alignment is, and what news channels they watch.

While many will watch something that suits their alignment (as baskitkase says), that is not the full story.

Many will watch something for other reasons (they like the format, presenter, whatever).

Many may not have thought about politics but become politically aligned because they watch a particular channel.

It's not the same.

Edit: that's what I read it as anyway.

 

Yeah that.

 

I get what you are saying, and those viewers definitely exist, but for the most part, people are going to watch stuff they want to hear (agree with, vs disagree with) - speaking on politics. Lean doesn't matter on non political news.

 

broad view on politics? I don't know.

 

don lemon the god?

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...michigan-yale-glenn-reynolds-column/93765568/

Read this all the way through... really let that sink in.