There is a Corporate Left of FOX, but Debate Coverages Shows it Isn't Liberal
I've been making the points for nearly a decade now that 1.) there is no liberal media and 2.) Democrats want to be fair, Republicans want to win, so Republicans end up winning, and staying in office.
Also lately I've put forward the idea that if you judge on substance, truth, honesty, and detracted for dishonesty, flipping of positions, and deceit, Obama won.
Cenk Uygur tonight on his Current show demonstrated both of them for me, that is if you've not figured out yet that there is no real liberal television media. He talked about how right-wing television supported their candidates no matter what, even when their candidates lost. Then he talked about how Democratic television was trying to be honest, so they said Obama lost, which was exactly like right-wing television.
So, if we actually had left-wing media, we would've seen them defend Obama both on truth, lack of lies and deceit, and substance, the winner, admitting perhaps that he appeared a bit tired, but that is to be expected, campaigning constantly and running the country too.
The supposed "liberal media" though did neither. They treated Obama like a red-headed stepchild, as if he was the worst, and probably make Akin feel a whole lot better. Cenk talking about the left "wanting to be honest" proved my other point. While Democrats putter around with their honesty, and fairness, and resign at the drop of the hat, Republicans drive through the pain, they put up with the scandal, they support their own candidates for the most part. Rarely do they attack them, unless they are just plain being stupid.
It isn't something I had to have proved to me again. I said as the season progressed, and Obama picked up a big lead, that they would be doing back-flips, making things up, flip-flopping and not being called on it like a "Kerry" to try to get it close. This debate was chosen to be "the Dean Scream" of this campaign. I said it on the morning of the debate, "It doesn't matter what Obama says or does, he is going to be declared the loser. Once again, we see that our media isn't "left/right" as it has portrayed itself, but a corporate entity, only interested in the goals and ambitions of corporations. Certainly MSNBC and Current are left of FOX--but what isn't? With the exception of Rush and a few complete nuts like Glen Beck, everything on television is left of FOX. But clearly it's not Democratic, and nowhere near liberal.
Just know who you're listening to, and don't be conned into thinking millions' a year paid talking-heads are on your side. They aren't. They are on the side of evening it up, to try to get more viewers to pay attention to their rants and attacks on Obama.
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