PBS "Fair and Balanced" Makeover 'toon

[Jacobin]

[Beware the Beast Man]

1. Wow...that is one of the greatest cartoons I've seen in a while.

Thanks! :D :thumbsup:

[oscarmitre]

3. Great cartoonist

I wish he would do some work back home in Australia (he is originally Australian) we need that kind of observation. An amazingly powerful message.

[Algorem]

2. They're talking about that now on npr,

Tuesday May 3, 2005

Join the show: 1-800-433-8850 ([e-mail]) or contact

10:00 Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has reopened debates about bias and balance in public television and radio programming. Diane and her guests look at the latest questions

Guests
Paul Farhi, reporter, The Washington Post

Stephen Labatan, reporter, New York Times

Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

http://wamu.org/programs/dr/05/05/03.php

[whistle]

4. Isn't that Joe Scarborough on the front left?

[coffeenap]

5. Great one--anyone know how widely it was distributed?

[Tux]

6. Liberal bias is old

It's tired and needs a rest. If they don't like PBS and NPR, don't tune in. Just stick with Rush and Sean. Afterall, most people, including some conservatives, like it as is. Plus, it informs the nation on issues that matter. Er....could that be why they are doing this?

[ktowntennesseedem]

7. Sure, they like it as it is,

but as long as they can keep getting mileage out of it from a duped audience, they'll keep pounding away at the liberal-bias claim. It still works wonders when you need to suppress the awful truth!

[Tux]

11. Yeah

And churches are right in line with the "godless liberal hippies" crap as well. I just hope that churches will return to religion and et out of politics.

[ktowntennesseedem]

12. Those that ARE in politics aren't real churches IMO.

Genuine churches, with genuine believers who practice love, mercy, forgiveness, tolerance, etc., aren't involved in politics, except of course to whatever extent their members are civic minded and involved in the affairs of their country. Other quasi-church groups that are little more than religious-factions within the Republican party don't just need to get out of politics, they need to work on being church, because they aren't even close.

(edited because someone switched my coffee to decaf or something, and I can't think straight.)

[Willy Lee]

8. I just heard a bit of the NPR bit broadcast this morning.

On the Diane Rehm show. The guests (I forgot his name) said that in 2002 and 2003 there were studies done (especially for Bill Moyers) to see if there was a liberal bias. Both studies concluded there was/is no bias whatsoever.

So why the hell are they bringing this up now? (a rhetorical question)

[dweller]

9. in our area, WUNC

they're in the midst of a pledge drive ... again.

dp

[wicket]

10. hahahahahaha- that's great!

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