Fox news: Walter cronkite had liberal bias

[brettdale]

enough said.

[musette_sf]

1. aw geez

they really said that tonight?

[brettdale]

3. their webpage

I saw it on their web page, they said he supported John Kerry's war record and was against Bush.

[pepperbear]

24. we know they're full of shit because one doesn't have to be a liberal to know that bush was

one of the worst presidents ever. one only has to be blind or a complete wingnut.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

55. Yep. Right-wingers tend to not like Cronkite. See:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=6093535#6093570

[Cerridwen]

2. Which was why he was "the most trusted man in America." n/t

[Solly Mack]

4. so does reality....to borrow from Colbert

lol

[clixtox]

34. Truth has a decidedly "liberal" bias.

It is kinda amazing how wrong the reactionary positions are.

Built on a foundation of lies, promulgated to deceive.

Fear allows the suspension of disbelief.

Like the fear of a hell for the superstitious.

The fear of "socialism" for the ignorant.

What? Me worry!

Be happy...

[Solly Mack]

36. When you typed the word socialism, the people at Fox shivered

I can hear them keening now...

[Old and In the Way]

39. But if we are socialists, they must be anti-socialists right?

I'm old enough to remember when anti-social behaviour was considered a negative attribute in our society. :toast:

[Solly Mack]

40. Are you picking on me and my banana? :P

:D

It's cuz we're in denial ain't it?

Mind you, I do like you.

[Old and In the Way]

42. Banana? I thought that was Glen Beck.

Sorry, it's getting more difficult to tell the difference these days... :-)

[Solly Mack]

43. You make nanner cry :(

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. Ah, it's good to know

that those mutants haven't overnight developed good taste, sensitivity, wisdom, or any kind of style..................

[azmouse]

6. If so, it only made Mr Cronkite that much greater.

[AspenRose]

7. Stay classy, Fox.

:eyes:

[dflprincess]

33. Really, Fox not even being able to acknowlege Cronkite's greatness

is probably the best tribute it could pay to him. - The Faux network admits to the world it can't recognize a true journalist.

[JI7]

8. they consider it liberal bias if you support desegragation

[Sal Minella]

11. Women having the right to vote -- they're still digesting that one.

I think they've concluded at present that it's okay for women to vote so long as they vote for men.

[Ilsa]

9. I guess they didn't mean that as praise. Figures they'd lay some

smack on him after he was dead. That's real classy, Fox dicks.

[WI_DEM]

10. He was just as agressive in telling the truth about dems as he against reps

Remember in '68 he did a commentary from Vietnam and LBJ said, "If we lost Cronkite--we've lost the country." When Dan Rather was being roughed up at the Dem convention of '68 he called Daley's police a bunch of goons. Then he agressively followed Watergate. No he was a reporter, not a partisan.

[Cha]

12. And, Cronkite dealt in facts which is

something fauxsn00ze bans on their airwaves.

[Stinky The Clown]

13. Cronkite once said that to a good journalist one had to be a liberal

He was a good journalist.


(I can't recall where I heard that. Has anyone else heard it?)

[Wapsie B]

16. In the truest sense of the word a liberal should ask pointed questions

some of which may make people in power very uncomfortable. That goes for government as well as private industry. Conservatives question? Only if it involves a Dem not keeping his zipper zipped.

[misanthrope]

47. It's because the very definition of conservatism...

...is antithetical to the profession of journalism. Without a drive to question authority, power structures and the status quo, journalism doesn't occur. What suffices for "conservative journalism" is merely working toward presupposition aimed only at discrediting those of particular political or social camps.

[Rick Myers]

14. Hey Faux!!!

That's the way it is... Friday, July 17th, 2 thousand and 9....

[Birthmark]

15. That's what happens when one reports reality.

(See: Colbert, reality, bias)

[Buzz Clik]

17. Many conservatives despise him for poisoning the well re: Vietnam.

Scew 'em.

[DefenseLawyer]

37. Many conservatives believe Rambo is historically accurate re: Vietnam n/t

[timeforpeace]

18. Nothing wrong with him having a liberal bias, is there? What would you prefer?

[aquart]

19. Oh, what a lovely thing to say!

Didn't know they had it in 'em.

[Still Sensible]

20. Only because the truth has a liberal bias. n/t

[Arkana]

21. Stands to reason Fox "News" would piss on the grave

of one of the last true journalists.

They have no souls.

[upi402]

22. Fox News traitors betray democracy, nuf said

[Vidar]

23. Obviously FOX doesn't get it. Cronkite was the most trusted man in the nation

for over 20 years--trusted by both sides. Back in 1951, Eisenhower was courted by the Democrats as well as the Republicans because he was that widely respected. Cronkite could have either party's nomination for a couple of elections, had he desired it.

[Cha]

25. Walter Cronkite dealt in facts so he was Liberal..

Cronkite had a nice long productive life, too.

[Lex]

26. The truth has a well-known liberal bias.

Who said that? Stephen Colbert? Anyway, so true.

[6000eliot]

27. I think it's enough to say he had sense.

[OHdem10]

28. Tell Fox News: Liberal or not--Cronkite earned the title---

Most Trusted Person In America.

That is a title Fox should "die for".

[spanone]

29. they don't deserve to speak his name. it's journalistic blasphemy. fuck faux

[RFKHumphreyObama]

30. Well that was quick

Sure didn't waste any time, did they?

But I'll tell you one thing -Walter Cronkite had more integrity, professionalism and courage in one finger than the entire cast and crew of FAUX trash combined could ever have or will ever have

[Towlie]

31. Here it is:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533660,00.html

More recently, in a syndicated column, Cronkite defended the liberal record of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and criticized the Iraq war and other Bush administration policies.

"Liberal" also appears earlier in the article here:

A former wire service reporter and war correspondent, he valued accuracy, objectivity and understated compassion. He expressed liberal views in more recent writings but said he had always aimed to be fair and professional in his judgments on the air.

You can read a whole lot into that single word, "but".

[ellie]

32. The right wing's

irrational hate makes me smile! You go on hating fuckers!

RIP Walter.

[moondust]

35. Shallow, as usual.

In Walter's days at CBS the country was not nearly as politically polarized as it is now, at least on the surface. There was a Fairness Doctrine and only 3 networks which I think served to keep news reporting truly fair and balanced and keep a lot of political extremism and propaganda off the airwaves.

Back then Walter probably spelled "liberal" with a small "L" and probably thought of it more as "open-minded" or "open-eyed, accepting things as they are" as opposed to the closed-minded, biased (bigoted) mindset that conservatives were known for in those days.

[MichiganVote]

38. It was my understanding that he was a registered Republican for much of his life.

[Old and In the Way]

44. So was my mom.

Had she lived long enough to live under Bush Republicanism, I suspect she'd have voted for Kerry/Obama.

I doubt he voted for Bush/Bush/McCain....call it a hunch.

[kevinbgoode]

49. My parents were registered Republicans as well....

but that changed by the second term of the Reagan Administration.

[MichiganVote]

50. Yeah, I doubt he voted repub. under B/C. He was opposed to Iraq for one thing.

[JamesA1102]

41. The facts have a liberal bias nt

[blondeatlast]

45. They should know from bias--but they are wrong. He was as objective as he

could have possibly been. I grew up watching his newscasts from babyhood through my late teens when I developed a taste for politics.

He wasn't neutral, he was OBJECTIVE00and that, to FUX, has got to be biased.

[Canuckistanian]

46. To Fox, any sentient Non-GOP member is liberally biased

And Jesus would have been waterboarded in their world.

enough said.

[City Lights]

48. Fuck all things Fox.

They suck.

[RagAss]

51. Kiss my ass, FOX ....

[onenote]

52. not to defend fox, but the story is from AP not Fox

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_walter_cronkite

[omega minimo]

53. aka FAIR and BALANCED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jakes Progress]

54. To be fair.

People who are humane and knowledgeable and honest do have liberal bias.

People who use Faux news for heir information do not have liberal bias. Neither are they...... well you get the idea.

[krispos42]

56. Faux News: Hans Fritzsche had a liberal bias as well

Well, when you're that far to the right and that detached from reality, it only makes sense!