Comments on: ABC Political Director: ‘Every Elite Politico’ In The Country Knows The Media Has A Liberal Bias http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:09:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Think Progress » ABC’s The Note: Bush Gave His ‘Best TV Performance In Years’ On 60 Minutes http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1465450 Think Progress » ABC’s The Note: Bush Gave His ‘Best TV Performance In Years’ On 60 Minutes Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:21:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1465450 [...] But ABC’s The Note — headed by an individual who has declared that traditional media to have a liberal bias — came to a different conclusion: “On Iraq, the President had his best TV performance in years, minueting with Scott Pelley on “60 Minutes,” but that was largely offset by the grim news coverage out of Iraq (and the Gang of 500 mindset, which demands a fight over funding).” [...] [...] But ABC’s The Note — headed by an individual who has declared that traditional media to have a liberal bias — came to a different conclusion: “On Iraq, the President had his best TV performance in years, minueting with Scott Pelley on “60 Minutes,” but that was largely offset by the grim news coverage out of Iraq (and the Gang of 500 mindset, which demands a fight over funding).” [...]

]]> By: Glenn Goldman http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1107028 Glenn Goldman Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:00:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1107028 This is excellent news to me. The deeper these clowns dig their hole by trying to emulate Fox, the more they will end up maginalizing themselves. There are just so many hard-core right-wing nut jobs who are stupid enough to continue being fooled. You can fool some of the people all of the time....... The fact is that more and more Americans are tuning out. I work with a lot of conservative people and all of them understand that the media is dominated by ruling class elites. The appeal to fear, bigotry and macho posturing is wearing very thin. The slick production, the endless Whoosh!!! sounds, the fast MTV editing is finally loosing its luster. More and more "water cooler" discussions are being led by well-informed progressives who get their information from quality online sources. It's fun to watch them cut through the right-wing bullshit like a warm knife through butter. Let ABC become the major broadcast network of the right wing. In due time, falling market share will drive its executives to demand a shift toward the center in editorial policy. This is excellent news to me.

The deeper these clowns dig their hole by trying to emulate Fox, the more they will end up maginalizing themselves. There are just so many hard-core right-wing nut jobs who are stupid enough to continue being fooled. You can fool some of the people all of the time…….

The fact is that more and more Americans are tuning out. I work with a lot of conservative people and all of them understand that the media is dominated by ruling class elites. The appeal to fear, bigotry and macho posturing is wearing very thin. The slick production, the endless Whoosh!!! sounds, the fast MTV editing is finally loosing its luster. More and more “water cooler” discussions are being led by well-informed progressives who get their information from quality online sources. It’s fun to watch them cut through the right-wing bullshit like a warm knife through butter.

Let ABC become the major broadcast network of the right wing. In due time, falling market share will drive its executives to demand a shift toward the center in editorial policy.

]]> By: Stephan http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1059168 Stephan Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:09:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1059168 Laughable. Think Halperin is a right-wing ideologue? Wrong. There is no such thing. Right-wing ideology doesn't exist. Halperin, and countless others like him, is a well-heeled plutocrat whose sole aim is to accumulate wealth. His inflammatory remarks - and those of other supposed "right-wingers" - are intended to <em>divide and conquer</em>. Nothing more. 'Ideology" is merely a tool that the wealthy and those who serve them use to retain their power. While we engage in an "ideological" struggle, they amass staggering amounts of money and loot the nation's treasury via tax cuts. American politics is all about 2 steakhouses. Those who dine in Morton's Steakhouse are bound and determined to keep others OUT of their restaurant. So they use diversionary tactics - ideology, trivial issues (abortion, flag-burning, "terrorism," etc.) to keep others occupied and distracted. They don't care what you "plebians" talk about - as long as you don't pose the PIVOTAL question: why are you dining in OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE while others dine at Morton's? THIS is the crucial question which any rational citizen should pose. Don't allow Halperin and others to divert your attention from this issue. The gulf between the haves and the have-nots will continue to widen until we put "ideological" nonsense aside and start marching - in the direction of Morton's Steakhouse. Laughable. Think Halperin is a right-wing ideologue? Wrong. There is no such thing. Right-wing ideology doesn’t exist. Halperin, and countless others like him, is a well-heeled plutocrat whose sole aim is to accumulate wealth. His inflammatory remarks – and those of other supposed “right-wingers” – are intended to divide and conquer. Nothing more. ‘Ideology” is merely a tool that the wealthy and those who serve them use to retain their power. While we engage in an “ideological” struggle, they amass staggering amounts of money and loot the nation’s treasury via tax cuts. American politics is all about 2 steakhouses. Those who dine in Morton’s Steakhouse are bound and determined to keep others OUT of their restaurant. So they use diversionary tactics – ideology, trivial issues (abortion, flag-burning, “terrorism,” etc.) to keep others occupied and distracted. They don’t care what you “plebians” talk about – as long as you don’t pose the PIVOTAL question: why are you dining in OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE while others dine at Morton’s? THIS is the crucial question which any rational citizen should pose. Don’t allow Halperin and others to divert your attention from this issue. The gulf between the haves and the have-nots will continue to widen until we put “ideological” nonsense aside and start marching – in the direction of Morton’s Steakhouse.

]]> By: don myers http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1045360 don myers Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:03:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1045360 One of the early comments said it all - just look & see who owns them. There is certainly no liberal bias. Of course the mainstream media now controls what liberal actually means. If you would want health care for all or decent wages or education provided through college then you're a communist. I'm about ready to pull the plug on mainstream media - this medium does so much more for me. One of the early comments said it all – just look & see who owns them.
There is certainly no liberal bias. Of course the mainstream media now controls what liberal actually means. If you would want health care for all or decent wages or education provided through college then you’re a communist. I’m about ready to pull the plug on mainstream media – this medium does so much more for me.

]]> By: paul http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1045050 paul Sun, 29 Oct 2006 06:38:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1045050 Amazed. This guy is just telling you the truth. All media is biased. I believe that most people understand that Limbaugh, Fox and the Wall Street Journal normally bat for the republicans, while the New York Times, CNN, and the alphabet networks bat for Democrats. Liberals that continue to believe that network news, the NYTimes and CNN are objective and unbiased are delusional or disingenuous. Amazed. This guy is just telling you the truth. All media is biased. I believe that most people understand that Limbaugh, Fox and the Wall Street Journal normally bat for the republicans, while the New York Times, CNN, and the alphabet networks bat for Democrats. Liberals that continue to believe that network news, the NYTimes and CNN are objective and unbiased are delusional or disingenuous.

]]> By: Amazed http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1044169 Amazed Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:12:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1044169 Until everyone starts complaining loudly about the obvious right wing media bias, the right wingers are going to continue to get away with 1) claiming that there's a "liberal" bias in the media (which the right wing "invented") in order to 2) aggressively force a right wing bias into the media to "balance" the liberal bias illusion. And now what? With the continued media consolidation, and most newsreaders on TV as tools to prop up the worst presidency in American history, we now have a decidely, backdoored right wing bias in the media. Until everyone works to point this out, the right wingers will continue to use this "liberal media bias" nonsense at every chance they get, in order to force even more right wing nonsense into every nook and cranny. It's not too late, but if the democrats don't take back Congress soon, there will be no way to start breaking up the media consolidation and right wing stranglehold we have now, and by 2008, it really may be too late to fix what will then be a gigantic problem. Until everyone starts complaining loudly about the obvious right wing media bias, the right wingers are going to continue to get away with 1) claiming that there’s a “liberal” bias in the media (which the right wing “invented”) in order to 2) aggressively force a right wing bias into the media to “balance” the liberal bias illusion.

And now what? With the continued media consolidation, and most newsreaders on TV as tools to prop up the worst presidency in American history, we now have a decidely, backdoored right wing bias in the media.

Until everyone works to point this out, the right wingers will continue to use this “liberal media bias” nonsense at every chance they get, in order to force even more right wing nonsense into every nook and cranny. It’s not too late, but if the democrats don’t take back Congress soon, there will be no way to start breaking up the media consolidation and right wing stranglehold we have now, and by 2008, it really may be too late to fix what will then be a gigantic problem.

]]> By: Karim http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1043479 Karim Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:36:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1043479 The media has a liberal bias? What is this man smoking? The media has a liberal bias? What is this man smoking?

]]> By: loretta http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1043078 loretta Sat, 28 Oct 2006 13:07:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1043078 more like an oxymoron, actually... more like an oxymoron, actually…

]]> By: Squeaky+McCrinkle http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1042341 Squeaky+McCrinkle Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:36:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1042341 And <em>smafdy</em>, please don't mention Bush and character in the same sentence, it's very misleading. :) And smafdy, please don’t mention Bush and character in the same sentence, it’s very misleading. :)

]]> By: ardee http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1041805 ardee Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:00:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1041805 de-lusional! de-lusional!

]]> By: smafdy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1041748 smafdy Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:43:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1041748 Pardon my ignorance, but I came rather late to the internets. Although i have never visited his web site (blog?), I seem to remember this Drudge fellow breaking some kind of story over the internets years ago, and getting all kinds of kudos for using the new media for investigative reporting. It was during that time that I saw a picture of him. He was dressed like something from a Sam Spade movie. Fedora, white shirt with rolled-up sleeves - there may have even been suspenders. if I remember correctly, he was sitting at a desk with a bare-bulb, goose-neck lamp and a manual typewriter. I suspect there was a bottle of cheap whisky, a dirty glass and a gat in the desk drawer. Tres noir. This guy isn't a reporter - <em>he's a freekin' cartoon</em>! Imagine making yourself up each day in order to present to the world the antithesis of your true personality (after all, if you were a normal, relatively well adjusted human being, you'd simply dress professionally, and let it go at that). He's not Walter Cronkite - he's Walter Mitty. and Mark Halperin is the archtypical, bit-part, corporate enabler of evil deeds in every movie that ever needed such a character to advance the plot. Since I'm on the subject of old movies, Bush's character is Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes from the 1957 movie, "A Face in the Crowd" (if you haven't seen this movie, I suggest you find it and watch it - you'll be amazed w/the paralells to today's current political/media situation). Pardon my ignorance, but I came rather late to the internets. Although i have never visited his web site (blog?), I seem to remember this Drudge fellow breaking some kind of story over the internets years ago, and getting all kinds of kudos for using the new media for investigative reporting.

It was during that time that I saw a picture of him. He was dressed like something from a Sam Spade movie. Fedora, white shirt with rolled-up sleeves – there may have even been suspenders. if I remember correctly, he was sitting at a desk with a bare-bulb, goose-neck lamp and a manual typewriter. I suspect there was a bottle of cheap whisky, a dirty glass and a gat in the desk drawer. Tres noir.

This guy isn’t a reporter – he’s a freekin’ cartoon!

Imagine making yourself up each day in order to present to the world the antithesis of your true personality (after all, if you were a normal, relatively well adjusted human being, you’d simply dress professionally, and let it go at that).

He’s not Walter Cronkite – he’s Walter Mitty.

and Mark Halperin is the archtypical, bit-part, corporate enabler of evil deeds in every movie that ever needed such a character to advance the plot.

Since I’m on the subject of old movies, Bush’s character is Larry ‘Lonesome’ Rhodes from the 1957 movie, “A Face in the Crowd” (if you haven’t seen this movie, I suggest you find it and watch it – you’ll be amazed w/the paralells to today’s current political/media situation).

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1041329 Zooey Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:12:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1041329 Halperin's "Blue Steel" sucks. Halperin’s “Blue Steel” sucks.

]]> By: Rae http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1040655 Rae Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:35:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1040655 ABC's stem cell research poll is a glowing example of how the people at ABC lack the critical thinking skills to understand the grievances of conservatives - much less prove they understand them. Is ABC truly not aware that the debate is with embryonic vs adult stem cell research, and not with stem cell research as a whole? Their opening statement of the issue was erroneous, and the poll questions were impossible to answer intelligently. Appalling! ABC needs to sharpen up. ABC’s stem cell research poll is a glowing example of how the people at ABC lack the critical thinking skills to understand the grievances of conservatives – much less prove they understand them. Is ABC truly not aware that the debate is with embryonic vs adult stem cell research, and not with stem cell research as a whole? Their opening statement of the issue was erroneous, and the poll questions were impossible to answer intelligently. Appalling! ABC needs to sharpen up.

]]> By: kelso http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1040569 kelso Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:16:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1040569 “rules our world.” What world do you live in Mr. Halperin? “rules our world.” What world do you live in Mr. Halperin?

]]> By: ernesto http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1040504 ernesto Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:07:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1040504 press isn't so liberal! a transcript was released of a meeting between bush and journalists, and the journalists are openly recommending ways to make the iraq war appear more successful ... very hard to compete with that stuff... interesting transcript...bush dismisses facts inconvenient to him, group laughter during talk of civilian deaths... http://www.miserywatch.com/2006/10/transcript_rele.html press isn’t so liberal! a transcript was released of a meeting between bush and journalists, and the journalists are openly recommending ways to make the iraq war appear more successful … very hard to compete with that stuff… interesting transcript…bush dismisses facts inconvenient to him, group laughter during talk of civilian deaths…

http://www.miserywatch.com/2006/10/transcript_rele.html

]]> By: detepe http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1040397 detepe Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:43:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1040397 #55 - I stopped watching ABC when they aired PW to 9/11. This bozo convinces me my decision was the right one. Drudge isn't worthy to hold the door for Cronkite. #55 – I stopped watching ABC when they aired PW to 9/11. This bozo convinces me my decision was the right one.

Drudge isn’t worthy to hold the door for Cronkite.

]]> By: Jake http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1040230 Jake Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:03:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1040230 Why bother with bias when you can just steal the election? <a href="http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/evoting.ars" rel="nofollow">"How to steal an election."</a> Why bother with bias when you can just steal the election?
“How to steal an election.”

]]> By: tom+baker http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1040207 tom+baker Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:00:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1040207 This Halperin looks like a college sophomore. Who's he blowing that he ends up in such a job? No doubt some would say he's probably blown Drudge, but who at ABC or Disney? Eisner? There appears to be a kinky reverse Occam's Razor that applies to these wingers - think of the skeeviest, sleaziest answer, and that will be the answer that is most correct....wonder whether anyone has compared rates of herpes infection along political lines - results might surprise. This Halperin looks like a college sophomore. Who’s he blowing that he ends up in such a job? No doubt some would say he’s probably blown Drudge, but who at ABC or Disney? Eisner?

There appears to be a kinky reverse Occam’s Razor that applies to these wingers – think of the skeeviest, sleaziest answer, and that will be the answer that is most correct….wonder whether anyone has compared rates of herpes infection along political lines – results might surprise.

]]> By: Ken Green http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1040201 Ken Green Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:59:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1040201 You mean like Dan Rather ? He went along and couldn't take any more. He spoke out and poof; gone. That kind of liberal media bias. These people should lose their broadcasting licenses and be banned from from working in the industry. Bring back the fairness doctrine and media ownership rules. If you think the media has a liberal bias, you are either lying to yourself or retarded. You mean like Dan Rather ? He went along and couldn’t take any more. He spoke out and poof; gone. That kind of liberal media bias. These people should lose their broadcasting licenses and be banned from from working in the industry. Bring back the fairness doctrine and media ownership rules.

If you think the media has a liberal bias, you are either lying to yourself or retarded.

]]> By: Dan http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/comment-page-2/#comment-1040171 Dan Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:53:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/halperin-liberal-bias/#comment-1040171 Does this man live in bizarro-world? Does this man live in bizarro-world?

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