[BC] Fairness doctrine by another name? Donna's humble request

Donna Halper dlh at donnahalper.com
Tue Feb 17 18:49:24 CST 2009


>>it was said--
>>  OK, Ernie, your left leanings are showing here.
>>  Accusing folks like CNN reporters of leaving out facts that might 
>> cause a bias
>>  is good fodder for talk show hosts on the left, but is it real ?

Umm, BOTH the left and the right accuse each other of leaving out 
facts.  Here's the reality-- CNN and MSNBC and yes even Fox get the 
facts wrong sometimes.  It's not always due to ideology-- sometimes 
it's due to poor fact-checking.  Urban legends, stuff from unverified 
sites like wikipedia, and anchors who didn't do their homework all 
contribute to erroneous info getting on the air.  But my rightie 
friends truly believe the myth of the "liberal media"-- even though 
it's been disproved time and time again.    




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