San Edgar
04-10-2004, 01:32
Seeing as though this forum has a large majority of hard core liberals, this will probably get flamed but here's how I see it.
Just watched CNN's show comparing John Edwards to Dick Cheney(it was on at 7:00 Eastern). It just proves to me the liberal bias of this station even more.
They started with Cheney. They were quick to mention all of Cheney's faults in early life. For example, Cheney using "connections" to get into Yale because he wasn't smart enough, his failing out of Yale, mentioning his 5 deferments(though not discussing them), and they managed to sneak in his two arrests for drunk driving as a college kid. They actually spent more time on his life before his twentieth birthday than his life since. They attacked his conservative voting record in congress(although conservatives tend to vote conservative right?) They accuse Cheney of being extremely stubborn in everything(by bringing liberal guests on the show). All in all it was just more propaganda from CNN. They focused on all of Cheney's faults and none of his strengths.
The first thing you notice with John Edward's portion of the show is that it is in fact John Edwards doing alot of the talking(whereas Cheney didn't say a thing in his part). They talk about Edwards defying the odds as a poor child in rural NC to go to law school. He becomes a personal injury attorney and fights for everyone's right to sue hospitals with frivilous lawsuits(I wonder how many people lost jobs because of the money he took away from hospitals). They skip over the millions he made, make you cry when his son's jeep got "blown off the road by a gust of wind", and tell you how down to earth and what a good guy he is. They cover his Senate race next. They prove to us that he is above all the nasty politics of Washington(which he isn't). To be fair they do put republicans on to criticize him, although unlike cheney, they bring other "friends" on to refute all their claims.
In summary they painted Edwards as a saint defending the innocent and Cheney as an ambitious facist bastard.
Heres the deal: Every institution has bias. Its OK. But you have to be open about it. For Example the Wall Street Journal has acknowledged its conservative bias. But groups like the New York Times and CNN have not.
OK, flame away.
Just watched CNN's show comparing John Edwards to Dick Cheney(it was on at 7:00 Eastern). It just proves to me the liberal bias of this station even more.
They started with Cheney. They were quick to mention all of Cheney's faults in early life. For example, Cheney using "connections" to get into Yale because he wasn't smart enough, his failing out of Yale, mentioning his 5 deferments(though not discussing them), and they managed to sneak in his two arrests for drunk driving as a college kid. They actually spent more time on his life before his twentieth birthday than his life since. They attacked his conservative voting record in congress(although conservatives tend to vote conservative right?) They accuse Cheney of being extremely stubborn in everything(by bringing liberal guests on the show). All in all it was just more propaganda from CNN. They focused on all of Cheney's faults and none of his strengths.
The first thing you notice with John Edward's portion of the show is that it is in fact John Edwards doing alot of the talking(whereas Cheney didn't say a thing in his part). They talk about Edwards defying the odds as a poor child in rural NC to go to law school. He becomes a personal injury attorney and fights for everyone's right to sue hospitals with frivilous lawsuits(I wonder how many people lost jobs because of the money he took away from hospitals). They skip over the millions he made, make you cry when his son's jeep got "blown off the road by a gust of wind", and tell you how down to earth and what a good guy he is. They cover his Senate race next. They prove to us that he is above all the nasty politics of Washington(which he isn't). To be fair they do put republicans on to criticize him, although unlike cheney, they bring other "friends" on to refute all their claims.
In summary they painted Edwards as a saint defending the innocent and Cheney as an ambitious facist bastard.
Heres the deal: Every institution has bias. Its OK. But you have to be open about it. For Example the Wall Street Journal has acknowledged its conservative bias. But groups like the New York Times and CNN have not.
OK, flame away.