Kevin, you're engaging in strawman tactics. I believe what I wrote. On Nov 13, 11:33 pm, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: > So Donz, you believe that MSNBC is nonpartisan and its hosts offer > nonbiased news and information? Because I don't think Stewart is > claiming MSNBC is like FoxNews, but the claim is they are not > producing journalism free of a political slant, and the political > slant does more harm than good. At some point along the way, MSNBC > abandoned being a source of journalism in favor of being a showcase > for opinionated pundits. And that is fine -- the network has the right > to do that. What it does not have the right to do is claim to be a > source of journalism when its ranking host is contributing to > candidates and another host believes her show is no different than a > satirical show on the Comedy Channel. > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:42 AM, donz5 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry, but the false equivalency lives on. Fox is known to have (1) > > doctored its clips to have them appear to express one thing when, in > > fact, they express the opposite; (2) morning chat morons who introduce > > myths that are then handled as "news" later in the day and night; and > > (3) employ known potential 2010 presidential candidates on its tv > > schedule. > > > There's absolutely no comparison with MSNBC to the sort of propaganda > > that Fox utilizes in its greater cause for political power. > > > On Nov 13, 1:22 pm, "Bradford" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You've communicated exactly what I was trying to say better than > >> I did. I don't think anybody on MSNBC's weeknight lineup would deny > >> that they lean left (as opposed to the network's new asinine "lean forward" > >> slogan) but none of them have come out and endorsed a candidate on the > >> air. > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "K.M. Richards" <[email protected]> > >> To: "TVorNotTV" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 10:43 AM > >> Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the > > >> heck he meant > > >> A nitpick, if I may, Kevin. > > >> On Nov 12, 8:53 pm, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >And whereas Maddow stated neither she nor any other member of > >> > MSNBC's news team has endorsed a candidate, Keith's recent newsmaking > >> > revealed that to not be the truth. > > >> Strictly speaking, Keith did not endorse a candidate. There is a big > >> difference between giving to a campaign as a private citizen and going > >> on camera to make a public statement of endorsement. > > >> KMR (who usually follows in the footsteps of the late Edwin Newman in > >> insisting that words be used in conformance with their literal > >> definitions) > > >> -- > >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> For more options, visit this group > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > > -- > > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV)
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