Most people watching the Super Bowl aren't likely to be swayed by an ad from MoveOn.org, though one key purpose of advertisment is to contract those that aren't already "on your side." At any rate, CBS has caved to the pressure from the right, again. Liberal media bias, my ass, again.
many of us internerds have probably already seen this but if not:
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Huh. I'm reading stuff now that casts the Michael Savage thing in a somewhat different light. So the phone call wasn't real?
I mean, I still think he sounds like a dick, but it's interesting how the only part of that story that filtered through into popular culture was the "Host tells gay caller to get AIDS and die" part. I honestly thought about the caller and how HE must have felt a lot, and that part of the story--which was central to my understanding of it--turns out not to be true?
There IS a liberal media bias--denying it just gives the conservatives REAL ammunition (for once). Even CNN.com tends to be liberally biased EXCEPT that it tends to be slavishly deferential to the President (which is not really an ideological bias, but rather a reverence of authority).
Liberal media bias is counterbalanced, however, by conservative bias on talk radio and right-wing pundits and commentators. Second-tier media like that, when added to the conservative networks like Fox News, mean that there are plenty of biased resources on both sides. In the end, it's important to get a story from a lot of sources and know that there IS bias, so you know how much credence to give a story.
I mean, I still think he sounds like a dick, but it's interesting how the only part of that story that filtered through into popular culture was the "Host tells gay caller to get AIDS and die" part. I honestly thought about the caller and how HE must have felt a lot, and that part of the story--which was central to my understanding of it--turns out not to be true?
There IS a liberal media bias--denying it just gives the conservatives REAL ammunition (for once). Even CNN.com tends to be liberally biased EXCEPT that it tends to be slavishly deferential to the President (which is not really an ideological bias, but rather a reverence of authority).
Liberal media bias is counterbalanced, however, by conservative bias on talk radio and right-wing pundits and commentators. Second-tier media like that, when added to the conservative networks like Fox News, mean that there are plenty of biased resources on both sides. In the end, it's important to get a story from a lot of sources and know that there IS bias, so you know how much credence to give a story.
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the savage this was a prank call that was somewhat obvious since the guy is known to do the same basic prank on a number of call-in shows. he basically just calls and promotes his favorite talk-radio host. whatever. anyhow, savage thought he wasn't on the air and went off on the dude. i don't think he knew who it was, cuz he sounded pretty pissed if you listen to it. I think he was rightfully fired.
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Well, I'm not saying Savage should not have been fired (if not for that, then for something else). I'm just saying that I've been under a wrong impression of that situation, and I think most other people have been, also.
