No network news bias here...please move along.

[hunkgolden]

During the first half of 2006, there were 124 network news reports on Bush's approval rating. In 2014, there have been 9 network news reports on Obama's approval rating.

NBC conducted 5 national polls this year; NBC Nightly News failed to mention Obama's job approval all 5 times.

Is there anyone left who thinks the network news isn't biased?

 

[GMM]

There could be a chance to fix this

Nobbody but a fool or an idiot denies that most news sources in this country lean left. That makes a huge impact on peoples worldviews and voting patterns.

But, if cable bundling goes away it could have a very, very powerful effect on the political landscape. If both the news and entertainment industries have to respond to consumer demand then they might resemble talk radio in their expressed (explicitly or not) political views. It'd be one of the greatest things to happen to this country in recent memory. It can't happen soon enough.

The end of bundled cable?

 

[CWS]

Re: There could be a chance to fix this

While I love me a free market, I'm not sure how this plays out because it's not really a free market due to TV rights, especially with sports. If the Purdue/IU basketball game was on, in a free market any television network would be able to film and broadcast the game and the fans could decide which broadcast to watch. This is sort of like the "news", where any station can film an event or story and broadcast as much or little of it as they choose. If you like how the news is presented then that is the channel you watch. With TV rights, there is no longer a choice of who to watch, and therefore no free market.
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[GMM]

I'm willing to give it a chance

I don't think your sports TV analogy is accurate though. Doesn't Purdue or the Big Ten have the rights to those broadcasts? Couldn't they sell the rights to only one channel?

It'd still be a free market in the sense that you purchase the channels you want and the channels have to give us what we want or they go out of business. Don't worry, sporting events would still be available.

 

[CWS]

Re: I'm willing to give it a chance

It is a free market for Purdue/Big Ten - they can sell it to the highest bidder. It is not really a free market for the consumer, although a bunch of us could get together buy a GoPro camera and try to outbid ESPNU for the right to broadcast the game.
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