Today In Biden Land

**TitoFan** · 03-09-2021 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Is that acknowledged by everyone? I don't feel it is. I don't believe for a second that people who dislike Trump pause when CNN touts a bullshit story about him and say "Awww, but it's CNN saying those things and they are biased so we can't go believing what they're telling us without taking a harder look at it".

https://knightfoundation.org/wp-cont...port_FINAL.pdf

Well... this study which I would tend to believe more than what you or I may think... would say otherwise.

"Overall, Americans believe 62% of the news they see on television, read in
newspapers and hear on the radio is biased. They are much more inclined to
see news on social media as biased, estimating that 80% of the news they see
there is biased."

Obviously we'll never agree on anything regarding Trump. I've made clear I would've voted for Trump against Hillary, thus establishing the fact that I wasn't a Trump hater from the very beginning. I've made clear my opinions of Trump gradually changed as I saw and heard Trump himself, and the way he comported himself as President. Thus, negating any insinuation that I've been somehow "brainwashed" by a biased media.

Anything else I could add would just be me beating a dead horse, since we would remain in disagreement about the very basic things regarding Trump.

El Kabong · 03-09-2021 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by TitoFan

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Is that acknowledged by everyone? I don't feel it is. I don't believe for a second that people who dislike Trump pause when CNN touts a bullshit story about him and say "Awww, but it's CNN saying those things and they are biased so we can't go believing what they're telling us without taking a harder look at it".

https://knightfoundation.org/wp-cont...port_FINAL.pdf

Well... this study which I would tend to believe more than what you or I may think... would say otherwise.

"Overall, Americans believe 62% of the news they see on television, read in
newspapers and hear on the radio is biased. They are much more inclined to
see news on social media as biased, estimating that 80% of the news they see
there is biased."

Obviously we'll never agree on anything regarding Trump. I've made clear I would've voted for Trump against Hillary, thus establishing the fact that I wasn't a Trump hater from the very beginning. I've made clear my opinions of Trump gradually changed as I saw and heard Trump himself, and the way he comported himself as President. Thus, negating any insinuation that I've been somehow "brainwashed" by a biased media.

Anything else I could add would just be me beating a dead horse, since we would remain in disagreement about the very basic things regarding Trump.

The statement you highlighted is my view on people in general, not specifically you.

The Knight Foundation offers some interesting take aways. Democrats, Liberals, & Moderates each rate biases lower (across the board) than Independents, Republicans, & Conservatives. So SOME PEOPLE are just taking the media's word for it and it's more Far Left to Center Left folks statistically speaking. Then there's the gap between traditional media vs social media. Dems, Libs, & Mods all have a 20-30 point gap there, why is that? Is it possible that they're finally being exposed to a different perspective and they can't reconcile that in their minds so obviously the social media news is more biased? The massive gaps show up again in regards to political party & ideology Dems, Libs, & Mods show a large gap whereas Inds, Reps, & Cons show more consistency.

You don't like Trump and you have your reasons for that, but there are people who bought absolute bullshit sold to them by the media for example: "all Mexicans are rapists & murderers", "very fine people", & "Muslim ban".....he didn't say THAT, he didn't say THAT, and if people think it was an actual banning of Muslims then they ought to hold Obama to the same standard because he was the one who singled out every last one of the nations on that list.