Comments on: QUOTE OF THE DAY http://www.billinexile.com/2012/09/05/quote-of-the-day-1152/ Bill is in federal prison for selling drugs. Scott is not. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:06:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: s http://www.billinexile.com/2012/09/05/quote-of-the-day-1152/comment-page-1/#comment-307233 s Sat, 22 Sep 2012 10:48:24 +0000 http://www.billinexile.com/?p=55085#comment-307233 I live in the UK, where we have freedom of speech. However in the UK (as I believe was once the case in the US) our broadcast media (not just the straight news programs) are required to provide fair and balanced coverage. This means that stations such as Fox News and the MSNBC would not be allowed to report in the UK as they do in the US. It means that, although there are some variations in reporting style and bias, they are relatively minor. The result? A society that appears to agree about the basic facts of an issue, and which appears to be far less fragmented than in the USA. So, I agree with the article’s point that news programs should report news, and not advocate. Do we have satire? Yes. Do we mock our politicians? Yes. Do we do this on our broadcast media? Yes. Do we feel our freedom of speech is limited by this? No.

]]> By: matt http://www.billinexile.com/2012/09/05/quote-of-the-day-1152/comment-page-1/#comment-306663 matt Sat, 08 Sep 2012 03:48:46 +0000 http://www.billinexile.com/?p=55085#comment-306663 Is this woman an American? Does she understand the concept of freedom of speech? I rarely agree with anything Madcow and Schlutz have to say but they are perfectly within their rights to say it. Their shows are quite obviously liberal commentary on the news events of the day and reflect their political leanings. Their programs are not pure news coverage and they don’t pretend to be. Nothing dishonest here. Anyone with half a brain can see that.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.billinexile.com/2012/09/05/quote-of-the-day-1152/comment-page-1/#comment-306592 Brandon Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:07:45 +0000 http://www.billinexile.com/?p=55085#comment-306592 “You can agree with everything that Rachel Maddow or Ed Schultz say on MSNBC and still oppose their right to say it.”

I’ve read this several times and it makes absolutely zero fucking sense to me. These hacks have to be on some hardcore drugs or something…

]]> By: Mark http://www.billinexile.com/2012/09/05/quote-of-the-day-1152/comment-page-1/#comment-306583 Mark Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:46:14 +0000 http://www.billinexile.com/?p=55085#comment-306583 aw. come on guys. read the column. you missed the point. she was saying that news anchors need to report and moderate and not advocate. part of the column was about the lack of pure news coverage.

she has a point. the line between news reporting and commentary is blurry these days. thats why I said you have to look for the news between the commentary.

don’t do the same thing to her as the Republicans are doing to POTUS and the “you didn’t build that” out of context qoute.

]]> By: Just Stopping By http://www.billinexile.com/2012/09/05/quote-of-the-day-1152/comment-page-1/#comment-306554 Just Stopping By Thu, 06 Sep 2012 01:29:02 +0000 http://www.billinexile.com/?p=55085#comment-306554 What in the living fuck? Oppose their RIGHT to say something? Isn’t that kind of like the opposite of “defend to the death your right to say it”?

Unbelievable.

]]> By: Bob http://www.billinexile.com/2012/09/05/quote-of-the-day-1152/comment-page-1/#comment-306546 Bob Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:41:36 +0000 http://www.billinexile.com/?p=55085#comment-306546 And here the Cumb Dunt gives a withering commentary on Michelle Obama. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/us/politics/from-michelle-obama-a-heartfelt-testimonial-as-the-first-helpmate.html?ref=alessandrastanley
And with her tongue trying to poke into Ann Marie Antioinette Romney’s tight republican ass
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/us/politics/a-revved-up-ann-romney-at-republican-convention-tv-watch.html?ref=alessandrastanley

]]> By: André http://www.billinexile.com/2012/09/05/quote-of-the-day-1152/comment-page-1/#comment-306543 André Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:10:43 +0000 http://www.billinexile.com/?p=55085#comment-306543 Stanley sort of edited Sullivan out of the top of the list.

]]> By: Todd in DC http://www.billinexile.com/2012/09/05/quote-of-the-day-1152/comment-page-1/#comment-306542 Todd in DC Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:06:57 +0000 http://www.billinexile.com/?p=55085#comment-306542 Remember when the NY Times was the standard bearer of journalistic integrity?

Yeah, I’m old

]]> By: Manny http://www.billinexile.com/2012/09/05/quote-of-the-day-1152/comment-page-1/#comment-306538 Manny Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:31:50 +0000 http://www.billinexile.com/?p=55085#comment-306538 We have a winner for the Josef Goebbels Award 2012!

]]> By: Mark http://www.billinexile.com/2012/09/05/quote-of-the-day-1152/comment-page-1/#comment-306534 Mark Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:48:02 +0000 http://www.billinexile.com/?p=55085#comment-306534 I was more concerned until I started reading and found it to be by an entertainment columnist. the column does have its points, MSNBC is progressive leaning. you just have to look for the news between the commentary.

I don’t do a lot of fact checking, but I have to say that I believe MSNBC to be more factualy correct than Fox News. some of the stuff you hear on Fox News is so ridiculous you don’t even need to think about it before deciding it is false.

that is one thing about web portals that I don’t like, they don’t differentiate between columnist rants and real news articles. they will put anything that is not sports or gossip under the news banner. nothing worse than clicking on an interesting headline and being led to some right wing nut job. (not to say this particular one was, she did recognise Fox News for what it is)

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