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Originally Posted by Prince_of_Light
The video speaks for itself. The guy said what he said. How can Fox lie when it's on tape? Plus the guy completely discredits himself by attributing a phrase from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution.
Secondly, you obviously didn't read my post because my use of the Hannity link wasn't to supplement myself with information, it was merely an aesthetic tool to point out that there are REAL people who are informed and debating.
Thirdly, I would argue the other networks are biased as well. There's no getting around bias in every network. Each network puts its own spin on the same information. It's up to us to pay attention to them all so we can formulate what's actually going on and choose from the views and perceptions presented to us.
Have you even seen the kinds of vitriol commentators like Chris Matthews or Keith Olbermann spew? The allegation that Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly and the like are guilty of any inflammatory rhetoric is quickly dwarfed by what these two demagogues say. I listen to Sean Hannity quite often and I can say that he is very courteous and doesn't attack anyone personally, even though he never pulls punches on actions or policies he feels are stupid. He may throw around jokes once in a while, but as Glenn Beck does, I laugh at the jokes thrown around by both the left and the right. It's only comedy. They're just jokes. But when you have people calling Michelle Malkin "a bag of ground meat with lipstick", it's not even jokeworthy. It's a straight-up insult.
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So the answer is essentially yes
And I'm sure its a "Joke"
Its a great tool to make those they are "joking about" seem much worse subconsciously than in reality. Most Americans who hear whats in the bill support it. Most of the rest either emphasize priorities different enough to disagree with it (easily a minority of the rest) or just are not informed and will go either way on supporting it based on random other things (majority of the rest). I saw a clip recently showing a Republican saying, "...we thought Fox News worked for us..." I don't care enough to go find it, but it does exist.
And I also believe the rest are biased too, but Fox News is just something else. I personally go to the bystander news site of the BBC news to get the info rather than things like Glenn Beck's or Shaun Hannity's opinion programming (stated to be so by Fox News).
You can't really on charities to do anything, though helpful they are like the stock market in the sense that they can be unpredictable in how much money there is or used to actually help the people who need i
And like I said before, they can say whatever they want because their most influencing programs, Beck and Hannity, are opinion programs, not actual news. They become a LOT more biased than anyone else on the network who still are obviously biased.
And yes its quick to judge, because parts of the bill are set up to be started over time. In fact, many believe the 'repeal and replace' strategy taken by the Republicans is futile, because by the time they could even have a chance, the American people will be too attached to the upsides of the bill.
And you are completely blatantly as biased as a bit of Fox News. Totalitarian Socialists? Wow. Have you noticed Obama is actually much closer to middle ground than any of that? He supports the Afgan War, he's done the offshore drilling. Yes he's on the liberal side, but he's no communists as you are implying. The health care bill is even the same ideas as introduced by a Republican in his state not to long ago! I'm more liberal than Obama, and I'm not that liberal.