In this era of information overload, our brains are bombarded by so many different news outlets it can be difficult to choose which channel you want to watch. With all the accusations of liberal or conservative bias dominating the feuds between the cable news channels, it would be easiest to choose the channel that we believe best fits our own ideological views. When you look at MSNBC and Fox News the ideologies seem to be completely opposite, but they have some similarities. Both are accused of having either a liberal or a conservative bias and it is not very difficult to tell which side the outlet leans toward, because of their constant bickering back and forth.
Fox News Channel may have an abundance of conservative opinion programs and, it is safe to say, that MSNBC mainly caters to the more liberal side of the ideologies with their programming, but why would that make the news channel itself biased? It is the assumptions that the mouthpieces of both channels, in this case Ed Schultz and Glenn Beck are news anchors, but in actuality they are political commentators who host shows that share their own view points with their audiences. The audiences tune in for the political pundits, with hopes of hearing the hosts demean their most hated liberal enemy or to see that some conservative talking head get bashed by the legal representation of the ACLU. People have a need to hear their own viewpoints voiced loud and clear and television shows, such as Glenn Beck on Fox News and The Ed Show on MSNBC, give conservatives, liberals and all in between everything they are looking for and then some.
Glenn Beck urges his millions of viewers to stand up and help take back the government that has been stolen away by a socialist regime....
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... or they can be pushed to the brink. If the media still tries to control the minds of its viewers, Americans will rise up. We are not used to being taken for granted, even though we are all guilty of the same sin. Until the bias in today’s media is removed, which will not be for some time because the fear of a dictatorship or socialized medicine on one channel and the rich monsters who hate the poor on the other are so intertwined that they will try to make up our minds for us? We as a free thinking people should never just rely on one news channel. Make the Schultz, Beck switch every now and then. Unless we hear both sides of the issue we will never make informed decisions. We love this country too much to ignore her any longer. Beck may infuriate you at times and Schultz will too, but listen to others and they will be willing to hear what you have to say.
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