socio-politics

……….yet somehow, Olbermann and Matthews are the ones to be thrown under the bus.

All of the heated topics  discussed in our everyday lives are dictated by what the members of the media have deemed important.

Lately, that has meant trying to find the truth about Sarah Palin and her assorted controversies, yet giving no mention to finding the truth behind the lies that she and others told at the convention.  Before that, it was Obama’s convention speech, though instead of discussing his actual points, they  focused upon how he stood up for his self and attacked the republicans.  Back even more, it was “how much air time do you think we can get speculating on who the vice presidential candidates will be,” and all that came of that was the pundits being right on the obvious choice and being completely wrong about Palin.

As much as I may be frustrated with people’s hesitance to think,  this junk  is reducing political debate to a matter of drama.  It is not the bias that is the issue because every single piece concerning politics that you read or view is biased - the only way to avoid the bias is to read every single word that a politician says when they speak to the press, and this would counteract journalism’s objective.   The relevant issues not being addressed on television is the real issue; that and the fact that any individual that speaks purely from an authentic, progress-based stance is made out to be insane or just funny, i.e. Ron Paul.
Speaking of the bias, Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann are too obviously just scapegoats  - the bias will not, and can not, go anywhere, though I’m sure that the execs at MSNBC feel like they’ve succeeded in convincing the country.

I do watch Fox News and MSNBC from time to time, though only in short bursts because watching it for any sustained period of time makes me wish I were dead.  Frankly, you get a much better grasp on the issues and on politician’s stances if you actually watch (or read the transcripts from) full speeches or other statements because that bypasses media bias.  These things are all easy to find.  You can also look up voting records for any politician and related statements here.

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