The "Is CNN Biased" post, Poll edition..

[Jack V Savage]

Wait.. people actually watch CNN?

Judging by the responses in this thread, I don't think they do. But they read about it on Breitbart.

 

[dontsnitch]

There's a thread on here about it. I don't know how to link or embed YT from my phone or I would. It's fucking disgusting!

Thanks, I'll go looking for it.

 

[dontsnitch]

There's a thread on here about it. I don't know how to link or embed YT from my phone or I would. It's fucking disgusting!

Symone Sanders is her name. It's incredible that that racist cretin still has a job with CNN. Or is it?

 

[GtehMVP]

Symone Sanders is her name. It's incredible that that racist cretin still has a job with CNN. Or is it?

That's the bitch! There's a thread on the front page of her talking about how the DNC doesn't need white people leading the party. I'm so tired of such overt racism towards whites being acceptable, but the silver lining is that identity politics and racism like this will keep the left far away from the white house until they smarten up and return to the center.

 

[Unsurprised Diaz]

 

[dontsnitch]

That's the bitch! There's a thread on the front page of her talking about how the DNC doesn't need white people leading the party. I'm so tired of such overt racism towards whites being acceptable, but the silver lining is that identity politics and racism like this will keep the left far away from the white house until they smarten up and return to the center.

They're openly racist while claiming that everyone else is racist.

 

[KONE]

Judging by the responses in this thread, I don't think they do. But they read about it on Breitbart.

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[Jack V Savage]

EveryoneIDontLikeReadsBreitbart.jpg

It's nothing personal, but if you read the thread, it's clear that a lot of posters don't watch the channel and haven't seen any studies about the news, but they feel incredibly (!) certain that there's some left-wing bias. Where is that belief and certainty coming from? They're reading about it and being fed out-of-context snippets, right?

 

[dontsnitch]

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Breitbart is literally Mein Kampf.

 

[KONE]

It's nothing personal, but if you read the thread, it's clear that a lot of posters don't watch the channel and haven't seen any studies about the news, but they feel incredibly (!) certain that there's some left-wing bias. Where is that belief and certainty coming from? They're reading about it and being fed out-of-context snippets, right?

A lot of people here watched on election day and the bias was excruciating. Maybe they just tuned in that one day and CNN coincidentally decided to be pro-Hillary

 

[Jack V Savage]

A lot of people here watched on election day and the bias was excruciating. Maybe they just tuned in that one day and CNN coincidentally decided to be pro-Hillary

It's "excruciating" (odd, and telling word choice) to you because of your own bias, no?

 

[KONE]

It's "excruciating" (odd, and telling word choice) to you because of your own bias, no?

No

 

[HereticBD]

It's nothing personal, but if you read the thread, it's clear that a lot of posters don't watch the channel and haven't seen any studies about the news, but they feel incredibly (!) certain that there's some left-wing bias. Where is that belief and certainty coming from? They're reading about it and being fed out-of-context snippets, right?

It's funny how you accuse people of not watching the network, when your own stance comes from not watching the network, but reading "studies".

For the record, I watch CNN to an unhealthy degree, and I can assure you that they are far, FAR left. I know, I know, that's just my confirmation bias talking, right?

 

[Jack V Savage]

It's funny how you accuse people of not watching the network, when your own stance comes from not watching the network, but reading "studies".

This comes down to the question of how you draw conclusions. Do you look around and extrapolate from your own experience or do you try to take a more scientific approach? The first approach gives you results that extremely unreliable (in part because of your own bias and in part because you're not necessarily getting a representative sample). That is a pretty fundamental divide in politics right now.

For the record, I watch CNN to an unhealthy degree, and I can assure you that they are far, FAR left. I know, I know, that's just my confirmation bias talking, right?

Anyone familiar with your angry rantings on this site would expect you to consider any news source that wasn't openly rooting for Republicans to be biased.

Again, no one has addressed that point. Staying neutral on the central claim, one must realize that regardless of the truth, a large portion of this group and the country will consider any centrist news source to be biased against them. To really answer the question objectively requires removing your self from the equation.

 

[HereticBD]

This comes down to the question of how you draw conclusions. Do you look around and extrapolate from your own experience or do you try to take a more scientific approach? The first approach gives you results that extremely unreliable (in part because of your own bias and in part because you're not necessarily getting a representative sample). That is a pretty fundamental divide in politics right now.

Oh', so now it doesn't matter at all if you watch the network. The only thing matters are the "scientific"(where have I heard that before?) studies, and not personal interpretation of the content on the network. Neat.

Anyone familiar with your angry rantings on this site would expect you to consider any news source that wasn't openly rooting for Republicans to be biased.

Again, no one has addressed that point. Staying neutral on the central claim, one must realize that regardless of the truth, a large portion of this group and the country will consider any centrist news source to be biased against them. To really answer the question objectively requires removing your self from the equation.

In other words, everyone else is wrong but you. You're the only neutral person who can deduce these things fairly.

Look at the poll, Jack. Just look at it. Admittedly, it is a very small sampling, but you're going to sit there tell us that everyone who voted that CNN is left leaning, is wrong? Every last one of them is either uninformed or biased themselves? Only you are right?

Give it up already. It's beyond pathetic at this point.

 

[Jack V Savage]

Oh', so now it doesn't matter at all if you watch the network. The only thing matters are the "scientific"(where have I heard that before?) studies, and not personal interpretation of the content on the network. Neat.

Many posters in this thread don't watch the network and know nothing of it except what they've read from partisan sources. You disagree? Separately, the impressions of a limited portion of programming of extremely biased viewers are not the best way to evaluate the leaning of a network. That sounds right, right?

So the way to examine the issue is to try to look systematically and in a way that removes the observer's bias. I think if we can agree on basic issues like that--how to even reach a conclusion--we can look into the specific answer to the question.

In other words, everyone else is wrong but you. You're the only neutral person who can deduce these things fairly.

Does that really seem like a reasonable paraphrase of this:

"Anyone familiar with your angry rantings on this site would expect you to consider any news source that wasn't openly rooting for Republicans to be biased.

Again, no one has addressed that point. Staying neutral on the central claim, one must realize that regardless of the truth, a large portion of this group and the country will consider any centrist news source to be biased against them. To really answer the question objectively requires removing your self from the equation."

Why not be honest there? Because it's harder to argue against what I actually said, right?

Look at the poll, Jack. Just look at it. Admittedly, it is a very small sampling, but you're going to sit there tell us that everyone who voted that CNN is left leaning, is wrong? Every last one of them is either uninformed or biased themselves? Only you are right?

What value is there in a small, self-selected poll of largely people who don't watch the network and just read about it and are extremely biased? You know perfectly well that if you started the same poll on another site, the results would be wildly different, and you'd rightly reject that as a evaluative method. You're just looking for anything to back your position up rather than trying to figure out how to honestly answer the question, and then applying that method.

 

[RhinoRush]

Jack's rustled.

Jackie boy's gone off the deep end. One of the mods needs to put him out of his misery.

 

[Jack V Savage]

Jackie boy's gone off the deep end. One of the mods needs to put him out of his misery.

Definitely gotta stop anyone from saying anything against the GOP party line. The WR should be preserved as a safe space for right-wingers so no one's feelings get hurt. And we gotta make sure no one criticizes the gov't for the next four years.

 

[HereticBD]

What value is there in a small, self-selected poll of largely people who don't watch the network and just read about it and are extremely biased? You know perfectly well that if you started the same poll on another site, the results would be wildly different, and you'd rightly reject that as a evaluative method.

I don't think that actually. Even Democrats have voted in this poll, and they disagree with you. The only defense I've heard from people who lean left, is that CNN is biased, but Fox is worse. The only one I've seen so far outright denying any bias on CNN's part, is you.

I'm pretty sure you could put this poll up anywhere, and the overwhelming majority would come back with the same results. Why? Because unlike you, most people are honest about their views when faced with overwhelming evidence.

In this poll, we have the left, right, and neutral all coming to same conclusion. Yet, you still refuse to acknowledge any sort of legitimacy to it, because you personally don't agree. Because it doesn't line up with your beliefs, it's wrong. And then you have the audacity to accuse others of making their decisions based on confirmation bias. If the poll came back in your favor, you'd agree with it. Since it didn't though, it's "wrong". That's you in a nutshell. A pseudo intellectual hypocrite.

You're just looking for anything to back your position up rather than trying to figure out how to honestly answer the question, and then applying that method.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Updated poll results -

'CNN is biased towards Republicans' - @Jack V Savage, and 6 others that feel sorry for @Jack V Savage.

'CNN is biased towards Democrats' - 138 votes, with 88% of the vote.

*Other Options* - 16 votes by people that have NEVER watchef CNN.


My first post was alittle harsh, with the comparison to Flat-Earthers. But in all seriousness, viewing CNN and not noticing the Democrat bias is like watching 'Sweating To The Oldies' and not realising Richard Simmons is gay.