That's probably because you have no experience.  Just kidding.

The 22 minutes of PJ, or TB, or the other are all opinion.  Remember,
they have about 22 minutes to cover the news of the entire planet.  So,
first off, there is selection of which news to cover and which to
ignore.  That's censorship right there, with opinions thrown in.  It is
their opinion as to which news to present and which one to ignore.
There are thousands of examples of times where PJ and the gang simply
ignored important news that put their ideological side in the wrong
light.

Next up is how you present the news.  For example, say they are for a
specific legislation, which gets voted down or vetoed.  They will say
something like "Today, once again, the Republican-led senate failed to
pass the much needed bill that would prevent..."  Or if a bill they do
not approve passes, "Today, the Democrats in Congress were unable to
stop a Republican-backed bill that would..."

Are you starting to get the drift here?

I remember when they passed the Bush tax cuts, PJ interviewed three
people who, surprise, surprise, were totally against the tax cuts, and
predicted doom and gloom to the economy because they were enacted.
Interestingly enough, he could not find anyone to speak FOR the tax
cuts.

Do you need more examples, or do you think you can start spotting some
of the bias now?

Denys

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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Marriage Promoted as Cure to Social Woes

Let's see...

on the nightly news, you have the news reported for 30 minutes, largely
without opinions, in my experience.

on FixNews, you have news delivered in short snippets all day,
intertwined
with so-called "debate" programs (most of which are terribly uncivil),
which you really cannot avoid if you want to hear the news.  So while
they
purport to be a "news" channel, they really aren't.

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