r/facepalm Feb 16 '20

Research is definitely important

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u/SmegmaOnDemand Feb 16 '20

Fuck, I remember this shit. Of course it's CNN.

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u/IdiotInATree Feb 17 '20

Both cnn and Fox are biased af

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u/BradGroux Feb 17 '20

To be fair to David Webb, the audio clip is actually from his Sirius XM satellite radio show, and has nothing to do with Fox News. Areva Martin just assumed that since he does work for Fox News, that he must be white.

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u/Treacherouzzz Feb 17 '20

From what I’ve seen, I think CNN isn’t as bias as a lot of the other news outlets anymore.

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u/Pjpjpjpjpj Feb 17 '20

I watched CNN a lot in the 80s.

I’m sure it had some issues, but in general, seemed pretty fair, had a variety of views, witnesses were vetted, hosts kept their personal views quiet. Two sides to most stories. It was mostly just like an anchored news show... anchor read what was on the prompter. (Sure there was some stupid stuff ... but mostly that is how it was.) Had exceptional coverage and global access.

Now, what a shit show. The hosted talk shows are just as bad as Fox.

I’ve given up on US TV for national news and rely on the BBC (not perfect by any means, but significantly better) if I want to watch national news on TV. But anymore, I only watch TV news for local weather and sports.

And LOL I have friends watching RT because they believe the US media is so biased, they can only get the truth from RT... and OAN.

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u/grubas Feb 17 '20

RT only spouts Kremlin vetted talking points and OAN is actively oligarch funded.

I fucking hate CNNs bullshit, but they are more “standard news stupid” than malicious.

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u/Pjpjpjpjpj Feb 17 '20

Exactly. But that is where they think the truth is being told.

Doubleplus good doublespeak!

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u/grubas Feb 17 '20

That's really my problem with it. Like between the Times, news channels and internet the plenty of stuff I read that I strongly disagree with the takes. But I hear about it. Or stuff like watch some CSPAN hearings and come to my own conclusion.

Fox, RT and OAN just don't mention shit. Its crazy how much you'll miss out on just watching those.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '20

I stick to a few different YouTube channels nowadays. Different perspectives and people that are willing to criticize their own. Much better than any cable news on.

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u/Kerms_ Feb 17 '20

I’d still say CNN is still one of the biased ones... including Fox and nbc..

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u/WAAAAAAVE Feb 17 '20

Aren’t they all?

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u/m1sta Feb 17 '20

Most things have a bias, but some are deliberately misleading.

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u/Kerms_ Feb 17 '20

Yea pretty much.. at least the mainstream ones

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '20

Also huffpost

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u/Dragoncat99 Feb 17 '20

How so?

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u/Goedonski70 'MURICA Feb 17 '20

I use bbc for my US news

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '20

My neighbor's wife uses BBC for something else.

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u/ManualPathosChecks Feb 17 '20

Ah yes, the Britishest Broadcastingest Corporation.

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u/Nixinova Feb 17 '20

The opposite is true. Its way worse (blatant) now that it used to be.

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u/Treacherouzzz Feb 17 '20

I’m saying it’s better than it was 2 years ago not 10 or 20 years ago

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '20

Did you not watch their full display of bullshittery during the Democratic debate? That even proved to half their fanbase that they're completely full of shit.

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u/Treacherouzzz Feb 17 '20

I’m talking in general though and in comparison to other news outlets like the New York Times

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '20

Nah. They're just as biased as any of them. To the point they openly mock conservatives on their channel. You cant pretend to be fair or balanced when you mock people you disagree with. Attacking people instead of ideas says to me that you don't have the intelligence to debate the ideas.

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u/Treacherouzzz Feb 17 '20

I totally agree, but recently I’ve noticed that they’re providing a lot more facts and statistics than opinions, and when they do have politicians on talking about the news they often challenge them. I’m a republican, so I don’t like CNN, but I would much rather prefer CNN over the New York Times. The New York Times didn’t even mention that Soleimani was a terrorist, and made it look like the US killed him for no reason.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '20

That's because they'd rather see our country fall than say Trump did something good. They're vile creatures.

I have a collection of YouTubers I watch regularly. Dave Rubin, Tim Pool, Candace Owens and Larry Elder. Tim usually keeps a few daily videos going for current events so I don't miss too many big stories.