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Voltaire2

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9. That has never been true about newspapers.

Reply to Meadowoak (Reply #7)

Mon Jul 1, 2024, 08:20 AM

Jul 2024

They have always pushed their ideological perspective.

TV broadcasters had to adhere to the fairness doctrine which required equal time for all viewpoints, and in doing so they generally avoided any partisan positions in order to not have to provide free airtime for different opinions.

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Mara Gay is part of NY Times Editorial Board [View all] LiberalFighter Jul 2024 OP

NYT is rightwing media. Think. Again. Jul 2024 #1

Yep, they also employ MAGA Haberman, Roger Stone's goddaughter. GoCubsGo Jul 2024 #12

The NYT has been anti-Biden all along, just as they were anti-Hillary. Lonestarblue Jul 2024 #2

they set the whole thing up w the- the debate is make or break for biden. mopinko Jul 2024 #3

This is what is making me the angriest... you have a rapist felon running on the other side Peacetrain Jul 2024 #4

dont b mystified. they r serving their masters. mopinko Jul 2024 #5

Scary to think about that Peacetrain Jul 2024 #6

How did they make Biden deliver a horrible performance? Voltaire2 Jul 2024 #8

they didnt. but they were hoping. watching. waiting. mopinko Jul 2024 #10

That's true for every debate Voltaire2 Jul 2024 #11

not like this time. and it wasnt "disastrous". it was bad, but mopinko Jul 2024 #13

I'm really old, but when I grew up, newspapers, news outlets, the media, Meadowoak Jul 2024 #7

That has never been true about newspapers. Voltaire2 Jul 2024 #9

true, but mopinko Jul 2024 #14