To call MSNBC the network of Liberals is factually false.
Morning Joe- This show is hosted by a conservative. With their mix of Conservative and Liberal guests the show can provide great balance. No show on any cable news outlet gets so many primary guests from the Left and Right. BTW... Morning Joe is on for 3 hours in one of the most coveted time slots in News. That's not exactly what a network geared entirely to left wing politics would do. And there is no equivalent show on FOX.
First Read (With Chuck Todd)- Would anyone even dare to call this a liberal show? If anything, Chuck Todd was one of the key voices trying to find scenarios for Romney to win. GOP guests abound this show. This show is politically neutral at best.
The Andrea Mitchell News Hour- Enough said here. If anything this show belongs on FOX
News Nation with Tamron Hall- Just because she is black doesn't mean she can't be objective. She delivers the news straight. And has very big guests on from the both the left and right. BTW... there was no show on cable news that touted the bogus Gallup polls during the election than this show did. Romney's polling lead on Obama through Gallup was reported more on this show than it was on FOX.
The Chris Mathews Show- Ask any liberal here about Chris Mathews and they will give you a very different opinion from the general public who claim he is a flaming liberal. The truth is Mathews voted for Bush in at least one election. And he says that on TV all the time. Again, GOP guest abound his show and include New Gingrich who is is a frequent contributor.
These shows are just a few examples.
The problem with news today is that the GOP is so crazy and has spent a generation spewing so much propaganda, that standard news is now considered left wing.
For instance to say, that 92% of Americans support gun background checks... well that's news. That's factual. Thats not a left wing talking point. In fact to not report this is to censor very topical information to help support a cause that has no statistical public backing.
Last night MSNBC ran Hubris, the story of the Iraq War. They then had a panel discussion. This too was not a left wing liberal hit piece. It was fact. It was news. It was the kind of reporting the media should have been doing 10 years ago. If more journalists had done their job objectively, Hubris would have aired 10 years ago. And maybe a ruthless regime would not have killed 100s of thousands of people and spent trillions of dollars for a war that never should have been fought.
What has happened in this country is that the right has done such a good job bashing the media and selling its propaganda, that today the general public doesn't even recognize was real news is anymore. Its actually very sad.
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