Which news reporters/anchors do you consider to be Democratic/liberal?

[elperromagico]

We hear all the time from conservatives about the "liberal media," so let's get the DU View. Which reporters or anchors do you consider, based on their public views or sentiments, to be either liberal or Democratic?

[xultar]

1. Anderson Cooper, Aaron Brown , Bill Hemmer, & Brokaw are all very fair...

All the rest on all of the other networks are RW nutbags!

[Woodstock]

27. Aaron Brown is not liberal

He's got that "nice guy" veneer, but underneath, he's a creep.

[wuushew]

34. Brokaw is not very liberal either

NBC is the worst of the nightly big three for news. And after pushing that warm folksy "greatest generation" crap I really don't have any respect for him. Where is the real news?

Jennings gets bonus points for being Canadian and Dan Rather gets points for his Vietnam reporting experience.

[Career Prole]

2. Walter Cronkite n/t

3. that was my line

you beat me to it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x469276

[Career Prole]

20. I'm sorry!

It's just that there's slim pickin's out there nowadays! :)
Thanks for the link to that letter you posted. I missed it the first go-round.

[GiovanniC]

4. Jon Stewart

And don't tell me that's a fake news show. It's less "fake" than Fox, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, et al.

[elperromagico]

5. You won't get any argument from me about that.

You'll learn more watching thirty minutes of The Daily Show than you would watching 30 hours of Fox News.

[John BigBootay]

15. He's a comedian--

That's like calling Dennis Miller a "News Anchor."

No way.

[stanwyck]

17. true, but

his show is often the only place you'll actually hear stories you've read about in the foreign press or the U.S.'s so called "liberal" press. (NY Times). The networks and FAUX cherrypick and don't present stories too "elitist" or "partisan". (or "challenging"). Stewart and Co. have a latitude others don't. Plus, they're not captive to corporate or commercial interests.

[John BigBootay]

23. I love the show but--

I can see why real news outlets don't cover the material you're referring to-- it may be worth a chuckle, but it's not "news."

If they were to report, for instance, on the boxes that said "made in China" that were covered with tape at the Bush speech on American products, they would look like they were sniping at Bush.

The fact that they did that is funny, but is absolutely irrelevent to what the news is: i.e. reporting-- who, what, where, when.

Daily Show IS NOT news. It is comedy, lampoon and commentary.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. Add Tim Russert to the fair list

He'll hold anyone's feet to the fire. I have a lot of respect for him. It's the only political show I will watch.

[russian33]

7. Tim Russert?

Are you serious about Tim Russert, or was that sarcasm? I couldn't tell....

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

9. Serious

I've seen him hammer Republicans and Democrats alike on a regular basis.

[Warren Stuart]

13. I guess that depends upon what your defination of a hammer is

Timmy is a reliable right wing mouthpiece. He didn't follow up on some of Bush's assertions during the interview. Things that he should have known were flat out lies, he let pass.

Sure he will hammer Republicans sometimes, but not like the way he goes after Democrats. He fixated on Clinton's private parts, made a big deal about the dubious claims of Kathleen Willey, but did not mention, that Robert Ray debunked these claims.

He didn't mention the Ray Report at all. Which is funny, because by failing to indict Clinton, he was obligated to exonerate him. Russert made no mention of this.

[elperromagico]

10. Well, he did make Bush look like an idiot in that last interview...

No, wait - Bush did that himself. Never mind.

[stanwyck]

18. why didn't he ask GWB

to name just ONE, yes, just ONE, fellow soldier from his Alabama National Guard days? Russert steps back. He's too deferential. He might be a bit of a coward.

[elperromagico]

39. Well, no wonder he likes Bush so much then.

[Az]

11. Sorry can't buy into that one

He sold out big time. He found the fast track to be paved by giving lip service to the right. I have never seen him set the hook on a right wing poltician. He may tug the line but he always lets them off.

[lastknowngood]

8. John Stewart no others

n/t

[DemNoir]

12. The only cable news anchor I can stand to watch

Is Keith Olberman

[elperromagico]

14. He's like a breath of fresh air in the MSNBC lineup, innit he?

I just can't bear Chris Matthews' Hardball,

Abrams talks about Kobe's cock, and that's all.

Deborah Norville I can sure do without,

And Scarborough resembles a choking trout.

[Toronto Ron]

16. CBS ain't too bad

They've been pretty tough on the b*sh misadministration over the last few months. Dan Rather is known to be a Democrat; John Roberts seems pretty cool too (didn't he recently get annoyed at that pissant Scott McLelland?). And 60 Minutes has aired several effective stories.

[John BigBootay]

31. Just curiously--

When you say "ain't too bad," it seems to imply that a liberal bias on the part of some at CBS is a good thing.

Is media bias EVER a good thing?

[skypilot]

19. What do you guys make of Ted Koppel

I can't for the life of me tell where he falls on the political scale. I don't get to watch Nightline as much as I'd like but when I do watch it Koppel seems to be on the ball more than most. I've seen him really follow through with his questions and not let a guest easily weasel out of answering. Koppel will even drop the question for a while and just when the guest thinks he's off the hook Koppel will hit him with the question again. Maybe some of you have a different take on him.

[xray s]

21. Larry King

ahh....just kidding!

[DemLikr]

22. Katie Couric zings the right wing on occasion.

Took on Ann the Mann Coulter.

[John BigBootay]

24. Dan Rather is pretty liberal n/t

[BillZBubb]

25. Cronkite, Rather, John Roberts, Andy Rooney

basically the CBS old guard plus newbie Roberts.

All the rest lean right--except those at Faux which has fallen right and can't get up.

[beanball]

33. Walter Cronkite

had an article in the Tucson Star today and he referred to Shrub as Bush League.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

26. Terry Moran, Dan Rather, Andy Rooney, Keith Olbermann, Anderson Cooper

they lean left compared to the other options we have. Which means they're more middle of the road.

[absyntheNsugar]

28. Ashley Banfield (sp?)

She got in trouble for questioning *

[OHdem10]

29. TV Anchors Reporters moderate Republicans

for th Most Part.
On the Social Issues--Abortiaon rights, Civil rights, Gay rights,
Affirmative Action etc. they are all liberal.

On economic issues, taxes, Healthcare, Medicare, SS they are to the right of the general public.--that is Right.

This combination equals Moderate Republican.

[Wickster]

30. Bill Moyers

In my opinion, Bill Moyers is the only reporter worth listening to. EVERYONE else has me yelling obscenities at the screen. :mad:
:-)

[stewert]

32. My 2 Cents........

Tim Russert is a con man, for one he is not a journalist, he did not
even go to journalism school. He basically kissed ass to get where he
is today. He is constantly defending Bush and his administration, he also
puts out a lot of things he knows are not true. I would say Russert is 70/30
republican to democrat.

Keith Olberman is pretty good, he is the only person on MSNBC worth watching.

Nobody on FOX is objective, they do some straight news reporting that is
non-biased a little during the day and a little at night. All of their shows that
give opinions are way biased to the right. Greta is pretty fair and balanced, but she
is the exception to the rule.

CNN has Anderson Cooper, he is pretty fair and balanced. Bill Hemmer is ok most of
the time. Lou Dobbs is great for a republican, but he is still biased to the right most of
the time. Other than Begala and Carville the rest of CNN sucks, Woodruff and Blitzer are
a joke, Bill Richardson is a member of AEI, and overall CNN is a little more liberal than MSNBC.
Which don't say much for CNN, they are all biased to the right.

Basically you can list the liberals and democrats on one hand who do cable news. Brokaw is
the best on network news, then Rather, I don't watch Jennings but I hear he leans left a little.

Here is my bias ratio for the news:

NBC - 50/50 no bias
CBS - 50/50 no bias
ABC - Not Sure because I don't watch ABC news

FOX - 90/10 biased right to left
MSNBC - 85/15 biased right to left
CNN - 60/40 biased right to left

PBS - 60/40 biased to the left

As far as liberals on cable news, there are about 3 of them, by liberals I mean real liberals.

Bill Moyers
James Carville
Paul Begala

Most of the democrats on tv are moderates, the cable news networks had one real liberal with a
show, that was Donahue. Olberman is close but he is pretty fair and balanced, he does not
show his bias like a Hannity or an O'Reilly does.

Overall I would say tv news is 80 percent republican and 20 percent democratic. And almost
all the producers and the bosses are republicans. They control the topics and book the guests.

[Ksec]

35. some are confusing fair with liberal

Not that libs arent fair but thats not the question that was asked.

I dont know any Dem or Lib anchors. There arent any that Im aware of.

[stewert]

36. Read my Post !

There are 3 liberal hosts on cable.

Bill Moyers
James Carville
Paul Begala

That's all I can think of.

[qanda]

37. Christian Amanpour

I wouldn't call her liberal, but I would call her fair. Also, Bill Moyers, he's one of the best.

[wabeewoman]

38. I like Peter Jennings

Not sure if he qualifies for left but he has broke more stories that needed told than the other network anchors. Of course, I thought the way he asked the * AWOL question was staged to protect himself where others thought he was serious. I never watch faux-would destroy my tv if I had too-I've seen them at airports and had to move away to avoid making a scene! Amy Goodman is left- I watched her for antiwar coverage and she tackles serious subjects. Some of the stuff passing for news is really entertainment not news.

[Kimber Scott]

40. I don't think he's liberal, but Lou Dobbs has really been

stirring some shit lately with the exporting America thing.