L-A, just to understand when it is said that the media is biased way to the left and just do not report the NEWS, but present it in such a manner that their opinion IS THE NEWS! That's my beef!
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azbob, no need to watch network news to know that journalists on all sides present the news with a slant. As much as people say they want unbiased coverage, they seek out coverage that matches their views.

Here's a very relevant example: There was this study out of the University of Maryland before Bush’s re-election that showed that people who got their news from the TV networks had misperceptions on at least 1 of 3 basic facts about the war in Iraq:
* that Iraq had been directly linked to 9/11
* that WMDs had been found in Iraq
* that world opinion supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq
Fox News viewers were the most misled (many held 2 or 3 of these erroneous beliefs) but it wasn't just them. A good percentage of CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN viewers also had it wrong on at least 1 of these "fake facts." What kind of election results could be expected when at least 50% of Americans didn't know who was responsible for 9/11? They thought Saddam Hussein was involved! (What I find apalling is that the number of people still buying into this crap probably hasn't dropped much.)
While the media isn't completely responsible for these erroneous beliefs, they don’t help. For example, Fox News Channel required a banner reading "War on Terror" be displayed any time Iraq was discussed. In 2002 during a MSNBC report on Homeland Security’s response to alleged new terror threats from Al Qaeda, MSNBC displayed a caption reading "Showdown with Saddam." No wonder people have it wrong.
Still, I do believe that when it comes to the media they only sell what people want to buy. i.e. - When that same study looked at people who actually knew the facts on all 3 of the questions, only 23% supported the war. I'm guessing 23% isn't a great number when it comes to market share.

"What kind of election results could be expected when at least 50% of Americans didn't know who was responsible for 9/11"?

I would surmise that was the 50% that voted Democrat. Of which 1/2 of 1% had difficulty with "dangling chads". Knuckles dragging on ground? Living under araq. And so on. Same would apply to any who had difficulty with any or all of 3 basic facts about the war. JMHO? NOT!

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Did you hear: MSNBC called "O" trip to Iraq a "Tour of Duty". Did any of ever have a 4 hour "tour of duty". I didn't know you could sign up that short a time!

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