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Lefta Dissenter

(6,622 posts)
1. I don't know that he's right about that.
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 11:21 PM
Nov 2012

I think it's too close to call.

(sorry, doesn't answer your question, but I wanted to say it anyway)

applegrove

(118,622 posts)
6. LOL. I think the gop pulled one on the msm on polls. Told them
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 11:24 PM
Nov 2012

their polls had GOP turnout much higher than it was. Wouldn't be the first time a member of the MSM had drunk the cool-aid

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
7. Use more than one source.
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 11:24 PM
Nov 2012

Do not let CNN be your only source. Most times, do not let CNN be your source at all.

applegrove

(118,622 posts)
9. Oh I get a lot of info off the internet and the DU. Canadian news too.
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 11:25 PM
Nov 2012

I read 3 newspapers a day in paper form.

 

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
8. I try to watch and especially read (foreign sources)...then throw them all into a hopper and
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 11:25 PM
Nov 2012

determine what passes muster or not.

Sad that one has to go to that effort as most don't, hence the 'sheeple'.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
10. When I want to hear both sides, for sure, I watch CNN. I've found that it has fuller coverage....
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 11:41 PM
Nov 2012

and includes things you may not want to hear.

But I regularly watch MSNBC, of course. It has good news coverage. I've noticed, however, if I get it from the political after-work shows, it really is biased. Not as biased as.....

I flip to FAUX occasionally, but it's just to see what they're covering...I can only take it for a few minutes. Altho a friend tells me that...whatshisname, Chris Wallace's show, is pretty fair and informative. I wouldn't know.

I never watch the regular networks.



fadedrose

(10,044 posts)
12. Because I can't stand the other channels
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 11:56 PM
Nov 2012

I like Anderson Cooper. I used to hate Wolf Blitzer, but I like him better now. He seems tilted toward Obama - you can only detect it in his facial expressions - not his commentary...

I can always catch Ed Schults on another time slot - Anderson & Ed are both on at 8 here...

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