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The Velveteen Ocelot

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10. I do not want a "liberal" cable station. I want a genuinely fair one

Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:36 AM

Nov 2012

that accurately reports actual facts without spin. I want another Walter Cronkite. The conservatives got bitten on the ass in this election because they inhabited a media-created bubble where any facts that didn't fit into their belief system were not allowed to intrude. I don't want liberals to make the same mistake - we don't need an echo chamber like a lefty version of Fox.

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Do you think there is any chance that a liberal cable news network will emerge? [View all] KurtNYC Nov 2012 OP

Current is already out there. More of us should watch. Maybe Ed Schultz will end up on brewens Nov 2012 #1

The problem with Current TV BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #2

I'm worred for Current's future, but still hopeful Z_I_Peevey Nov 2012 #12

I agree... I used to get Current with an expensive package. Auntie Bush Nov 2012 #34

Seems maybe it's up to us to demand from our providers that we get Current with Cleita Nov 2012 #38

It is available on line too klyon Nov 2012 #49

Current is up for sale. Lets hope that it finds buyers who are dedicated totodeinhere Nov 2012 #24

You have a source for that? Cleita Nov 2012 #39

Sadly, yes. Here: Z_I_Peevey Nov 2012 #45

Thank you. This is not good news. n/t Cleita Nov 2012 #47

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #50

But isn't the echo chamber created by Fox the very thing that turned all Republicans into idiots? Squinch Nov 2012 #3

It's how Hitler, Stalin, Mao and other dictators gained power. Cleita Nov 2012 #42

If we learned anything from 2012, Ruby the Liberal Nov 2012 #4

Facts and journalistic integrity do matter even if they don't make Cleita Nov 2012 #43

Is this something that we even want? qanda Nov 2012 #5

RW media might be the ONLY thing working for the Republicans right now. KurtNYC Nov 2012 #22

so we have given up on msnbc?? dembotoz Nov 2012 #6

Personally, I'd be very happy if there were a national news outlet MineralMan Nov 2012 #7

CNN's Headline News used to do this BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #11

Yup. About the closest you can get is the three major networks' MineralMan Nov 2012 #13

Yep AlexSatan Nov 2012 #54

There is no such thing as "news, without any commentary at all..." The story selection itself Romulox Nov 2012 #21

Yes, which is why I said you have to apply a filter. MineralMan Nov 2012 #23

The "filter" is applied before the story get to you. You don't see the stories on TV that TV doesn't Romulox Nov 2012 #25

Do you suppose that is my only news source? MineralMan Nov 2012 #26

I'm not questioning your sources. But they don't include "news, without any commentary at all...". Romulox Nov 2012 #28

Al Franken tried with Air America BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #8

Air America just couldn't compete with the deep corporate pockets of the Clear Channel Cleita Nov 2012 #46

I've got to disagree with your characterization of Stewart and Colbert. Chiyo-chichi Nov 2012 #9

One example: Jon Stewart had McCain on 13 times in 2008. KurtNYC Nov 2012 #29

Really? Chiyo-chichi Nov 2012 #35

I do not want a "liberal" cable station. I want a genuinely fair one The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2012 #10

I was about to post this, too. Kudos. dogknob Nov 2012 #31

For world news, BBC is good Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #33

my boyfriend watches Russia Today for some "fair" tv, but i find them pnwest Nov 2012 #14

Biased news is just political porn. JohnnyRingo Nov 2012 #15

Call me crazy... MynameisBlarney Nov 2012 #16

I'd rather have Will McAvoy and ACN salvorhardin Nov 2012 #17

Keep searching Diyames Nov 2012 #18

I hope not. bigwillq Nov 2012 #19

no BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #20

I'd prefer one that just reported the news without bias. City Lights Nov 2012 #27

I concur rock Nov 2012 #30

GMTA. City Lights Nov 2012 #51

Democracy Now has been excellent for a long time now... Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #32

Yes, Amy's terrific and Link and Free Speech carry broiles Nov 2012 #36

We need a populist network - the people are more interested in that than liberalism, per se. reformist2 Nov 2012 #37

Maybe they could call it Free Speech TV? RedCloud Nov 2012 #40

Free Speech TV is good but it has less distribution than even Current has. totodeinhere Nov 2012 #52

no we need lots of them, like talk radio has conservative stations librechik Nov 2012 #41

Not "fair" but TRUTHFUL Lydia Leftcoast Nov 2012 #44

Need to make Stewart and Colbert the "Ted Turners" of our time lutefisk Nov 2012 #48

Current. Taverner Nov 2012 #53