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Bonhomme Richard

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20. “It was really as if places like MSNBC and Fox were talking about completely different races,”

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:05 AM

Nov 2012

Which one was closer to being correct?

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Surprise at Obama’s victory illustrates growing partisan divide in US media [View all] babylonsister Nov 2012 OP

don't lose sight that foxnews and their ilk beachbumbob Nov 2012 #1

You are too kind. lalalu Nov 2012 #2

Where would all the right wing shills go and live if they were not doing the faux nolabels Nov 2012 #22

Sad but true. lalalu Nov 2012 #23

I am proud of so many Americans who ignored their blatant lies. lalalu Nov 2012 #3

Looks like liberals are the pro-science and pro-math malaise Nov 2012 #4

With one significant difference jberryhill Nov 2012 #5

Reality ran MSMBC. efhmc Nov 2012 #11

Exactly! City Lights Nov 2012 #12

msnbc never fudged the numbers hifiguy Nov 2012 #37

This line is perfect: Tennessee Gal Nov 2012 #6

"Both sides of the media equation are at fault", Professor Tremayne says NWHarkness Nov 2012 #7

Yeah, I really get tired of that false equivalency deutsey Nov 2012 #13

During the Wisconsin recalls forthemiddle Nov 2012 #27

Well said... 4_TN_TITANS Nov 2012 #36

They forgot to mention Nate Silver justiceischeap Nov 2012 #8

No they didn't; he's mentioned babylonsister Nov 2012 #9

I must have missed it... sorry. nt justiceischeap Nov 2012 #17

Fuckity fucking equivalence fucking shit. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #10

God, I could almost see the CBS Morning News reporter drool whenever she said "too close to call" deutsey Nov 2012 #14

Journalism and the CIA: The Mighty Wurlitzer redqueen Nov 2012 #24

Much of this doesn't fit with statistics -- Dems trust the MSM more than twice as much as Repubs KurtNYC Nov 2012 #15

That 58% is goofy too. TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #34

The problem is not a partisan divide; the problem is the acceptance of Fox as a news channel. tanyev Nov 2012 #16

MSNBC was reporting the truth wellstone dem Nov 2012 #18

Almost every talking head tried to make it a horse race until babylonsister Nov 2012 #19

“It was really as if places like MSNBC and Fox were talking about completely different races,” Bonhomme Richard Nov 2012 #20

This is why I watch BBC LibertyLover Nov 2012 #21

False equivalency Johnny2X2X Nov 2012 #25

Rasmussen and Gallup were savaged here for good reasons. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #32

MSNBC and FOX are both distorted for me; CNN was locked in some kind of 3D video game Romulox Nov 2012 #26

Because Fox LIES and MSNBC is more concerned with the TRUTH. loudsue Nov 2012 #28

I thought we'd pull out the Walker recall. Qutzupalotl Nov 2012 #29

We did win that recall HangOnKids Nov 2012 #35

REINSTATE THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE TalkingDog Nov 2012 #30

"MSNBC and Fox were talking about completely different races" hvn_nbr_2 Nov 2012 #31

what i was saying . . . ellenfl Nov 2012 #33