Simple fact is, the news is considered entertainment now and as such, they are squarely in media with all that is entertainment in America. Its almost impossible to find unbiased political news. If you really haven't figured this out, you are a puppet, regardless of your political affiliations.
I said as much in another reply. Guess you were too lazy to read it.
Ah yes, liberal journalists. Without a lick of editorial control.
Look, it's real simple: Media companies are not in the business of delivering entertainment or news anymore. They're in the business of delivering you to their advertisers. Any news or entertainment that does actually happen is despite this, not because of this. To call organizations like this liberal or conservative is to miss the entire damn point. And yes, I'm including Fox News in this. They do what they do because it works, it gets them eyeballs, not because Hannity gets a hard-on.
The problem is, that those that are liberal think of themselves as centralists \ moderates to validate their opinion and that becomes pervasive in their reporting.
That's quite the intuitive stretch you're making there. Don't hurt yourself!
Now on the left we have MSNBC with their inspiring "worse, worser, worsest" mantra
Thank you for making my point for me. MSNBC doesn't give two shits about who's worst. That's Olbermann's deal. Confusing the two just makes you look like a jackass. Again, following from above, if Olbermann doesn't have eyeballs or fucks up spectacularly, he's gone. Nobody's special.
And in pop culture, SNL \ Daily Show \ Colbert Report \ The View
And he accidentally stumbles upon the truth. The genesis of this "liberal media" thing starts right there with the silent majority wondering why there's so much cussing and sex on TV and deciding to finally put their money where their mouth is, starting with Reagan. If comedy shows and a bunch of women burning away unprofitable TV hours is your idea of media (in 2009, no less!), I feel sorry for you.
Was there a Lil' Clinton show on Comedy Central that I missed?
Yeah, it was called the nightly news and the late night talk shows. I guess you were too young in the 90s.
Perhaps they're going to be adding Lil'Obama
Well, I suppose if he's as prone to malapropisms, physical gaffes and ridiculous accents, then sure there will be. This is what I love about conservatives. They don't understand that comedy is suposed to be funny, not left or right.
So you can bleat on all day until you're blue in the face about the liberal bias "myth" but it doesn't make it any less true.
And you can keep going on about it, but it doesn't make it any more true. See how that works?
just don't tell me its not biased.
Never said that. It's plenty biased (in many directions, no less), especially once you get down to an individual's level, but it is far from this giant liberal conspiracy that's been painted so vividly.
Honestly, you guys are about as moronic as the 9/11 truthers.
LOL, I have no idea who Eric Alterman is. Do you know who Richard Mellon Scaife is? He's much more germane to this discussion.
You could repaper half the White House using just the Obama covers from Time and Newsweek in 2008.
You say that like it means something. Hint: It doesn't. Two more things. If these claims of liberal media here on slashdot were backed up by any kind of evidence, I'd be more courteous, but it's just the same old fucking gut check.
Second, the media, for whatever liberalism it possessed when the term start gaining currency so many decades ago, is a lot less liberal now. See, it doesn't matterif you're right or wrong. I just know you're backing yourself into the irrelevancy corner.
So, to recap: "liberal media" was a bogeyman created almost whole cloth from billionaire money and incipient prejudice, and whatever actual value the term used to contain is even more meaningless in this internet age.
But keep bleating. Nothing important going on these days anyway, so you'll be OK.
It's the same media who's played down the tax scandals that have plagued Obama's picks and who have been spinning Obama's blatantly partisan politics as being "the GOP's fault."
Look, I know it's the summer of '94 all over again for conservatives, and your juices are flowing with insurgent glee, but the "liberal media" myth has been pretty thoroughly debunked and is, in fact, as old as the nostalgia you're currently experiencing.
Oabama's got enough real deficiencies and faults that we don't need to be wasting time making shit up.
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You guys should not be joking about this. Deleting painful memories is an incredibly dangerous thing, as I can tell you from experience, and in the long run it will only make things worse than they were before. The reason why it's so dangerous is because... ah hell, I can't remember. But anyway, I'm pretty sure it's a bad idea.
Mod parent up. My camera USB cable works great on my wife's nokia and the latest Motorola phones. Not only did I not need to buy a cable, I reused it for two new applications!
Take one banker, tie rope to neck, swing. Prod occassionally.
Damn hippie. Here's how you do it:
-Take one banker, string him by his feet.
-Charge the local kids a buck or two for a few swings.
-Replace with fresh bankers as old ones get too messy.
-Profit!
Bonus points if you spend your time lecturing same bankers on how you're repackaging worthless assets (bankers) and selling them on to clueless investors (the kids).
Tch, such a noob. This is why I ever so slightly underfeed all my pets. I like 'em lean and sprightly anyway, and with the cats, it keeps 'em on the prowl. I don't think I've owned a cat with less than 100 confirmed kills;P
Not all cats are good mousers, however. It really helps to have one who was properly taught by their mama-cat how to do it.
Say what? I'll agree that some cats are better hunters than others, but I've yet to meet a non-grossly overweight cat that doesn't show immediate interest in anything smaller than it scurrying about. Seriously, stick any cat in a building where all kinds of interesting sounds and smells are going on, and they are good to go.
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we did nothing to provoke them
Yep, vacuums sure are powerful things. Just check the one between your ears.
they are now considering the pirate theme.
NOW? Hetfield's been peppering his singing with "Yo-Ho" for so long, I don't know why there's no parrot on his shoulder yet.
That's meant to read windows shares, not network shares, my bad.
But now you understand why it's stupid...
So, in effect, they're profiting off the crimes of others?
Reading comprehension fail. It's not a crime if the officer is willing to barter the price down due to SOP.
Want more responsive network drive access
Somebody mod parent up please. My Suse box handles network shares better than Windows does and that's just plain stupid.
A silicon valley company conceals the death of their reclusive but revered founder and CEO to prop up their stock price using high technology.
SPOILER ALERT
This was the principle plot behind Arnold Schwarzenegger's movie, The 6th Day, although there it was cloning, not holograms.
Multi-touch is the web 2.0 of touch screens. It's stupid shit that makes the plebes go ooooh and aaaah.
Hey, just because you lost 8 fingers doing a stupid firecracker stunt doesn't mean the rest of us shouldn't be able to enjoy using all ten of ours.
They already do that, it's called immigration to the US.
And I have absolutely no idea who they even are! I guess this means I'm just too old.... or too young....
No no, PUSA were very much a "blink and you'll miss 'em" band. Some trajectories are brief.
Sooo, we're not even bothering with a hyperlink then? When the hell did Slashdot become a luddite heaven?
And why the hell does FF spelcheker not recognize the word luddite?
Man, you wouldn't know it was 2009 if it wasn't printed on the calendars!
Well, maybe back in 1999...but this is now. You'd get more points handing out the Google Maps link instead.
what may eventually become the 'less appealing' .com/.org/etc
.com
I don't see that happening for a long time. For most, the "web" is
Speaking of which, custom TLDs just sounds like a way to make squatters spend a whole lot more money. Sounds good to me.
* Over 95% of Brazil's electrical energy comes from hydroelectric plants. Hydroelectric projects were announced and then executed successfully.
Didn't know that one, thanks. Starting to wish I spoke Portuguese and not Spanish.
The Brazilian government is really good in announcing things, but not really good in making them happen.
Ethanol.
Simple fact is, the news is considered entertainment now and as such, they are squarely in media with all that is entertainment in America. Its almost impossible to find unbiased political news. If you really haven't figured this out, you are a puppet, regardless of your political affiliations.
I said as much in another reply. Guess you were too lazy to read it.
Ah yes, liberal journalists. Without a lick of editorial control.
Look, it's real simple: Media companies are not in the business of delivering entertainment or news anymore. They're in the business of delivering you to their advertisers. Any news or entertainment that does actually happen is despite this, not because of this. To call organizations like this liberal or conservative is to miss the entire damn point. And yes, I'm including Fox News in this. They do what they do because it works, it gets them eyeballs, not because Hannity gets a hard-on.
The problem is, that those that are liberal think of themselves as centralists \ moderates to validate their opinion and that becomes pervasive in their reporting.
That's quite the intuitive stretch you're making there. Don't hurt yourself!
Now on the left we have MSNBC with their inspiring "worse, worser, worsest" mantra
Thank you for making my point for me. MSNBC doesn't give two shits about who's worst. That's Olbermann's deal. Confusing the two just makes you look like a jackass. Again, following from above, if Olbermann doesn't have eyeballs or fucks up spectacularly, he's gone. Nobody's special.
And in pop culture, SNL \ Daily Show \ Colbert Report \ The View
And he accidentally stumbles upon the truth. The genesis of this "liberal media" thing starts right there with the silent majority wondering why there's so much cussing and sex on TV and deciding to finally put their money where their mouth is, starting with Reagan. If comedy shows and a bunch of women burning away unprofitable TV hours is your idea of media (in 2009, no less!), I feel sorry for you.
Was there a Lil' Clinton show on Comedy Central that I missed?
Yeah, it was called the nightly news and the late night talk shows. I guess you were too young in the 90s.
Perhaps they're going to be adding Lil'Obama
Well, I suppose if he's as prone to malapropisms, physical gaffes and ridiculous accents, then sure there will be. This is what I love about conservatives. They don't understand that comedy is suposed to be funny, not left or right.
So you can bleat on all day until you're blue in the face about the liberal bias "myth" but it doesn't make it any less true.
And you can keep going on about it, but it doesn't make it any more true. See how that works?
just don't tell me its not biased.
Never said that. It's plenty biased (in many directions, no less), especially once you get down to an individual's level, but it is far from this giant liberal conspiracy that's been painted so vividly.
Honestly, you guys are about as moronic as the 9/11 truthers.
LOL, I have no idea who Eric Alterman is. Do you know who Richard Mellon Scaife is? He's much more germane to this discussion.
You could repaper half the White House using just the Obama covers from Time and Newsweek in 2008.
You say that like it means something. Hint: It doesn't. Two more things. If these claims of liberal media here on slashdot were backed up by any kind of evidence, I'd be more courteous, but it's just the same old fucking gut check.
Second, the media, for whatever liberalism it possessed when the term start gaining currency so many decades ago, is a lot less liberal now. See, it doesn't matterif you're right or wrong. I just know you're backing yourself into the irrelevancy corner.
So, to recap: "liberal media" was a bogeyman created almost whole cloth from billionaire money and incipient prejudice, and whatever actual value the term used to contain is even more meaningless in this internet age.
But keep bleating. Nothing important going on these days anyway, so you'll be OK.
It's the same media who's played down the tax scandals that have plagued Obama's picks and who have been spinning Obama's blatantly partisan politics as being "the GOP's fault."
Look, I know it's the summer of '94 all over again for conservatives, and your juices are flowing with insurgent glee, but the "liberal media" myth has been pretty thoroughly debunked and is, in fact, as old as the nostalgia you're currently experiencing.
Oabama's got enough real deficiencies and faults that we don't need to be wasting time making shit up. Thanks for playing! Sign in next time.
precious, my little cupcake!
You guys should not be joking about this. Deleting painful memories is an incredibly dangerous thing, as I can tell you from experience, and in the long run it will only make things worse than they were before. The reason why it's so dangerous is because... ah hell, I can't remember. But anyway, I'm pretty sure it's a bad idea.
Yeah, it's called liver damage.
Mod parent up. My camera USB cable works great on my wife's nokia and the latest Motorola phones. Not only did I not need to buy a cable, I reused it for two new applications!
Take one banker, tie rope to neck, swing. Prod occassionally.
Damn hippie. Here's how you do it:
-Take one banker, string him by his feet.
-Charge the local kids a buck or two for a few swings.
-Replace with fresh bankers as old ones get too messy.
-Profit!
Bonus points if you spend your time lecturing same bankers on how you're repackaging worthless assets (bankers) and selling them on to clueless investors (the kids).
unless there is loads of mice
Not a problem. Lizards, roaches and birds, too. But then again, I'm not int he 'burbs.
and the cat has all the time in the world.
So, I take it you've never owned a cat then?
Interest is much different from killing, though.
;P
Tch, such a noob. This is why I ever so slightly underfeed all my pets. I like 'em lean and sprightly anyway, and with the cats, it keeps 'em on the prowl. I don't think I've owned a cat with less than 100 confirmed kills
Not all cats are good mousers, however. It really helps to have one who was properly taught by their mama-cat how to do it.
Say what? I'll agree that some cats are better hunters than others, but I've yet to meet a non-grossly overweight cat that doesn't show immediate interest in anything smaller than it scurrying about. Seriously, stick any cat in a building where all kinds of interesting sounds and smells are going on, and they are good to go.