Comments on: Master Class http://www.daveburris.com/master-class/ digital media | small business | delaware Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:57:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dave http://www.daveburris.com/master-class/comment-page-1/#comment-4447 Dave Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:36:36 +0000 http://www.daveburris.com/?p=2042#comment-4447 "For example, watch how Maddow routinely tears the holy hell out of Obama." Maddow ripping Obama from the left is different from Glenn Beck ripping the Republican establishment how exactly? Both networks have some quality news coverage and a lot of slanted analysis. Neither are 'legitimate' news sources. Anyone who justifies one over the other simply proves where they sit on the political spectrum. And by the way, critical reasoning skills should be what you employ any time you take in a news story. “For example, watch how Maddow routinely tears the holy hell out of Obama.”

Maddow ripping Obama from the left is different from Glenn Beck ripping the Republican establishment how exactly?

Both networks have some quality news coverage and a lot of slanted analysis. Neither are ‘legitimate’ news sources. Anyone who justifies one over the other simply proves where they sit on the political spectrum.

And by the way, critical reasoning skills should be what you employ any time you take in a news story.

]]> By: Jack http://www.daveburris.com/master-class/comment-page-1/#comment-4446 Jack Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:13:01 +0000 http://www.daveburris.com/?p=2042#comment-4446 MSNBC and Fox are not even in the same league of bias. MSNBC's flagship shows, Countdown and Maddow, are clearly "biased", to use your term. But MSNBC is not a pseudo-propaganda machine like Fox is. For example, watch how Maddow routinely tears the holy hell out of Obama. Fox News is one part propaganda and one part echo chamber; it's not a news source, and it's not a part of the media. That people continue to argue that Fox News is somehow justifiably a news source because MSNBC is biased is a keen sign that the speaker, and the nation, lacks critical reasoning skills. MSNBC and Fox are not even in the same league of bias. MSNBC’s flagship shows, Countdown and Maddow, are clearly “biased”, to use your term. But MSNBC is not a pseudo-propaganda machine like Fox is. For example, watch how Maddow routinely tears the holy hell out of Obama. Fox News is one part propaganda and one part echo chamber; it’s not a news source, and it’s not a part of the media. That people continue to argue that Fox News is somehow justifiably a news source because MSNBC is biased is a keen sign that the speaker, and the nation, lacks critical reasoning skills.

]]> By: Dave http://www.daveburris.com/master-class/comment-page-1/#comment-4444 Dave Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:56:00 +0000 http://www.daveburris.com/?p=2042#comment-4444 I don't want to put the President on too much of a pedestal, either, because his administration has been part of the problem. But he did a good job of explaining himself today, no doubt. I don't agree with most of his choices or tactics, but I bet he sounded very reasonable to the average American today. I don’t want to put the President on too much of a pedestal, either, because his administration has been part of the problem. But he did a good job of explaining himself today, no doubt. I don’t agree with most of his choices or tactics, but I bet he sounded very reasonable to the average American today.

]]> By: Kathy Sperl-Bell http://www.daveburris.com/master-class/comment-page-1/#comment-4443 Kathy Sperl-Bell Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:53:28 +0000 http://www.daveburris.com/?p=2042#comment-4443 I agree Dave and I only hope that airing this discussion publicly will cause all of them to watch it and understand how it looks to us. Any CEO can pick his/her own team, but the President is stuck with the House and Senate leadership he/she inherits. I agree Dave and I only hope that airing this discussion publicly will cause all of them to watch it and understand how it looks to us. Any CEO can pick his/her own team, but the President is stuck with the House and Senate leadership he/she inherits.

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