Friday, September 21, 2012

Media Bias, CNN. and Mitt Romney

I watch CNN often for US and presidential campaign news. I also watch BBC, Sky News, and French, Swiss and Italian TV, plus British, French and Swiss radio. It gives me a pretty good notion of who thinks what about whom. My pretty good notion right now is that the Americans (some reporters on CNN, to be exact) are so biased against Mitt Romney that it is impossible to get an unbiased review of any campaign event or statistic when they are on the air. And the "reporter" who does the best job of smearing Romney is Piers Morgan. If there are still enforced equal time laws in the US that give candidates the right to equal access and time on television before elections, then Romney should get at least 24 hours of uninterrupted TV access to counter Piers Morgan's continual anti-Romney commentary. His questions include "is there still any chance for him..." and "he started so well...but it is now impossible..." Morgan adds to this the ability ro give pro-Obama guests unchallenged time to praise Obama, while Romney supporters are cut off and finally ushered off summarily. Morgan is not alone in his bias. Soledad comes to mind, but CNN seems to have taken her off the political beat after her outrageous frontal attacks on conservative speakers. And Morgan's program, staged as an interview, makes it especially easy for him to choose his places to make his anti-Romney points as part of a "staged" conversation. I can only guess that Piers Morgan's ratings make it unlikely that CNN will sideline him. And, when he interviews non-political celebrities and experts, he often provides an interesting hour. What CNN could do is put political guests off-limits for Piers Morgan until after the election. At least this would take away one of Romney's most out-spoken and uncensored, as well as uncontrolled, opponents -- one, dear readers, whose pockets are as deep - because of CNN's powerful presence and reach - as those of any super PAC, which are regulated and have to file financial reports, while neither Piers Morgan nor CNN do.

2 comments:

  1. Living in the good old US of A. I have become numb to the total bias and stupidity of the main stream press - TV, Radio, Newspapers,or Magazines.

    The ONLY broadcast news I watch if Fox News Channel and I have found myself become jaded over their protocol of reporting on a fair and balanced approach. If I wanted fair and balanced I'd watch local; news coverage and read the LA Times (which I haven't in 10-12 years.

    I don't want entertained by my news reporter. I don't want their (or some back stage writer whose work shows up on the teleprompter) opinion or their interruption of of a story. I can figure out what is fact or fiction, true or false, valid or invalid, important or irrelevant garbage.

    So called reporters have a "God" syndrome about themselves. Their perfect fitting suits, dresses, not a hair out of place, make up that covers their wrinkles - It's all false.

    Let me see the report as filed by a reporter that if under fire with a military unit that he is embedded with. That's news reporting clear, concise, and to the point.

    "Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government". - Thomas Jefferson

    Thank You Casey Pops for another good article

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  2. Keep right on Piers Morgan's heels.

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