Meathead Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 MSNBC seems completely nutty to me. Fox on the other hand (aside from Hannity who I can't stand) seems to have its share of honest debaters while Matthews, O'Donnell and Hayes are just so full of **** it's maddening to watch. O'Reilly, even when he has a point is annoying. well it depends on who you are talking about, where they are at that particular time in their political views, and how their show is doing for example, chris matthews used to be a lot better at covering the spectrum but its clear he has become more and more liberal as time has gone on. but he still has more conservative guests than just about anybody else on that network and to me hasnt jumped the shark like so often happens with that genre. olbermann was really good when he first started but he deteriorated badly as time went on, to the point that i couldnt even watch him anymore and was glad to see him go. same thing with oreilly, who i used to watch regularly but he turned into the same kind of annoying blowhard. maddow started off great and hasnt quite gone off the cliff yet but im worried shes running out of topics and is starting to show those signs, too then there are the ones like hannity and schultz and odonnell that are pretty much just all bad. they are essentially shock jock attack dogs of political commentary and to me very rarely make any points of substance worth paying attention to. i dont think its any coincidence that style tends to be the most popular bc partisans cant get enough of their fresh meat, but it doesnt do the country muh good imo all i reallywant is intelligent debate that makes points worth considering. but thats not what generally sells well so the pressure is always on for those hosts to shift to less cerebral approaches, namely the jerry springer style B word slap fights, and homey just dont got no time for that crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
....lybob Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 But he didn't... New flash! college professors have biases like everyone else- News flash! some college professors are less tolerant of their biases being challenged than others some will even academically punish you for challenging their bias. In further new water still wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 What was the margin of victory? 51-49 % or something like that. Hardly humiliating. um mcfly, what was humiliating is that obama had no business winning that election. he was a poor president, i certainly didnt vote for him, and the country was clearly ready for someone else. but the gop trotted such a ridiculous parade of clown car candidates that there really was little choice but to retain him. i voted for huntsman bc he was the only non-crazy republican but he had no chance because, well, he wasnt insane or filthy rich. romney was the best of the cartoon character main candidates, but he was still so horribly flawed that he couldnt close what should have been an easy deal considering how ineffectively obama had governed it was indeed deeply humiliating to lose that election. it points to severe and obvious problems in the gop. and since it looks like hillary is going to run we will have twelve more years of democrats in the white house hopefully the gop can get their sh together by then, but i aint holding my breath. that is one seriously fubared party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 New flash! college professors have biases like everyone else- News flash! some college professors are less tolerant of their biases being challenged than others some will even academically punish you for challenging their bias. In further new water still wet. News Flash!!! Every teacher or professor with bias on politics in the classroom, should be fired on the spot, end of story.... After all, isn't that what we do if they teach or profess Christian thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 News Flash!!! Every teacher or professor with bias on politics in the classroom, should be fired on the spot, end of story.... After all, isn't that what we do if they teach or profess Christian thought? That would be wrong. They must teach Muslim thought because they're progressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfatbillsfan Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 http://www.wtov9.com...ed-colle/nWMxY/ I would be fine with it if she were to add CNN, MSNBC, and Huff Post to the list also. Otherwise it's an obvious slant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 This is where it could be fun though. Ok, no sourcing Fox News, so start using Breitbart, Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, etc. as sources just to screw with her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 What type of political science class is she teaching where she would even have to say this? Just give out an F if someone sources a stupid cable news article. And don't hold it against them on the off chance it is a solid article. Left or right leaning...it matters not. Only how deep it gets in terms of the issues it discusses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Come In Peace Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 They don't quite understand that bit. They think Hannity and O'Reilly are doing news (rather than commentary) because it fits their bias. :lol: News Flash!!! Every teacher or professor with bias on politics in the classroom, should be fired on the spot, end of story.... After all, isn't that what we do if they teach or profess Christian thought? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 :lol: :lol: Glad you found that funny, but I'm confused which part? The one that finds it funny that commentators are viewed as NEWS, or my own, where I disagree that college professors should be TELLING people WHAT to think, instead of how to think.. Go back to Uranus now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 News organizations are terrible sources anyways. Usually it should come from scientific journals with actual studies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 News organizations are terrible sources anyways. Usually it should come from scientific journals with actual studies. That would be difficult for a political science course. The media has to be utilized and restricting one source because you don't like it shows the professor's bias. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 (edited) That would be difficult for a political science course. The media has to be utilized and restricting one source because you don't like it shows the professor's bias. Meazza does have a good point however... As a poli sci major myself, many moons ago, it's tough to make an argument, without being able to quote current news, long before ant academic study could be published... HOWEVER!!!! I have never viewed politics as a science either.... more likely, uncontrollable chaos... the cause of the second law of thermodynamics???? Edited February 17, 2013 by Cinga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 the second law of thermodynamics???? all politics will eventually implode???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Come In Peace Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Glad you found that funny, but I'm confused which part? The one that finds it funny that commentators are viewed as NEWS, or my own, where I disagree that college professors should be TELLING people WHAT to think, instead of how to think.. Go back to Uranus now... Everything you post is hilarious. I thought it was intentional? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 News Flash!!! Every teacher or professor with bias on politics in the classroom, should be fired on the spot, end of story.... After all, isn't that what we do if they teach or profess Christian thought? I don't have a problem with a professor having, or even showing, bias as long as they admit where they're coming from. I have a teacher who openly tells us she's an "Old Testament Liberal". She tells us how she thinks things are and how they should be, but it's admittedly from a slanted position rather than being taught as simply the way it is. It leads to great open discussions with no fear of reprisal. It's the gutless, dickless, d-bag professors with their little commie beards and pointy noses who think their academic credentials somehow indemnify them from thinking wrongly and who let their arrogance and bias override any objective critical analysis of their own views, and who are too cowardly to admit to themselves or others who they are, that I really have a problem with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 There's just nothing so closed minded as a liberal minded professor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Come In Peace Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 There's just nothing so closed minded as a liberal minded professor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 (edited) Yeah the stuff fox puts out there is crap. They save the good info for employees. Like if you're a female staffer for O'Reilly he teaches you how to masturbate properly. http://www.mahalo.com/bill-oreilly-sexual-harassment-lawsuit/ Edited February 18, 2013 by Joe_the_6_pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Einstein was a smart man. He was a self proclaimed socialist. He believed that we needed to reverse the idea of individualism and replace it with a sense of community. ...but he added that in order to reach that Utopia, first you had to a create a planned economy that would enslave the people. It was a joke. he hated politics. He basically said that in order to cure the patient, we have to kill him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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