What's happening in the middle east?

[classicman]

Probably because the going well and that would be a political plus for the Reps and the media is too busy promoting Obama.

Just a thought.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by classicman

Probably because the going well and that would be a political plus for the Reps and the media is too busy promoting Obama.

It's not a liberal bias. It's a bias towards reporting the news. If there is no news coming out of the mid-east because there are no attacks, then they won't do a report on the mid-east. They will report on something else, like the stock market losing a lot again yesterday.

They don't read a list of all the places in the world where everything is just fine and there's no violence or strife, they focus on the places where there are problems. You know, news.

[regular.joe]

Originally Posted by glatt

It's not a liberal bias. It's a bias towards reporting the news. If there is no news coming out of the mid-east because there are no attacks, then they won't do a report on the mid-east. They will report on something else, like the stock market losing a lot again yesterday.

They don't read a list of all the places in the world where everything is just fine and there's no violence or strife, they focus on the places where there are problems. You know, news.

There is a clue buried in here about human nature, I just can't put my finger on it.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by glatt

It's not a liberal bias. It's a bias towards reporting the news. If there is no news coming out of the mid-east because there are no attacks, then they won't do a report on the mid-east. They will report on something else, like the stock market losing a lot again yesterday.

They don't read a list of all the places in the world where everything is just fine and there's no violence or strife, they focus on the places where there are problems. You know, news.

Sure it is a liberal bias. If there are no plethora of deaths and dying Americans or dying inocent civilians at the hads of Americans which they can use to bash the current administration or tie the events to McCain then it serves no purpose to report on anything. If there was no bias they would report on the positive progress, the change in attitudes, and the increasing responsibility of the elected government in Iraq taking increasing responsibility.

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Sure it is a liberal bias. If there are no plethora of deaths and dying Americans or dying inocent civilians at the hads of Americans which they can use to bash the current administration or tie the events to McCain then it serves no purpose to report on anything. If there was no bias they would report on the positive progress, the change in attitudes, and the increasing responsibility of the elected government in Iraq taking increasing responsibility.

Well, I suppose you'd know about bias. You have a raging case of conservative bias, yourself. Did you ever stop to think that there might be a big huge world out there, full of complexities and issues far beyond whatever you dreamed of in your little parochial philosophies?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by SamIam

Well, I suppose you'd know about bias. You have a raging case of conservative bias, yourself. Did you ever stop to think that there might be a big huge world out there, full of complexities and issues far beyond whatever you dreamed of in your little parochial philosophies?

Now that shit right there is funny as hell... I don't care who you are.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

If there was no bias they would report on the positive progress, the change in attitudes, and the increasing responsibility of the elected government in Iraq taking increasing responsibility.

The Washington Post a month or so ago did a big story on the reduction of deaths. It ran a big chart and everything.

Are they supposed to report every day that there are still no new deaths happening in Iraq?

[classicman]

Originally Posted by glatt

Are they supposed to report every day that there are still no new deaths happening in Iraq?

Absolutely! Why not? They, and many others reported daily that death toll, why not report ZERO deaths everyday too? Or the state of things or some pieces about what is going on. The lives of the people in Iraq? Improvements, progress... if any. Whatever is going on there. Then again maybe nothing is happening. I don't know, but I'd like to - and thats my point.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by classicman

Then again maybe nothing is happening. I don't know, but I'd like to - and thats my point.

I think even Michael Yon left Iraq because there is nothing going on to report.