I can not believe that they would put Storms on is beyond me. It was a story about Sgt. Harrison. She was like one of those country people that the news stations put on to convey the situation on which they are reporting. She sounded ignorant! Outrageous!

It's Fox News what do you expect? They specialize in ignorant and outrageous...O'Reilly is the host of the show.

</Shakes head> That line from classic SNL seems to come to mind, "Jane....you ignorant slut."

Go figure. Both Storms and O'Reilly are ignorant idiots.

Goes to show how corrupt and politically biased our news media is...

And CNN is not?

^Nope... Only Fox is biased against reality itself. Well that and other infotainment, like The Daily Show and Colbert Report... You have to take it all with a grain of salt.

And CNN is not?

I'm making a point that MOST of the US media is politically biased. FOX is very conservative (plus what Jason said), and CNN is very liberal. Another example is our two newspapers, S.P. Times is liberal while Tampa Tribune is conservative. I could also go on to say that WTVT is conservative (more than likely b/c of FOX affiliation) and Bay News 9 is liberal (b/c of the S.P. Times) but that may not be all true.

Actually, I think CNN is fairly conservative. Just look at their tv shows... You have Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, etc...not exactly liberal.

CNN is definitely NOT liberal... People who present that as if it's a fact either don't know what they are talking about, or choose to ignore reality because it doesn't fit their personal political agenda.

Okay, so CNN may not be that far biased. But my point is that the network is biased. Lou Dobbs is definitely NOT that biased first off, maybe a bit leanient towards the conservative side but nowhere near liberal. He's one of the only faces I like on CNN because he "tells it like it is" most of the time. Anderson Cooper tries to get people honest too...that's why I like his program as well. Glenn Beck, I laugh at what he says most of the time. Really, some of the things he says makes me laugh. It's his "unique" perspective on things...

Now Nancy Grace...I don't like her attitude...period. I could'nt help but watch her rant continously about that guy who shot the Hillsborough Co. deputy. Sad story...and yet Nancy throws whatever she wants at it to make it look "sensational".

FOX's Bill O'Reilly. I've disliked him since day one. I don't like his attitude, views, or anything he says. Which is why it angers me that he'd put that witch, Rhonda Storms on his show in the first place.

CNN is not even that biased as a network. Trust me, I have a good friend that works in their Atlanta offices/studios and having taken the private behind the scenes there is nothing truly "liberal" about the organization on any level other than production creativity. The epithets like "Communist News Network" are just propaganda that people like to throw around because it sounds funny. Just as NPR is often attacked, when they are actually quite dry and middle road.

Yeah, NPR always tries to remain neutral. It makes sense...its Public Funded Radio.

Guys, you are missing the true point..... If you think anyone is not biased you are fooling yourselves.

There is a difference between journalists and someone hired for their comments or commentary ideas.

Glenn Beck is not a Journalist. He is a Conservative commentator. He has never pretended to be otherwise. Not that it matters but he is not on the main CNN, he is on Headline News. If you do or don't like him, he is not trying to hide his views.

Hannity is not a journalist, Limbaugh is not a journalist. They do not hide their bias. They are Conservatives and are proud to tell you.

For example: MSNBC has Chris Matthews who is very liberal. Nothing wrong with being liberal but they try to pretend they are un-biased when they are liberal. Why are people afraid to say they are liberal?

You are out of your mind if you believe that FOX is the only biased news source. As far as news sources = ABC, NBC and CBS are all liberal view points. Katy Couric for Xst sake and Dan Rather's false documents are proof of that. The documents that were to be from the 70's were printed on a digital printer (didn't exist at the time) and he still swears they are real. If that isn't news hiding an agenda I don't know what is.... They are pretending to be unbiased when they obviously are biased. NO doubt about it. No person in there right mind can deny that.

Added: I could care less if you are Conservative or Liberal...but please don't try and pretend you aren't what you are when your views are obvious.

Any doubts about: ABC, NBC and CBS which are the major news outlets in the US?

You know who I respect the most?...Dennis Kucinich. Why? Well, I can't stand his political views but I completely respect the fact that he has never changed his views or opinions based on the latest poll. He is damn liberal and not afraid to state that fact. Unlike every other candidtate running for president.

My point here Cwat, is that most media outlets in the US have some degree or another of bias. Whether it is the network itself or the on-air personalities they employ. Yes, I see your own stance on the issue and I rather do agree with it. But this is my view...

I could care less about NBC, for I almost never watch NBC news. I rarely watch MSNBC also, unless Chris Matthews or Keith Olberman have something interesting to say. Of course its stupid that they try to hide their bias. I'm fed up with Katie Couric, I think CBS should toss her out of the evening news circuit and get someone who isn't used to morning chit-chat. I believe Katie does allright with 60 minutes, I've never really had a problem with that. But the flagship evening newscast, you've got to be kidding!

Glenn Beck never tries hides anything either. Though I have to laugh at some of the things he says during his show. I just find it funny sometimes.

Even the local stations and newspapers (that I mentioned earlier) have some degree of political bias. Its not just the national outlets folks. We've got bias right here at home. Many people here probably already know how liberal the St. Pete Times commentaries and some of their stories are. And conservative the Tampa Tribune is in their views. The local broadcast stations are probably not as biased as some of the personalities at the national level, but I suspect they all have some degree of bias. Even Bay News 9, which for the last couple years I thought was relatively neutral, is swaying a bit to the liberal side because of their ties to the St. Pete Times.

NPR, Newshour on PBS, etc in my view, has to remain neutral. No matter what. People aren't going to donate their $$$ for the same political bias crap that is seen on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and CNN. Plain and simple. If the public funded radio and TV newscasts become jumbled in that mess, and people start noticing, chances are...they won't donate to these entities anymore.

Fox News should just stop using the slogan "Fair and Balanced".

NPR should stop using National as if they were not biased. They fall all over themselves finding ways to criticize any replublican officeholder while having a love affair with any democrat...donors notwithstanding. I say pull their public funding.

^ There is a lot to criticize on the Republican side. Has Bush done anything right? Of course, the Democrats aren't that much better either.

Neither party is doing anything for the American people anymore. All they care about is reelection, appeasing the special interest groups and the filthy rich, and their own little pet projects.

FOX is not "fair and balanced". Not one bit. And the other media outlets are just as bad. So there...

Neither party is doing anything for the American people anymore. All they care about is reelection...

I'll agree with that. Inauguration only means the start of the next campaign season. They seem to have left out the governing part.

Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer FTW!