You can't really deny the slant here. There is no good reason for this girl to get even a 5 second spot on CNN, let alone an actual segment about this unless they are trying to be anti republican.

4/19/2009 2:46:35 PM

i've really liked some of the things she has been saying and writing lately about the future direction of the party. it's not anti-republican, its a call to action.

4/19/2009 2:49:12 PM

what's the occasion?

4/19/2009 3:18:42 PM

Meghan got some big ass titties

[Edited on April 19, 2009 at 3:34 PM. Reason : .]

4/19/2009 3:33:55 PM

yeah thats the only reason i care for this chick

4/19/2009 4:57:53 PM

this is some terrorist fist bump shit

4/19/2009 5:10:58 PM

Is she drinking a beer in that pic?

4/19/2009 6:45:11 PM

she needs to be topless

4/19/2009 6:48:23 PM

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"i've really liked some of the things she has been saying and writing lately about the future direction of the party. it's not anti-republican, its a call to action."

Yeah, you can find millions of American's across the country saying the same shit. She is a 24 yr old art history grad, what about that makes her any sort of an authority? CNN said "oh look, McCains daughter is talking anti neo-con type stuff, umm, this should be juicy and something our left leaning viewers would love, lets go with this.

4/19/2009 7:27:47 PM

there aren't a lot of people who are getting any play in the press that the party should be more inclusive to stay true to conservative ideals

4/19/2009 8:06:17 PM

?steve schmidt? (the old mccain campaign guy) had a big speech about how the republican party should be more accepting of gay marriage, etc. i'll see if i can find that speech. . .

here it is:

http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/04/steve_schmidts_speech_the_full_text.php

excerpts:

Quote :

"To state the obvious: the Republican Party needs to grow. A review of the exit polls and current demographic trends in the United States should make it clear to all but the most determined optimist that our coalition is shrinking, and losing ground with segments of the population that are growing. Whether it's with suburban voters, working class voters, college educated voters, Hispanics or left handed Albanian psychics, the percentage voting Republican has declined. Perhaps, the most alarming of these various and generally worrying results of the last election is the huge margin by which we lost voters under 30. "

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"The institution of marriage is the foundation of society and alterations to its definitions shouldn't be lightly undertaken. It has always been defined as the legal union of a man and a woman, and it's understandable that many Americans are apprehensive about making a definitional change to so profoundly an important institution. But it is a tradition, not a creed, or, at least, not a national creed. It is not how we define ourselves as Americans. And while we shouldn't carelessly dismiss the importance of enduring traditions, we should understand that traditions do change over time in every society. And as long as those changes do not conflict with the tenets of our national creed then they can, and inevitably will, be modified by a society that has come to view them as inequitable. "

[Edited on April 19, 2009 at 8:15 PM. Reason : .]

4/19/2009 8:09:36 PM

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" She is a 24 yr old art history grad, what about that makes her any sort of an authority? CNN said "oh look, McCains daughter is talking anti neo-con type stuff, umm, this should be juicy and something our left leaning viewers would love, lets go with this."

-Photogenic
-Related to a major-party presidential candidate who until very recently the media had a love affair with
-Selling a narrative the media wants to hear.

Yeah, that pretty much sums up why we've even heard of her.

4/19/2009 8:10:41 PM

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"Photogenic"

Whoa whoa whoa...she's no Terry Gross but lets not get carried away here.

4/19/2009 8:53:08 PM

oh come on - she's not going to win Miss America anytime soon, but she is blonde, buxom and fair-skinned. That's enough to be featured on cable news

4/19/2009 9:27:24 PM

So she's blonde, knows little about politics but remains a cheerleader for the republicans none-the-less? Well hell, she'd fit right in over at Faux News.

4/19/2009 9:54:17 PM

"hey guys i'm a trendy liberal college student that likes to make fun of fox news with tired cliches. I'm not sure why I hate fox news, but all my friends do, and thats good enough for me. does anyone have any che guevera shirts I could borrow? i'm going to an anti-globalism protest next week. i'm not sure what globalism is, but there's sure to be some hot chicks there i'd like to meet."

4/19/2009 11:03:20 PM

well, i, for one, have been watching Fox News all week, since it's on constantly at my grandmother's house. I can confirm the cliches are true.....

the morning show is the worst.
2 minutes of fear mongering, 1 minute of christians being persecuted, 3 minutes of how Obama is destroying america, another minute of fear mongering, 2 minutes of this damn PC culture we're in, etc.

4/19/2009 11:08:59 PM

4/20/2009 12:11:00 AM

i'd say a lot of fox is on par with the daily show

4/20/2009 12:13:51 AM

which seems to be a staple source of news for the "faux news" crowd, so what's the big deal.

4/20/2009 12:16:00 AM

Because The Daily Show's byline is "the most trusted name in fake news", and Fox News says "fair and balanced"

4/20/2009 12:19:55 AM

well you know, if one crowd gets their news from a fake news source and the other people get their news from another source which has about the same quality reporting...... does either side really have anything to say to the other? no. I'm eating poop from a bag that is labeled poop but I laff at you for eating poop from a bag that says pretzels. Oh wait, we're both eating poop

besides, fox news can always just fall back on the NYT excuse: "you're confusing the editorials with the reporting <whine whine whine>"

[Edited on April 20, 2009 at 12:28 AM. Reason : s]

4/20/2009 12:21:49 AM

i think all television media does a horrible job differentiating between news and commentary

4/20/2009 12:25:07 AM

sunday tv is the only decent day to watch the news

4/20/2009 12:37:59 AM

RIP TV NEWS

4/20/2009 12:39:46 AM

^^ unless you can stand to sit through an hour of PBS a day

4/20/2009 12:49:51 AM

Robin Meade gives me all the information I need in the morning. Granted, what she is conveying to me may not always be news but I definitely understand what her body is saying.

4/20/2009 12:52:25 AM

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"well you know, if one crowd gets their news from a fake news source and the other people get their news from another source which has about the same quality reporting......"

The difference is nobody is pretending the Daily Show is a good source to get your news from. It's intentionally there for the lulz. Fox News treats itself like SERIOUS BUSINESS.

4/20/2009 1:55:11 AM

^^^i wish but thats one of the dtv stations thats all choppy

4/20/2009 1:56:42 AM

^^

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"I'm eating poop from a bag that is labeled poop but I laff at you for eating poop from a bag that says pretzels. Oh wait, we're both eating poop"

Whatever helps you sleep at night...

4/20/2009 8:03:01 AM

Wait..is that...is that Matthew the Cryer trolling again that I see?

4/20/2009 8:52:04 AM

4/20/2009 10:22:52 AM

4/20/2009 11:02:55 AM

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"Fox News treats itself like SERIOUS BUSINESS."

As they should. Their hard news programs are pretty standard to the other networks. Are they more right than other networks? Probably. But to be honest, how could you not be more right than MSNBC, NBC, ABC, and to a lesser extent, CNN.

On a personal note, I lost all hope for MSNBC when I was watching Obama's Inaguration. MSNBC had on air commentators crying and crediting their network for getting him elected. Fox had people telling others what a historical landmark this was for civil rights.

4/20/2009 11:48:31 AM

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"But to be honest, how could you not be more right than MSNBC, NBC, ABC, and to a lesser extent, CNN."

You could start by being factual.

4/20/2009 11:53:14 AM

^^also have you seen what an actual leftist news cast looks like? did you see our newscasts in the runup to the iraq war? our newscasts may not exactly be conservative in their bent, but they're not really liberal either. they're corporatist and sensationalist. every single one of them.

4/20/2009 11:59:22 AM

^^^
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/434/foxnews152b.jpg
too big to in-line

[Edited on April 20, 2009 at 12:19 PM. Reason : ]

4/20/2009 12:19:15 PM

OMG!!!! CNN IS HIRING A PERSON WITH ZERO QUALIFICATIONS TO COMMENT ON POLITICAL AFFAIRS!!!???

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT CABLE NEWS NETWORKS SHOULD ONLY HIRE FORMER SPORTSCASTERS LIKE KEITH OLBERMAN TO COMMENT ON POLITICS!!!!!

Listen, if you want informed opinions on new matters you can find it. On TV there is "This Week" (where Paul Krugman is routinely called in to lay major pwnage on the entire panel) or Meet the Press (yes it is still good, even if Gregory isn't Russert). If you can't find time to watch these shows there is The Economist.

If want loud-mouths/celebreties/comedians/sportscasters opining on current events, well you can find that too. Welcome to America, friend. Where people are allowed to have diff tastes.

4/20/2009 12:20:27 PM

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
http://www.charlierose.com/
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/

4/20/2009 12:29:56 PM

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"As they should. Their hard news programs are pretty standard to the other networks. Are they more right than other networks? Probably. But to be honest, how could you not be more right than MSNBC, NBC, ABC, and to a lesser extent, CNN."

A good place to start is by putting Roger Ailes in charge of a News Corp property.

4/20/2009 12:56:46 PM

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"Quote : "But to be honest, how could you not be more right than MSNBC, NBC, ABC, and to a lesser extent, CNN." You could start by being factual."

So I say Fox News is more right than these networks, and you disagree with me? I'd argue that compared to Middle America, these networks are much further to the left than Fox is to the right.

Moron, for every collage you post of Fox News Bias, I could post one of any other network or major newspaper (BTW, that collage is more focused around commentary pieces than Hard News shows). The fact is simple: All of these shows are going to make mistakes at some point. You should expect that. But focusing on a single networks errors while ignoring the others is ridiculous and downright deceitful. Yet, you guys seem to fall for it everytime.

I'd also like to point out that you should consider who is fanning the "fox news is bias flames". Remember the big uproar a few months ago when an anonymous source said O'reilly was given talking points by the Bush Admin to use on air.....I believe a certain network in my list above perpetuated that rumor without a shred of evidence. I actually had a guy at work reference this last week as being a fact because he had heard it on the Daily Show. I was like

4/20/2009 1:31:20 PM

^^^^^^^^^

4/20/2009 1:33:04 PM

"Fair and Balanced"

People on MSNBC who have regular shows/almost daily appearances who are on the right: Pat Buchanan, Joe Scarborough

People on Fox who have regular shows/almost daily appearances who are on the left: Alan Colmes

Seriously, if you want news you're better off on the internet. If you want tv news, follow the lead of the guy who has this in his gallery:

4/20/2009 1:49:18 PM

^^^ is Fox New's commentary meaningless? I'm pretty sure when people talk about Fox News' ratings, their commentary shows are included. Not to mention it's the most high-profile part of their network.

And is there any left-wing commentary show that's as far left as Fox's commentary is right? Even Bill Maher, if you've ever seen his show, always gives the righties he has on room to speak, not to mention that there isn't really a lot of the shouting and anger that you see on Fox.

Socks`` is right though, in that all of the cable news network are pretty much terrible, and people can choose really terrible Fox over terrible CNN if they want to. But there's no sense in pretending that Fox News doesn't go to great lengths to twist what they can.

4/20/2009 2:46:19 PM

i'd hit it.

4/20/2009 2:48:03 PM

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"And is there any left-wing commentary show that's as far left as Fox's commentary is right? Even Bill Maher, if you've ever seen his show, always gives the righties he has on room to speak, not to mention that there isn't really a lot of the shouting and anger that you see on Fox."

i would say olbermann and maddow are pretty far left. but at least maddow is respectful of her guests regardless of their political persuasion.

4/20/2009 2:49:35 PM

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"Even Bill Maher, if you've ever seen his show, always gives the righties he has on room to speak"

yeah, speaking of Bill Maher - he's been very critical of Obama for the past several months, reminding his audience to defend the ideas, not the people.

4/20/2009 2:54:10 PM

^ i only recently got HBO, and for as crazy as maher is portrayed as being, i've actually been very impressed with how relatively even he is (except when it comes to religion).

One strange thing I've noticed though is that the righties on his show will say very middle-of-the-road things, then the next day when Fox is interviewing them, they're back to the batshit insane far-right rhetoric again. That on conservative magazine editor being the clearest example in my memory.

[Edited on April 20, 2009 at 3:00 PM. Reason : ]

4/20/2009 2:59:07 PM

Basically for me it just comes down to respect. Fox News does not seem to respect the other side of issues calling names, insinuating things that are not true and bullshit like that.

I would really like to see a collage of MSNBC and the crazy/stupid left stuff they say, I have a feeling it would be mainly rants about their competitor, Fox News.

4/20/2009 2:59:11 PM

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"hey guys i'm a trendy liberal college student that likes to make fun of fox news with tired cliches. I'm not sure why I hate fox news, but all my friends do, and thats good enough for me."

Fox News daily memos from the top instructing them to be more conservative:


A straw poll ends with 0 for McCain, all for Obama, and the fox reporter calls it split & obviously a battleground area as the people in the room laugh at him for it.


Fox implying Barack Hussein Obama is muslim until CNN called them on reporting a false story.


Not the only time they have messed up on party labels when it helps their cause.


[Edited on April 20, 2009 at 4:46 PM. Reason : Not that I'm defending MSNBC for being left of center, but fox takes the cake]

4/20/2009 4:36:28 PM