NPR, PBS and Stephen Colbert: major losses for the Left this week (Dem community)

[Magical Realist]

You don't know if it's balanced unless it's transparent. So is wanting what you claim to want whining? @_@

Wrong. Being transparent that your reporting is biased isn't balanced. It's just admitting it's biased. Balanced journalism otoh is presenting both sides on an issue while maintaining neutrality on it. Study up on journalism sometime. You really might learn something.

[Syne]

You're delusional if you think any mainstream journalism is unbiased. Just because they don't admit it doesn't mean they are unbiased.
But you are very gullible.

[Magical Realist]

You're delusional if you think any mainstream journalism is unbiased. Just because they don't admit it doesn't mean they are unbiased.

That's what mainstream means moron. The normal conventional ideas and values of our society and culture. Bipartisan values like freedom and justice and individualism and objective truthful reporting. There's no reason for bias when you represent the average majority views of your society. Bias is a product of extremism, either rightwing or leftist. Like Fox and MSNBC.

''main·stream''
/ˈmānˌstrēm/
noun
"the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as normal or conventional; the dominant trend in opinion, fashion, or the arts."

You're just a conspiracy theory nutjob who sees leftist deceivers behind everything because you're so to the right. And like I've said, that's almost a cultist mentality--- the New World Order and pedophile cartels and George Sorros and shit. You might as well move into an armed compound at this point. Trump will be history in 3 and a half years anyway. If he even makes it till then. I'm pretty sure you will have lost all hope for a political solution by then.

[Syne]

Like I said, you're delusional.
"Mainstream media" is misnomer, because many studies have shown the political bias in all "mainstream" media newsrooms.

[Magical Realist]

Like I said, you're delusional.
"Mainstream media" is  misnomer, because many studies have shown the political bias in all "mainstream" media newsrooms.

Then don't use words you think are misnomers idiot...

[Syne]

You knew exactly what I meant by that word. Too bad you were just ignorant of the reality.

[Magical Realist]

I know what the word means. You evidently don't.

[Syne]

Well, since you're so ignorant of newsroom bias, let's make sure you actually do know.

Mainstream media (MSM) is a term used to refer collectively to the various large mass news media that influence many people and both reflect and shape prevailing currents of thought.
...
The term is often used for large news conglomerates, including newspapers and broadcast media, that underwent successive mergers in many countries. The concentration of media ownership has raised concerns of a homogenization of viewpoints presented to news consumers. Consequently, the term mainstream media has been used in conversation and the blogosphere, sometimes in oppositional, pejorative or dismissive senses, in discussion of the mass media and media bias.
- wiki

MSM is often used interchangeably with "legacy media," but the latter has connotations of "old" or "traditional" media that is not online. But if the literal definition of "mainstream" trips you up so much, because you're unaware of its current use (or you're just being needlessly pedantic), I'm happy to use "legacy media" as detailed here:

“Mainstream Media” referred to major newspapers, TV networks, and radio stations that dominated public discourse. These institutions were seen as the primary sources of news and information, trusted by the majority. However, as digital platforms, independent journalism, and social media grew, the authority of traditional outlets eroded. The term “Legacy Media” emerged to emphasize that these institutions are no longer the uncontested gatekeepers of information.

The internet disrupted the media’s centralized power. When news was limited to print and broadcast, large corporations controlled access to information. But with digital platforms, information became decentralized — anyone with a smartphone and internet connection could publish news, challenge narratives, and reach an audience. “Legacy Media” conveys that these old institutions are struggling to adapt in an era where public trust is shifting toward independent sources.

Over time, the public has become more skeptical of media narratives. “Mainstream Media” once implied broad public consensus and credibility, but the rise of alternative voices exposed biases in reporting. The term “Legacy Media” carries a critical undertone, implying these outlets cling to outdated models of influence, rely on establishment-approved narratives, and resist change. This shift coincides with fact that traditional media serves corporate, political, or ideological interests rather than objective journalism.
- https://seobrien.medium.com/people-have-...200c8abe3a

But I assume you knew I was talking about outlets like ABC, CBS, CNN, BBC, etc., right?
As you can see above, these are the old mainstream media that are now distrusted as not being objective journalism.


But you're so gullible, so you probably still trust them implicitly... blissfully unaware of even how the term "mainstream media" is used in an age where few trust corporate media.

[Magical Realist]

But I assume you knew I was talking about outlets like ABC, CBS, CNN, BBC, etc., right?
As you can see above, these are the old mainstream media that are now distrusted as not being objective journalism.

Yes..that is mainstream media as I already said as opposed to partisan newsources like MSNBC, Fox News, Breitbart, and many others since the 2000's. Only partisan viewers who want an echo chamber for their views watch those alt news sources. People who rely on "alternative facts". Most people still watch the mainstream media and rely on its objectivity. That's why they're called mainstream media, as in not representative of the fringe views of the right or left.

[Syne]

Like I said, you're delusional if you think legacy media is objective. But then you do believe the most preposterous things on nothing but people's word. So as long as the legacy media does literally tell you their bias, you'll keep being completely gullible.

You know, I keep assuming that you being on the internet means you don't completely live under a rock, but you constantly contradict that benefit of the doubt.