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Old 02-20-2017, 05:42 PM   #4554
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Originally Posted by AltaGuy View Post
I got lost at "CNN only passes along left wing facts". Sounds like someone may be searching for non-partisan facts. Like those alternative ones.


I kind of see what he's saying though. Different news outlet choose to put more or less (or even no) emphasis on different news stories. Golfing and security expenses are stories on CNN but not Fox. Fox covers the cheering crowd in Florida, others focus on the size of the crowd. Is one over-reporting or one under-reporting?

Leaving aside incorrect or misleading information, which I do think comes more often from the right, the choice of which facts to present and emphasize does follow a left right split. Facts are not left or right but can be used to support either viewpoint.

Having said that Trump is a very easy target for anyone not on the right, the news writes itself.
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