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[89Hen]

Only for liberals.

* And people with brain cells.

Therefore, liberals do not have brain cells. Gotcha.

[mainejeff]

You sound like your father or grandfather.....every young generation is always so disrespectful & lazy!

Here's something for ya.....time to cricize and older generation. Boomers as a generation are the absolute pits and have driven us off a cliff for the last 20 years.

Got news for you. Every young generation has been more disrespectful and lazy compared to the one before. Why do you think we're in this political mess?

Boomers have sucked the life out of this country. They had more of everything.....and they want to ensure that no one else ever has it as good as they did before they go to their grave.

[css75]

Got news for you. Every young generation has been more disrespectful and lazy compared to the one before. Why do you think we're in this political mess?

Boomers have sucked the life out of this country. They had more of everything.....and they want to ensure that no one else ever has it as good as they did before they go to their grave.

I am a boomer and regrettably have to agree. The greatest generation had one major flaw, they failed to teach their values to their children. Then the next generation got worse and it continues to go downhill.


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[89Hen]

Got news for you. Every young generation has been more disrespectful and lazy compared to the one before. Why do you think we're in this political mess?

Boomers have sucked the life out of this country. They had more of everything.....and they want to ensure that no one else ever has it as good as they did before they go to their grave.

So you agree. Glad we cleared that up. One topic done.

[Chizzang]

Boomers have sucked the life out of this country. They had more of everything.....and they want to ensure that no one else ever has it as good as they did before they go to their grave.

Each generation gets to decide how they will manage their government / community / culture
Firstly by voting en masse

Anything short of that and they are surrendering their power to those that will gladly take it from them

[AZGrizFan]

* And people with brain cells.

Therefore, liberals do not have brain cells. Gotcha.

Answer: The Null Set
Question: How many liberals are there with brain cells?

[Ibanez]

Fox News, MSNBC, they’re all the same


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Nope. Not all the same. I keep hearing this argument over and over and over again.... Sometimes something is just worse than everything else. Fox News fits that description to a T.

It is the same, you're just not being honest.


And I say this as someone that would rather sit in silence than listen/watch Fox News.

[GannonFan]

I don't see enough of MSNBC, but I would say CNN and Fox are the same, just diametrically opposed. And CNN was late to the game, any objectivity they had went out on Election night in 2016. I'm not sure Fox has ever been objective.

[Ibanez]

I don't see enough of MSNBC, but I would say CNN and Fox are the same, just diametrically opposed. And CNN was late to the game, any objectivity they had went out on Election night in 2016. I'm not sure Fox has ever been objective.

Fox has never been objective.

CNN, MSNBC, Fox all support an agenda and air programming that supports it. None of it is "fair and balanced"

[∞∞∞]

I don't see enough of MSNBC, but I would say CNN and Fox are the same, just diametrically opposed. And CNN was late to the game, any objectivity they had went out on Election night in 2016. I'm not sure Fox has ever been objective.

MSNBC has become the liberal version of Fox. CNN (US) tries to play off like they're neutral, but they're liberal and not fooling anyone. Of the TV networks, PBS/CSPAN/BBC are the most neutral.

[GannonFan]

ABC used to be my center of the road network, especially back in the days of the news anchor and with Peter Jennings. Once he died that model really went away (Dan Rather was never at that level for CBS and he went off the deep end and NBC rode Tom Brokaw into irrelevancy). ABC isn't terrible today, actually far better than CBS or NBC, but they're kinda boring and bland. At least PBS, although boring, has substance. Obviously the BBC is good - they have British accents so they're really smart.

[Ibanez]

ABC used to be my center of the road network, especially back in the days of the news anchor and with Peter Jennings. Once he died that model really went away (Dan Rather was never at that level for CBS and he went off the deep end and NBC rode Tom Brokaw into irrelevancy). ABC isn't terrible today, actually far better than CBS or NBC, but they're kinda boring and bland. At least PBS, although boring, has substance. Obviously the BBC is good - they have British accents so they're really smart.

Even PBS has a slight lean to the left, but they're pretty good about being honest and giving equal time to all sides. What I like about PBS is that it's localized. I like the local commentary and segments like Walter Edgar's journal ( a SC historian).

BBC is a favorite as is Reuters. I like the accents and how everything starts " This is the BBC."

[Grizalltheway]

ABC used to be my center of the road network, especially back in the days of the news anchor and with Peter Jennings. Once he died that model really went away (Dan Rather was never at that level for CBS and he went off the deep end and NBC rode Tom Brokaw into irrelevancy). ABC isn't terrible today, actually far better than CBS or NBC, but they're kinda boring and bland. At least PBS, although boring, has substance. Obviously the BBC is good - they have British accents so they're really smart.

Even PBS has a slight lean to the left, but they're pretty good about being honest and giving equal time to all sides. What I like about PBS is that it's localized. I like the local commentary and segments like Walter Edgar's journal ( a SC historian).

BBC is a favorite as is Reuters. I like the accents and how everything starts " This is the BBC."

You've always had an affinity for the BBC.

[89Hen]

Of the TV networks, PBS/CSPAN/BBC are the most neutral.

Hence why they have the lowest ratings.

[Ibanez]

Even PBS has a slight lean to the left, but they're pretty good about being honest and giving equal time to all sides. What I like about PBS is that it's localized. I like the local commentary and segments like Walter Edgar's journal ( a SC historian).

BBC is a favorite as is Reuters. I like the accents and how everything starts " This is the BBC."

You've always had an affinity for the BBC.

Be that as it may, sir...

[Winterborn]

They all have a slant (and some are in the process of sticking their heads up their ass). I like BBC as they do not seem to fall into the same biases as the U.S. based ones do (their slant is more pro EU that I have seen) and Reuters. PBS has slipped more then slightly left in their national show's over the years. They are just more polite about it, but it is still there. I rarely watch anything though, much prefer to read an article about it. Helps filter out the irrelevant details that seem to be in the on air stuff just to use up time.

[89Hen]

I can't believe how many of you like BBC.

[AZGrizFan]

I don't see enough of MSNBC, but I would say CNN and Fox are the same, just diametrically opposed. And CNN was late to the game, any objectivity they had went out on Election night in 2016. I'm not sure Fox has ever been objective.

I would say MSNBC & Fox are diametrically opposed, with CNN somewhere juuuust to the right of MSNBC and ABC, CBS, & NBC just to the right of CNN, but all still well left of center.

[AZGrizFan]

Nope. Not all the same. I keep hearing this argument over and over and over again.... Sometimes something is just worse than everything else. Fox News fits that description to a T.

It is the same, you're just not being honest.


And I say this as someone that would rather sit in silence than listen/watch Fox News.

[89Hen]

I don't see enough of MSNBC, but I would say CNN and Fox are the same, just diametrically opposed. And CNN was late to the game, any objectivity they had went out on Election night in 2016. I'm not sure Fox has ever been objective.

I would say MSNBC & Fox are diametrically opposed, with CNN somewhere juuuust to the right of MSNBC and ABC, CBS, & NBC just to the right of CNN, but all still well left of center.

[89Hen]

I do not like national news, period. I watch local news and Maryland Farm and Harvest Report.

I can't stand the new ABC news format. Big stretch with no commercials, then 30 seconds of news sandwiched between 4 minutes of commercials at the end... when the have the stories you actually want to see.

[CID1990]

I listen to C-SPAN in the morning and conservatives regularly call in yelling that they're biased because they don't use Breitbart as a news a source. Breitbart.

I listen to CSpan and have never heard this.


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I'm a CSPAN nerd and was thinking the same thing

I'm sure somebody must have YouTubed it

maybe someone will link to this conservative Breitbart brigade that regularly calls in to CSPAN


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[CID1990]

ABC used to be my center of the road network, especially back in the days of the news anchor and with Peter Jennings. Once he died that model really went away (Dan Rather was never at that level for CBS and he went off the deep end and NBC rode Tom Brokaw into irrelevancy). ABC isn't terrible today, actually far better than CBS or NBC, but they're kinda boring and bland. At least PBS, although boring, has substance. Obviously the BBC is good - they have British accents so they're really smart.

Even PBS has a slight lean to the left, but they're pretty good about being honest and giving equal time to all sides. What I like about PBS is that it's localized. I like the local commentary and segments like Walter Edgar's journal ( a SC historian).

BBC is a favorite as is Reuters. I like the accents and how everything starts " This is the BBC."

Yeah they did everything they could to get James Earl Jones to do the voiceover


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[JohnStOnge]

I had no idea that Puerto Rico's governor was this kind of guy:

https://www.fastcompany.com/40568440/pu ... ip-lessons

Ricardo Rosselló was not supposed to be in politics. He was a mathlete and a tennis player and loved problem solving, a combination of interests and innate talent that helped him earn a spot at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. There he studied bioengineering and neuroscience (and was captain of the varsity tennis team), going on to earn a doctorate in biomedical engineering from the University of Michigan and completed postgraduate work in stem cell research at Duke University. He then cofounded a company called Beijing Prosperous Biopharm that developed drugs to fight cancer, neurodegeneration problems, diabetes, and HIV.

Good luck to Trump trying to argue with him about mortality estimates.

[SeattleGriz]

Her genetic make-up and doctors' competence will have much more to do with her survival than prayers.

On a side note....I hate forced group-think. Fox News is the perfect example of what happens when you go down that rabbit hole.

Fox News, MSNBC, they’re all the same


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Been telling this story for years. Breitbart helped Arianna Huffington get the Post up and running. He was happy to do it. That tells you there Breitbart knew there's plenty of room for the opposite side to make some money.