{"id":3955,"date":"2011-01-06T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/01\/because-msnbc-is-not-a-liberal-network.html"},"modified":"2011-01-06T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T13:03:00","slug":"because-msnbc-is-not-a-liberal-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/01\/because-msnbc-is-not-a-liberal-network.html","title":{"rendered":"Because MSNBC is not a liberal network"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/01\/06\/ed-schultz-calls-republic_n_805142.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Don\u2019t ya know.<\/a>\u00a0 I know, most thinking people realize that MSNBC, like all media outlets, has its share of bias.\u00a0 In fact, I can\u2019t think of an outlet that has more flagrant bias than MSNBC.\u00a0 Compared to MSNBC, FOX News comes off as fair and balanced.\u00a0 Once a mere cable news network, for the\u00a0love of ratings MSNBC turned into the farce it\u2019s become.\u00a0 A ham-fisted liberal propaganda machine that reduces the level of discourse to levels even talk radio would be hard pressed to achieve.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure most anyone reading this will agree.\u00a0 But it\u2019s for all those on the Huffpost and other liberal venues who insist that MSNBC is pure Truth (TM), and that its credibility and dignity are unmatched in the world of modern media.\u00a0 Don\u2019t believe me?\u00a0 Go read the comments on any Huffpost story about MSNBC.\u00a0 Yeah, we\u2019re that enlightened and smart these days.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t ya know.\u00a0 I know, most thinking people realize that MSNBC, like all media outlets, has its share of bias.\u00a0 In fact, I can\u2019t think of an outlet that has more flagrant bias than MSNBC.\u00a0 Compared to MSNBC, FOX News comes off as fair and balanced.\u00a0 Once a mere cable news network, for the\u00a0love of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Because MSNBC is not a liberal network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Don&#039;t ya know.&nbsp; 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