The Hill showing its political bias

[hislegacy]

10 Times The Hill's Twitter Account Badly Misled Readers

 

[hislegacy]

Hmmm.....

 

[TLK Valentine]

Awww....

 

[essentialsaltes]

The Hill is pretty scattershot, since they try to get early scoops, and I think they have contributors that are extreme on both sides, but overall it averages out to pretty centered. But yes, more flaky than reputable.

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

Is it irony to post a link to a politically right biased source complaining that another source is politically biased?

 

[Belk]

Is there a reason they are not supposed to have bias?

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

Is there a reason they are not supposed to have bias?

I think the expectation is for journalists and news sources to be somewhat neutral in their reporting. Just the facts. Reagan killed the fairness doctrine back in the 80's and the bias has been increasing ever since. It does feel like just about every news source takes a side as it were. Often times though any story that's reported that makes your political heroes look bad, no matter how factual, is seen as biased, lol.

 

[hislegacy]

2) A provocative headline: "Top GOP strategist: Republican tax bill is ‘build on a foundation of lies'."

The Hill‘s "top GOP strategist" referred to in the tweet below, however, is Steve Schmidt, an MSNBC political analyst who has spend the better part of five years ripping into Republicans and conservatives while giving the network's panels the appearance of balance.

From the link

 

[TLK Valentine]

2) A provocative headline: "Top GOP strategist: Republican tax bill is ‘build on a foundation of lies'."

The Hill‘s "top GOP strategist" referred to in the tweet below, however, is Steve Schmidt, an MSNBC political analyst who has spend the better part of five years ripping into Republicans and conservatives while giving the network's panels the appearance of balance.

After managing the campaigns of President Bush, Senator McCain, and Governor Schwarzenegger -- all GOP, all successful.

"Top GOP strategist" =/= "sniveling yes-man." You'll need to look into Donald's inner circle to find those.

 

[hislegacy]

I’m dealing with the topic, not deflection from it

 

[Albion]

10 Times The Hill's Twitter Account Badly Misled Readers

I do resent publications that deliberately mislead readers by through the careful use of ambiguous wording. Anyway, The Hill is known to be somewhat Left of Center, so there's nothing too shocking about the report that it has misled readers a number of times. Still, The Hill is bearable if you want to catch up on Washington developments from the perspective of old-fashioned, run of the mill, non-Antifa type liberals and you are aware of its slant. By contrast, the Huffington Post, Rolling Stone, and the like shouldn't even be considered news media.

 

[TLK Valentine]

I’m dealing with the topic, not deflection from it

Then deal with the topic, not ad homs. Steve Schmidt is indeed an experienced GOP strategist with decades of experience in successful GOP political campaigns.

 

[hislegacy]

"National Park gift shop sold wine from Trump winery," the Twitter headline reads, while the actual story headline read, "National park store sold Trump wine, says feds not involved."

 

[TLK Valentine]

"National Park gift shop sold wine from Trump winery," the Twitter headline reads, while the actual story headline read, "National park store sold Trump wine, says feds not involved."

Awww..... did the tweet not give enough information?

 

[AirPo]

I don't think I've ever seen a liberal poster link to The Hill.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

I don't think I've ever seen a liberal poster link to The Hill.

You're forgetting, the terms liberal and conservative have been drastically redefined over the last 2 years.

We're living in the age where people like McCain and Kasich are labelled as "RINOs", and anyone left of Dennis Prager and Rush Limbaugh on the spectrum is considered to have "liberal bias".

 

[TLK Valentine]

You're forgetting, the terms liberal and conservative have been drastically redefined over the last 2 years.

We're living in the age where people like McCain and Kasich are labelled as "RINOs", and anyone left of Dennis Prager and Rush Limbaugh on the spectrum is considered to have "liberal bias".

More recent than 2 years -- it seems that loyalty to Donald has become the main (if not the only) characteristic.