Quote Originally Posted by HardKor View Post
I have to say that FOX News is solidly and unabashedly on the right. I find it hard to believe that anyone can dispute that at this point. And MSNBC has positioned itself as an equal left counterpoint to FOX. CNN, in my opinion sits somewhere in the middle with a center-left position. I think CNN tries to be more centrist but I also think CNN wants to stake itself out as the more "internationalist" news channel (at least as "internationalist" as an American news network can be).
And I'll admit that I am an unapologetic liberal and I do not like FOX in any way and do tend to like MSNBC (although cable news in general, even if it does match my outlook is still a lot of talk and "horse-race" style commentary with very little depth so I like to look for more meaningful sources for news)

And you can say that the way news has split into ideological/partisan camps is unfortunate, but really, if you look at the history of American journalism its not a new thing. The entire concept of centrist, unbiased news coverage is really a product of the mid-20th century. (At least in America, I really don't know what the history of journalism is outside of the U.S.) Prior to then, news sources were unmistakably partisan. Newspapers were proud "organs" of one party or the other, and towed the party line. So I don't know if the partisan divide in modern American news is as bad as we might think. We've been brought up to believe that news should be unbiased and present both sides equally, but that's not what it used to be and I think we might just be reverting back to the way it used to be. I think the biggest thing is we can get our "news" from anywhere now and I don't think we've taught ourselves the necessary skills to judge what's real, if maybe biased, and what's truly bullshit.
Got to agree with most of this. I should do some digging about the history of journalism, maybe I'll hit the bookstore tomorrow.

I think the divide means less in this day and age. Consider how readily available information is now, we're given the opportunity to draw our own conclusions. It's a beautiful thing. It's just a shame that there isn't that one source, just one, that isn't leaning.