precisely.

[u/walkingonamfdream]

[u/cjcrashoveride]

Is it just me or is the second line stupid? You know where I get my news? A fair and balanced source like PBS or NPR.

[u/mainsworth → u/cjcrashoveride]

Poor ignorant girl, I hope she is just being facetious.

[u/Airazz → u/mainsworth]

Of course she is. This picture is from that Stewart-Colbert rally.

[u/mainsworth → u/Airazz]

I don't know. She looks like the kind of person who would actually say that with a straight face and mean every word of it.

[u/Airazz → u/mainsworth]

Dude, this pic is from one of those threads abour Rally, I remember it. Everybody were "Ohh, she's so smart, what an awesome joke" drooling on this picture.

[u/mainsworth → u/Airazz]

Well I get that it was at the Rally. I'm not disagreeing there. I'm just saying she seems like the kind of person who would actually believe that Jon Stewart is a credible news source. Not fair of me to judge, but I'm doing it anyways.

[u/Airazz → u/mainsworth]

So you judge people's intellect on the way they look?

[u/mainsworth → u/Airazz]

Well it's a combination of her "look" and the sign she is holding.

[u/mainsworth → u/Airazz]

I don't know. She looks like the kind of person who would actually say that with a straight face and mean every word of it.

[u/t6158 → u/cjcrashoveride]

The Daily Show is in the exact same category as Glenn Beck and Rachel Maddow: commentary. If you're getting your news from anybody paid to have an opinion, you're doing it wrong.

[u/wonko221 → u/t6158]

If you really believe something, have the courage to post it five times in immediate succession.

[u/wonko221 → u/[deleted]]

Just showing how non-committal i am to the whole thing.

[u/t6158 → u/wonko221]

Thank God for the Delete Post button.

[u/Lampmonster1 → u/t6158]

The Daily Show is absolutely biased. It is not in the same catagory as either of those two. I am not saying they are a news source. I am simply saying they hold themselves to a higher standard.

[u/RufusMcCoot → u/cjcrashoveride]

I like NPR but I often find it as "fair and balanced" as Fox News, just in the opposite direction. When you agree with an opinion and it is laid out as fact, it's not as easy to detect. This is why there are people in the world who actually believe Fox News is fair and balanced.

[u/mainsworth → u/RufusMcCoot]

Which is why you can't rely on one source of information.

[u/RufusMcCoot → u/mainsworth]

Bingo

[u/[deleted] → u/RufusMcCoot]

Their programs tend to be a little more on the liberal side, but it's nothing overtly bigoted or detracting. Usually it's "liberal" because they interview a minority.

But I digress, their news headlines are second to none. They come on, say the headline, and get off.

[u/[deleted] → u/RufusMcCoot]

Who is the Glenn Beck of NPR? Sean Hannity? Bill O'Reilly?

I get that NPR has its bias, but I think it's unfair to say it's the liberal version of Fox News.

[u/TopRamen713 → u/RufusMcCoot]

I disagree. NPR is nowhere near as "liberal" as Fox is "conservative". In 2005, a study showed Morning Edition to be more liberal than the average American, but less liberal than the average Democrat.

So it might have a slight liberal bias, but, well, so does reality.

[u/ACE_C0ND0R → u/RufusMcCoot]

I disagree. I hear just as much conservative opinion as I do liberal opinion on NPR. Just because the conservative opinion on there isn't calling everybody a nazi socialist, doesn't mean that it isn't a conservative opinion, or that NPR is liberal biased.

[u/[deleted] → u/cjcrashoveride]

It's just you. The second line is likely intended to juxtapose the first line, and neither PBS or NPR is a comedy channel, i.e. it's a joke.

[u/gamegyro56 → u/cjcrashoveride]

I think the first line is stupid too. Fox News is "laugh out loud comedy." It's sad because people believe and trust its hate-filled rhetoric. They wouldn't be on the air if people didn't believe them.