metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
But you did admit later that you're supporting him, especially because of his improving the economy. At pretty much every turn over the last year you've been defending him.
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CNN admits “Trump's right: The economy is doing well and he deserves some credit”
- Thread starter Shaul
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People so often believe the their bias is reality.Maybe CNN isn't actually committed to opposing Trump. Maybe Trump is just doing lots of things badly and a few things well and so the balance of media coverage he receives isn't unfair, just relatively accurate?
But when thoughts go against one's bias, this is interesting.
You should provide supporting quotes.
(A credibility issue here, you know.)
ecco
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ecco
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Let's say a company had $100,000 more to spend because of the lower taxes. The company goes out and hires two $50,000 / year employees. Next year the "extra" $100,000 goes to pay the same two employees. No new additional hiring, no new boost to the economy.
ecco
Veteran Member
What about face? Has CNN ever claimed that the economy is doing poorly because of Trump?
On the other hand, perhaps you could show a clip from Fox stating that the 2016 economy under Obama is good.
HonestJoe
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You mean like people who are biased against CNN, always calling it fake news and anti-Trump, suddenly change their tune when CNN reports something (nominally) positive about him?
Oh no....you're forcing me to say it....
"Classic whataboutism."
Btw, I'm not a Fox News consumer.
Well, I didn't call CNN "fake news".You mean like people who are biased against CNN, always calling it fake news and anti-Trump, suddenly change their tune when CNN reports something (nominally) positive about him?
I only noticed their reporting in a fashion which runs counter to perceived bias.
This is a good thing...not criticism.
You aren't claiming they've no leftish bias, are you?
HonestJoe
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No, I’m claiming that we’re all as bad as each other.
When you consider the near total absence of progressive voices on CNN the idea of a leftist bias looks laughable. Yes, they are highly critical of Trump and the Republican Party, that is obvious. What CNN has is a centrists bias. And they delude themselves into thinking that centrist means unbiased. It doesn’t.
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Oh, you big silly.
Left is not the same as progressive.
I hope it's something bromancy.I just love when you call me that. I get all tingly inside.
I'd hate for it to be nascent MS.
I recommend you be more careful how you address me it you don’t want to get me excited. You don’t want to start something you can’t finish.
No worries.
I'd quickly bore you to tears.
Then with respect, back to the subject I was discussing.
I would suggest that your view of the left is quite limited. You are looking at only what is just very slightly left of centre and dismissing the rest of the spectrum as radical. Much like CNN does.
When I look at opinion polls on topics like healthcare, higher education, tax reform etc it seems to me that the majority of Americans are far far to the left of CNN.
So you see a different bias.
Aye Captin’, I do.
It is wrong to like an improving economy? I support President Trump sometimes and not at others. So stop trying to make this about me. The economy is doing well. President Trump does deserve a good portion of the credit for it. Sorry those facts are inconvenient to you.