Do you think that some C-span hosts are...

shielding bush and his cronies.


Notice how when a dem brings up a good point, its a conspiracy theory unless the main stream news says it. Notice how when the dems bring up a good point some host cut them off in midstream of their sentence. Then immediately let on a repug to spout liberal this and liberal that.

Notice how dems bring up a good point and host begins to read a two or three articles and lets 2 or 3 repugs respond to a Dem, then proceeds to read the paper or goes to a journalist on the phone.

Who are the fairest hosts of them all?

i have noticed.:grr:

are unfair, except for Brian Lamb, who does seem to lean a little bit too much to the right.

BRIAN IS THE FAIREST. lATELY HE SEEMS TO BE SWINGING TO THE RIGHT AND IMPATIENT WITH THE LEFT.

that she comes from a Republican background, Susan Swain seems to be the fairest host. She is Executive Vice President of C-Span. It appears that Peter Slen and Brian Lamb are Republicans. Peter is the Executive Producer of Washington Journal and definitely tilts to the right more than any of the other hosts except Lamb, IMO.

I think she is the most fair too. I enjoy watching when she is on.

Wish she had been the host between Janet and Randi. That would have been even more fun to watch.

most of the time Brian lamb but he seems to be a bit testy lately.

just for this reason. It used to be my morning coffee watch -- no more. No "balance" as far as I can determine from the few times I check in. What a loss.

I now TIVO the Daily Show and the new Nightline for coffee time. Am waiting to see if Nightline is substantive - so far - borderline.

just for this reason. It used to be my morning coffee watch -- no more. No "balance" as far as I can determine from the few times I check in. What a loss.

I now TIVO the Daily Show and the new Nightline for coffee time. Am waiting to see if Nightline is substantive - so far - borderline.

There was a section in the CSPAN entry on Wikipedia about allegations of bias that has completely disappeared. Here is the original text:
Allegations of bias

Despite its stated commitment to providing politically balanced programming, the channels have been accused of having a conservative bias. These typically center on such shows as Washington Journal, Booknotes, Q & A, and Afterwords.

The group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) released a study of C-SPAN's morning call-in show Washington Journal, revealing that Republicans were favored over Democrats by a two-to-one margin within a six month time span. The report also claims that people of color are underrepresented as guests on the program. <1>

Other complaints have been raised about the shows "Booknotes" and "Afterwords". Critics charge that the shows highlight more conservative authors than liberal ones, and also more obscure ones, without hosting similarly obscure liberal authors. For example, on "Booknotes", which is no longer produced, reporters from the right-wing Washington Times appeared when they published conservative books while reporters from larger papers who wrote better selling and less biased works did not. Also, on "Afterwords", liberal authors are paired with hostile interviewers while conservative ones are paired with neutral or sympathetic ones. In one example, the editor of The Nation was interviewed by conservative writer David Frum, while the next week Rick Santorum was interviewed by a reporter from Congressional Quarterly. In another example, former CBS producer Mary Mapes, who was part of the so-called "Rathergate" scandal, was interviewed by conservative columnist Brent Bozell, while Republican John Linder was to be interviewed by reporter David Wessel, a reporter with the conservative-leaning Wall Street Journal.

The new interview show Q & A, according to critics, also exhibits the same biases by implicitly equating two unequal ideological positions. This occurs, according to critics, when right-wing Republican op-ed writers are 'balanced' with center-left mainstream Democrats, or with non-ideological guests, or even not balanced at all. For example, conservative Fox News head Roger Ailes was interviewed about the news network, and the next week NBC's Brian Williams appeared. In another example, New York Times Baghdad correspondent Dexter Filkins appeared sandwiched between Charles Krauthammer and Thomas Sowell, two conservative columnists. Ousted CPB head Kenneth Tomlinson, a professed conservative, was a guest, while in the weeks preceding and following him the guests were two Los Angeles metro reporters and the head of an international graduate school.

C-Span's twenty-fifth anniversary show continued this unequal pattern. Far right, conservative writers appeared alone, "balanced" with non-ideological reporters and academics or with liberals paired with yet more conservatives. Conservatives who appeared alone included Mona Charen, Matt Drudge, Pat Buchanan, Tony Blankley, Jim Pinkerton, Gerald Reynolds, and Reason magazine's Nick Gillespie. Only John Podesta and (arguably) Christopher Hitchens appeared as solo liberals. The non-ideological segments included reporters discussing presidential scandals and Supreme Court nominations, Washington Post writer Sally Quinn discussing Washington social life, and others on international terrorism and corporate scandals. Liberals paired with conservatives included Tom Foley (with Robert Walker), Randi Rhodes (with Janet Parshall), and Frank Rich (with Bill Kristol). During Rhodes' segment, the host noted it was the long-time radio host's first time appearing on C-Span, while Ms. Parshall had appeared over 10 times in her career.

This is now completely disappeared. I expect the Freepers have been active again.

and ask BRIAN to have Fair on to discuss their report.:) Shall we bet whether that will happen or not?

Steve (?) is that his name? The 2 women, Susan and whatshername, I always thought leaned left, but recently I have come to question that. ;) Pedro, may lean left? and one other guy...can't think of his name off the bat, may lean left, but who knows anymore. The WH OWNS the media.