I'm not trying to start an altercation here, but were you kidding when you said this?
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I'm not going to get in a pissing contest over any of this, but people tend to listen to what they want to hear. My point is that generally speaking, the one hour news reporting on PBS tends to present both sides of any controversial news story, and what is even more amazing is they actually let the people say what they want to say without interuption by the host who's also not foaming at the mouth if he/she doesn't agree with their position.
And the entire Global Warming trend is not an Al Gore agenda just because he is presenting the case backed by actual science and statistics. Are parts of the film critical of the present administration? Yes. Does that make it a political documentary? No.
The fact of the matter is if you are right wing, you (you is meant in general terms and not specific to anyone here) tend to discount anything said by what you perceive to be anyone left of your position. The same can be said of those who are left wing.
Sociology/Psychology 101
To make a blanket statement that mainstream news organizations, in GENERAL, are "liberal" is just simply not true. In depth statistical analysis of news reporting supports this statement, and not reactionary "feelings" just because they are saying something you don't want to hear, or does not fit with your model of how the world works.
I just think people should keep an open mind, that's all. Tunnel vision allows no other viewpoints.