Following several years in which many observers noted promotion of liberal political positions and emergence of politically partisan views in the channel's programming, MSNBC publicly acknowledged its progressivism in October 2010 while launching a marketing campaign with the tagline "Lean Forward."[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] In a June 2011 interview, MSNBC president Phil Griffin stated that "MSNBC has established a sensibility, a position, a platform" and that "MSNBC is really the place to go for progressives."[17]We can debate about whether they're just trying to cash in on what FNC's been doing, and whether MSNBC might have a better veneer over what they do than Fox, they're both selling the same snake oil. They use the news as a segue for what they want to talk about, whether it's harping on a health care crisis or that Iran is hiding under your bed.
I'd also remind you of the adage that "truth has a liberal bias."
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posted by box at 7:47 AM on December 14, 2011 [13 favorites]