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Originally Posted by MrSandMan
Was it a few weeks ago they were attacking Obama's patriotism because he wasn't wearing a tiny little flag pin on the color of his shirt? That's just ridiculuos.
I don't watch Mtv much, but having a daughter, I see some stuff. And it appears they are huge McCain supporters. I also feel some major news networks (like CNN / FOX) are favoring McCain.
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I haven't seen any MTV for quite awhile, but I'd be surprised if they were pro-McCain. In the past MTV has tried to stay neutral (obviously, no one can be totally neutral, even if they intend to) and instead simply promote that young people vote (the "Rock the Vote" campaign) for
someone. That tends to end up favoring the Dems indirectly, since they often have younger "hipper" candidates and since young people tend to be more "liberal" than older people.
I'm sure Fox is backing McCain, the whole point of their "fair and balanced" reporting has always been to be a counterpoint to what they believe to be "liberal bias" in the media. CNN has been drifting right over the last few years because some of their viewers went to Fox when Fox became available; I haven't seen much of the CNN election coverage but I would guess they're somewhere in between Fox on the right and a network like ABC which is generally regarded as more lefty.