Comments for "Verdict: FOX Tries to Make McCain Look Younger" Video at VideoSift.com

By chilaxe

chilaxe (http://www.videosift.com/member/chilaxe) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:17:08 -0700

McCain 2000 for president!

By pierrekrahn

pierrekrahn (http://www.videosift.com/member/pierrekrahn) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:22:47 -0700

Just playing devid's advocate for a brief moment here:
Maybe FOX News randomly selected stock footage. I'm hoping that if they were trying to make him look younger they would have combed each frame of that footage to make sure there were no clues, and if there were clues they would have photoshopped them out (like they have been known to do).

That being said FOX News is the scum of the earth and I hate them.

By Crosswords

Crosswords (http://www.videosift.com/member/Crosswords) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:20:40 -0700

Oh Ben Stein, why must you be such a tool.

By Tymbrwulf

Tymbrwulf (http://www.videosift.com/member/Tymbrwulf) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:30:32 -0700

Did they just call Obama a Nazi/Fascist?

By thinker247

thinker247 (http://www.videosift.com/member/thinker247) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:49:09 -0700

Yeah, let's make McCain look younger. You know...64.

By thinker247

thinker247 (http://www.videosift.com/member/thinker247) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:49:21 -0700

Ben Stein: "Visene keeps the Reds out...wow."

By HollywoodBob

HollywoodBob (http://www.videosift.com/member/HollywoodBob) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:45:17 -0700

Let's not forget that Ben Stein was a Nixon staffer, and is a "Intelligent Design" advocate. Bearing that in mind, it's no surprise to see him on Fox comparing Obama to Hitler. Funny part is that if McBush was going to be giving a speech with that many people attending, they'd be lauding it as a great achievement.

By quantumushroom

quantumushroom (http://www.videosift.com/member/quantumushroom) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:58:42 -0700

Another (s)hit piece from MS-DNC?

No liberal bias here!

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:05:18 -0700

^ Much as it pains me - I have to admit that MSNBC is just as biased as FNC. These two channels are not news at all - more like competing OpEd stations.

Of course I watch MSNBC because I agree with it. Just like heartlanders watch FNC.

I can't help but think that both of these stations are just playing sycophantically to our comfort spots.

MSNBC is owned by GE, FOX by Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp. There is only one thing that both of these companies care about ... hint ... it's not journalistic integrity.

By Xax

Xax (http://www.videosift.com/member/Xax) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:19:40 -0700

Ben Stein has to have developed either a brain tumor or a mental illness. Could be both, who knows.

By BicycleRepairMan

BicycleRepairMan (http://bicyclerepairman.videosift.com) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:14:14 -0700

QM: There is nothing wrong with biased press, there's press freedom, which means any channel can have a bias. The bad thing about FOX is not that they are biased, but that they are deceitful, they LIE and DISTORT to to present their bias, and then they tell people that they are NOT biased, which is the biggest lie of them all.

MSNBC is clearly liberal compared to FOX, but I've yet to see them intentionally lie and distort the facts to further their bias, and maybe I've missed it, but its certainly not a daily event like it is on FOX

By Aemaeth

Aemaeth (http://www.videosift.com/member/Aemaeth) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:27:22 -0700

>> ^BicycleRepairMan:
QM: There is nothing wrong with biased press, there's press freedom, which means any channel can have a bias. The bad thing about FOX is not that they are biased, but that they are deceitful, they LIE and DISTORT to to present their bias, and then they tell people that they are NOT biased, which is the biggest lie of them all.

MSNBC is clearly liberal compared to FOX, but I've yet to see them intentionally lie and distort the facts to further their bias, and maybe I've missed it, but its certainly not a daily event like it is on FOX

I disagree. Biased makes it quite difficult to present subjective journalism. I'm sure if we looked we could find as much material that showed how MSNBC had *smudged* the truth a little bit. It's all dribble. The more we watch biased media, the harder it is to realize when our preconceptions are wrong.

By poolcleaner

poolcleaner (http://www.videosift.com/member/poolcleaner) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:27:44 -0700

>> ^Aemaeth:
>> ^BicycleRepairMan:
QM: There is nothing wrong with biased press, there's press freedom, which means any channel can have a bias. The bad thing about FOX is not that they are biased, but that they are deceitful, they LIE and DISTORT to to present their bias, and then they tell people that they are NOT biased, which is the biggest lie of them all.

MSNBC is clearly liberal compared to FOX, but I've yet to see them intentionally lie and distort the facts to further their bias, and maybe I've missed it, but its certainly not a daily event like it is on FOX

I disagree. Biased makes it quite difficult to present subjective journalism. I'm sure if we looked we could find as much material that showed how MSNBC had smudged the truth a little bit. It's all dribble. The more we watch biased media, the harder it is to realize when our preconceptions are wrong.

Do you have any recommendation for unbiased news?

By gwiz665

gwiz665 (http://www.videosift.com/member/gwiz665) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:49:33 -0700

There are no unbiased news, only degrees of bias.

Oh, and Ben Stein sucks the führers hairy donkey balls.

By Payback

Payback (http://www.videosift.com/member/Payback) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:30:03 -0700

Until the news is taken out of the hands of humans, there will be bias.

Ask 3 witnesses of a incident about the emotions and possible reasons for it, and you will get 3 answers. They may all have some factual truths in common, but they will all differ when trying to tell the "feel" of it.

That's what reporters do now, try to tell you what they felt the news meant, not just the news. Truthiness is real.

By Payback

Payback (http://www.videosift.com/member/Payback) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:35:35 -0700

...also, you people don't appreciate the genius of Ben Stein. He's setting himself up like Colbert, only he isn't mucking it up by saying he really doesn't believe it. Crazy like a fox!

By shuac

shuac (http://www.videosift.com/member/shuac) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:00:31 -0700

^ Wouldn't that be great? Colbert + Kaufman = Stein?