Right On The Right

An interesting story has popped up over at Newsbusters today, talking about how Chris Matthews believes that media has always been biased here in the United States. He's trying to justify a biased media, which comes to no surprise to anyone who watches his sham of a show on MSNDC. Here's the transcript from our friends at Newsbusters:

Ana Marie Cox, Time.com: "I also want to say that this idea about voice being very important to the current viewer and, and Eugene’s right that it’s true, that this idea that we should be aiming for objective truth in, in journalism is a relatively new thing for us."

Chris Matthews: "I agree."

Cox: "And I think what’s important is that people trust, they could trust an unbiased [sic], they could trust a biased source."

Matthews: "Okay, this country was built on biased reporting."

Cox: "Yeah."

Matthews: "Common Sense by Thomas Paine built this country and it was a point of view -- better independence than British rule. There’s a point of view!"

First off, the folks at Newsbusters aptly point out that Paine was a pamphlateer, and Common Sense was hardly a piece of journalism or reporting. Common Sense was a propoganda piece, and whether it was true or not was secondary. I suppose it all comes down to agreeing with Tim Graham's final conclusion:

But when we at MRC attack "biased reporting," we are not saying that reporting facts with a point of view is bad. We’re not saying that National Review can’t have a fantastic article because they’re not sworn to be objective. We’ve always focused on those media outlets describing or implying themselves as objective. We're saying mangling facts in a partisan fashion and pretending you don't have a point of view is the worst combination.

Agreed, and that applies any station that claims to be objective. We all know that FOX says they're fair and balanced but lean both ways on certain things. Also, with some of these news anchors, Matthews included, it's hard to be fair and forget personal objectives. Just admit you're not objective, and we're fine Chris. Still doesn't mean I'll watch MSDNC, though.