Apple teaming up with murdoch! what a tragedy. We will now have billo the clown hannity and coulter, fox news all ramned down our thoats vis apple. Is there no escape. lets hope apples competitors get their products up and running asap. Apple, you have just lost a customer.
I concur, rutts... the walled garden is bad enough, but if they're now going to switch to a diet of fascist right-wing tinfoil-hat-wearing traitorous, obstructionist propaganda supplied by the gossip-rag-dealing foreign agent that turned one of the most-respected newspapers in the country into the Wall Street Urinal, I will never buy another Apple product. Ever.
Be fair, the WSJ was into right-wing anti-science rants before Murdoch took it over.
I have NO desire to use my iPad as a right-wing propaganda delivery mechanism.
So what are you trying to say, that you HAVE desire to use your iPad for a left-wing propaganda delivery mechanism?
I would truly love to know what news sources you listen, read or watch that you would consider objective and mainstream because I sure could use a good belly shaken laugh! After all... Ho, Ho, Ho, 'tis the season to be Jolly!
I would hope that there was some kind of new App Store rule that apps had to actually present truth, but then that would eliminate any apps from News corp.
Oh, it's the TRUTH you want, then I guess the New York Times will have to pull their app, PBS and CNN too! Let us see, who else must go?!...
Oh, it's the TRUTH you want, then I guess the New York Times will have to pull their app, PBS and CNN too! Let us see, who else must go?!...
Speaking of thruthiness, "Beware the Prophet seeking Profit!" ... you must be thinking of all those highly-paid lobbyists who subvert the process of converting science to policy. No news organisation is free of error; the issue here is a news organisation that deliberately lies.
I'd never subscribe to a Newscorp product, but I would definitely consider something more reputable like say, the NYT, NPR/PBS, CSM, BBC etc.
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THANKS for the belly shaking laugh I was talking about in an earlier post! NYT, NPR/PBS,...
Oh no, here it comes again!...
Someone posted that Apple has just lost a customer... Ask me if I'll miss them? Go ahead, ask me. ASK ME! Ask me, if I'll miss them? Aaaasssskkkk meeeehehehe...
I've never enjoyed reading and responding to a thread more then I am now!
Speaking of thruthiness, "Beware the Prophet seeking Profit!" ... you must be thinking of all those highly-paid lobbyists who subvert the process of converting science to policy. No news organisation is free of error; the issue here is a news organisation that deliberately lies.
Nope! I was thinking of that Apple board member, fear mongering moron Al Gore! You know him or better yet, you may know that lying buffoon better half of his that shared a house painted white that we had to contend with in the nineties.
Do note that IT is a quote! Kind of like, "I never had sex with that woman...!" or like those lying Global Warming scientists in the UK?!
Regarding "the issue here is a news organization that deliberately lies", and of course you do have proof of this, right!
And what is worse, lobbyists who subvert the process of converting science to policy? OR, or... Scientists who "Cook the Books" so their numbers match their hypothesis and cause?!
I'm actually quite surprised at how slanted the bias is here towards the left. I know many, many Apple users that are staunch Conservative/Republicans; isn't it great we can buy a product that is well made, while overlooking the fact that SJ and most of Apple is a liberal company?
The rants here about the WSJ are really ignorant. That publications is probably the most fair publication out right now. Yes, they have clearly right-wing stories, but they also have left-wing slant news as well. Would you say the same about Real Clear Politics? They also have about 50/50 split right-wing/left-wing stories.
It's really weird, and a shame, that most of the posters here are so clearly bias to the left, because SJ and company are the epitome of Capitalism at its best. They ship almost all of the jobs (to make their products) overseas, they maximize profits, have a closed and heavily proprietary (read not open) system, they are not unionized, and yada and yada ... basically everything that SEEMS (opinion) to go against the left's mentality.
Frankly, I'm sick of both sides being too venomous about ANYTHING politics.
How does a Beatles-loving, LSD dropping, hippie-wannabe get all mixed up with Rupert Palpatine? While I love the idea of an inexpensive daily "newspaper" that is created specifically for the iPad, taking full advantage of everything the iPad can do, I have NO desire to use my iPad as a right-wing propaganda delivery mechanism.
The answer is quite simple MONEY that is what Jobs really is striving for and more and more of it. Insatiable appetite he has.
Nope! I was thinking of that Apple board member, fear mongering moron Al Gore! You know him or better yet, you may know that lying buffoon better half of his that shared a house painted white that we had to contend with in the nineties.
Do note that IT is a quote! Kind of like, "I never had sex with that woman...!" or like those lying Global Warming scientists in the UK?!
Regarding "the issue here is a news organization that deliberately lies", and of course you do have proof of this, right!
And what is worse, lobbyists who subvert the process of converting science to policy? OR, or... Scientists who "Cook the Books" so their numbers match their hypothesis and cause?!
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Originally Posted by Pennywse
I'm actually quite surprised at how slanted the bias is here towards the left. I know many, many Apple users that are staunch Conservative/Republicans; isn't it great we can buy a product that is well made, while overlooking the fact that SJ and most of Apple is a liberal company?
The rants here about the WSJ are really ignorant. That publications is probably the most fair publication out right now. Yes, they have clearly right-wing stories, but they also have left-wing slant news as well. Would you say the same about Real Clear Politics? They also have about 50/50 split right-wing/left-wing stories.
It's really weird, and a shame, that most of the posters here are so clearly bias to the left, because SJ and company are the epitome of Capitalism at its best. They ship almost all of the jobs (to make their products) overseas, they maximize profits, have a closed and heavily proprietary (read not open) system, they are not unionized, and yada and yada ... basically everything that SEEMS (opinion) to go against the left's mentality.
Frankly, I'm sick of both sides being too venomous about ANYTHING politics.
It's really weird, and a shame, that most of the posters here are so clearly bias to the left,
You should have an expectation of this in my opinion as younger readers will be more oriented toward this type of website. Winston Churchill has a brilliant quote:
"If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain."
I have no problem with Left's hatred against Fox and Murdoch, that is to be expected. What I don't like is this, the assumption that the MSM is fair and even handed when there are various evidence that that they are even worse than Fox .
1) CNN's Tailwind
2) CBS Rathergate
3) New Republic's Stephen Glass scandal
4) CNN's Eason Jordan's admission that CNN was not telling the truth about Saddam Hussein
5) NPR's Juan William firing
6) the refusal to name the political party of government officials when they get arrested
7) CNN's Susan Roesgen's unprofessionalism in Chicago
8) Climategate
These are only a few examples of the MSM's bias and people are having none of it.
I have no problem with Left's hatred against Fox and Murdoch, that is to be expected. What I don't like is this, the assumption that the MSM is fair and even handed when there are various evidence that that they are even worse than Fox .
1) CNN's Tailwind
2) CBS Rathergate
3) New Republic's Stephen Glass scandal
4) CNN's Eason Jordan's admission that CNN was not telling the truth about Saddam Hussein
5) NPR's Juan William firing
6) the refusal to name the political party of government officials when they get arrested
7) CNN's Susan Roesgen's unprofessionalism in Chicago
8) Climategate
These are only a few examples of the MSM's bias and people are having none of it.
I have to agree. For the first time EVER ... fox news beat ALL the MSM's on the last mid-term election night coverage. This includes ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS. What makes this stat extremely alarming is that FOX is not in nearly as many households in comparison to the MSM. A vast majority of Fox broadcast came from the "paid" cable service rather than the free "over the air broadcast" that the major networks enjoy. Nielson has a lot of data showing that even independent and democrats are a large portion of the audience.
I thought the App Store had strict rules regarding porn apps.
If this is indeed true, Apple is trying to make money, and with the popularity, however incomprehensible, of Faux News and the other products from Rupert Rags, Ink., they will make plenty with their 30% share. Money made helps all of us as they can then develop more great apps. It will also possibly be an excellent app that will show the other news orgs how to do it (because they haven't so far).
I would hope that there was some kind of new App Store rule that apps had to actually present truth, but then that would eliminate any apps from News corp.
Really? Check my list again and tell me who is the lying most. And oh btw, Fox would not exist if the MSM are doing their damn jobs in presenting both sides fairly and accurately. Last I check, only Fox comes near anywhere that requirement.
Anyways, it will be interesting to see this app; if Apple really is putting it together, it could be a great news app, content aside. If they do the content right, it could be a great news source.
I have been less than impressed with the apps and even homepages of some of the larger media outlets (not just news, even places like Popular Science); they simply don't have a good grasp of how to present stuff on a device like the iPad. I hope this will give them a little kick.
It will be very interesting to see a news company that has no print or broadcast mindset and the natural walls that come with them.
Apple can kiss me goodbye as a customer when Jobs stands on the stage with Murdoch. That guy's idea of the news is that it is there for him to manipulate the public to buy more of his stuff and vote fringe. He has been kissing Jobs' ego for months with "best CEO in the world," quotes.
Too bad, I liked my MacBook.
By the way, the news is not slanted to the left, it is slanted towards the status quo and no control of corporations. Anything that hints at examining an industry's actions gets the real drama queens. I like diversity of opinion, and that means looking at how industries affect me and increasingly how they impact elections. The small fry stuff is Left and Right. The big stuff is power to get Congress to evade examination - and that is beyond political parties. Both Left and Right gain by understanding their real enemy has more Supreme Court protections and rights than an individual.
The Apple opportunity lost was a consortium of NYT, Tribune, LATimes, SF Comical, Mercury News, Oregonian, Miami Herald, The Constitution, Times Pic, etc with a news editorial staff and allowing revenue sharing. Chaotic, yes, but chaos in discourse is good for the democracy. Control is bad.
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Oh, really?
Yea really ... Got about a thousand more links also
http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker...,msft,yhoo,nyt
Apple teaming up with murdoch! what a tragedy. We will now have billo the clown hannity and coulter, fox news all ramned down our thoats vis apple. Is there no escape. lets hope apples competitors get their products up and running asap. Apple, you have just lost a customer.
It's a rumor
I concur, rutts... the walled garden is bad enough, but if they're now going to switch to a diet of fascist right-wing tinfoil-hat-wearing traitorous, obstructionist propaganda supplied by the gossip-rag-dealing foreign agent that turned one of the most-respected newspapers in the country into the Wall Street Urinal, I will never buy another Apple product. Ever.
Be fair, the WSJ was into right-wing anti-science rants before Murdoch took it over.
I have NO desire to use my iPad as a right-wing propaganda delivery mechanism.
So what are you trying to say, that you HAVE desire to use your iPad for a left-wing propaganda delivery mechanism?
I would truly love to know what news sources you listen, read or watch that you would consider objective and mainstream because I sure could use a good belly shaken laugh! After all... Ho, Ho, Ho, 'tis the season to be Jolly!
I would hope that there was some kind of new App Store rule that apps had to actually present truth, but then that would eliminate any apps from News corp.
Oh, it's the TRUTH you want, then I guess the New York Times will have to pull their app, PBS and CNN too! Let us see, who else must go?!...
Oh, it's the TRUTH you want, then I guess the New York Times will have to pull their app, PBS and CNN too! Let us see, who else must go?!...
Speaking of thruthiness, "Beware the Prophet seeking Profit!" ... you must be thinking of all those highly-paid lobbyists who subvert the process of converting science to policy. No news organisation is free of error; the issue here is a news organisation that deliberately lies.
Indeed.
I'd never subscribe to a Newscorp product, but I would definitely consider something more reputable like say, the NYT, NPR/PBS, CSM, BBC etc.
THANKS for the belly shaking laugh I was talking about in an earlier post! NYT, NPR/PBS,...
Oh no, here it comes again!...
Someone posted that Apple has just lost a customer... Ask me if I'll miss them? Go ahead, ask me. ASK ME! Ask me, if I'll miss them? Aaaasssskkkk meeeehehehe...
I've never enjoyed reading and responding to a thread more then I am now!
Speaking of thruthiness, "Beware the Prophet seeking Profit!" ... you must be thinking of all those highly-paid lobbyists who subvert the process of converting science to policy. No news organisation is free of error; the issue here is a news organisation that deliberately lies.
Nope! I was thinking of that Apple board member, fear mongering moron Al Gore! You know him or better yet, you may know that lying buffoon better half of his that shared a house painted white that we had to contend with in the nineties.
Do note that IT is a quote! Kind of like, "I never had sex with that woman...!" or like those lying Global Warming scientists in the UK?!
Regarding "the issue here is a news organization that deliberately lies", and of course you do have proof of this, right!
And what is worse, lobbyists who subvert the process of converting science to policy? OR, or... Scientists who "Cook the Books" so their numbers match their hypothesis and cause?!
The rants here about the WSJ are really ignorant. That publications is probably the most fair publication out right now. Yes, they have clearly right-wing stories, but they also have left-wing slant news as well. Would you say the same about Real Clear Politics? They also have about 50/50 split right-wing/left-wing stories.
It's really weird, and a shame, that most of the posters here are so clearly bias to the left, because SJ and company are the epitome of Capitalism at its best. They ship almost all of the jobs (to make their products) overseas, they maximize profits, have a closed and heavily proprietary (read not open) system, they are not unionized, and yada and yada ... basically everything that SEEMS (opinion) to go against the left's mentality.
Frankly, I'm sick of both sides being too venomous about ANYTHING politics.
How does a Beatles-loving, LSD dropping, hippie-wannabe get all mixed up with Rupert Palpatine? While I love the idea of an inexpensive daily "newspaper" that is created specifically for the iPad, taking full advantage of everything the iPad can do, I have NO desire to use my iPad as a right-wing propaganda delivery mechanism.
The answer is quite simple MONEY that is what Jobs really is striving for and more and more of it. Insatiable appetite he has.
Nope! I was thinking of that Apple board member, fear mongering moron Al Gore! You know him or better yet, you may know that lying buffoon better half of his that shared a house painted white that we had to contend with in the nineties.
Do note that IT is a quote! Kind of like, "I never had sex with that woman...!" or like those lying Global Warming scientists in the UK?!
Regarding "the issue here is a news organization that deliberately lies", and of course you do have proof of this, right!
And what is worse, lobbyists who subvert the process of converting science to policy? OR, or... Scientists who "Cook the Books" so their numbers match their hypothesis and cause?!
X 2
I'm actually quite surprised at how slanted the bias is here towards the left. I know many, many Apple users that are staunch Conservative/Republicans; isn't it great we can buy a product that is well made, while overlooking the fact that SJ and most of Apple is a liberal company?
The rants here about the WSJ are really ignorant. That publications is probably the most fair publication out right now. Yes, they have clearly right-wing stories, but they also have left-wing slant news as well. Would you say the same about Real Clear Politics? They also have about 50/50 split right-wing/left-wing stories.
It's really weird, and a shame, that most of the posters here are so clearly bias to the left, because SJ and company are the epitome of Capitalism at its best. They ship almost all of the jobs (to make their products) overseas, they maximize profits, have a closed and heavily proprietary (read not open) system, they are not unionized, and yada and yada ... basically everything that SEEMS (opinion) to go against the left's mentality.
Frankly, I'm sick of both sides being too venomous about ANYTHING politics.
Well said.
It's really weird, and a shame, that most of the posters here are so clearly bias to the left,
You should have an expectation of this in my opinion as younger readers will be more oriented toward this type of website. Winston Churchill has a brilliant quote:
"If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain."
1) CNN's Tailwind
2) CBS Rathergate
3) New Republic's Stephen Glass scandal
4) CNN's Eason Jordan's admission that CNN was not telling the truth about Saddam Hussein
5) NPR's Juan William firing
6) the refusal to name the political party of government officials when they get arrested
7) CNN's Susan Roesgen's unprofessionalism in Chicago
8) Climategate
These are only a few examples of the MSM's bias and people are having none of it.
I have no problem with Left's hatred against Fox and Murdoch, that is to be expected. What I don't like is this, the assumption that the MSM is fair and even handed when there are various evidence that that they are even worse than Fox .
1) CNN's Tailwind
2) CBS Rathergate
3) New Republic's Stephen Glass scandal
4) CNN's Eason Jordan's admission that CNN was not telling the truth about Saddam Hussein
5) NPR's Juan William firing
6) the refusal to name the political party of government officials when they get arrested
7) CNN's Susan Roesgen's unprofessionalism in Chicago
8) Climategate
These are only a few examples of the MSM's bias and people are having none of it.
I have to agree. For the first time EVER ... fox news beat ALL the MSM's on the last mid-term election night coverage. This includes ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS. What makes this stat extremely alarming is that FOX is not in nearly as many households in comparison to the MSM. A vast majority of Fox broadcast came from the "paid" cable service rather than the free "over the air broadcast" that the major networks enjoy. Nielson has a lot of data showing that even independent and democrats are a large portion of the audience.
I thought the App Store had strict rules regarding porn apps.
If this is indeed true, Apple is trying to make money, and with the popularity, however incomprehensible, of Faux News and the other products from Rupert Rags, Ink., they will make plenty with their 30% share. Money made helps all of us as they can then develop more great apps. It will also possibly be an excellent app that will show the other news orgs how to do it (because they haven't so far).
I would hope that there was some kind of new App Store rule that apps had to actually present truth, but then that would eliminate any apps from News corp.
Really? Check my list again and tell me who is the lying most. And oh btw, Fox would not exist if the MSM are doing their damn jobs in presenting both sides fairly and accurately. Last I check, only Fox comes near anywhere that requirement.
Anyways, it will be interesting to see this app; if Apple really is putting it together, it could be a great news app, content aside. If they do the content right, it could be a great news source.
I have been less than impressed with the apps and even homepages of some of the larger media outlets (not just news, even places like Popular Science); they simply don't have a good grasp of how to present stuff on a device like the iPad. I hope this will give them a little kick.
It will be very interesting to see a news company that has no print or broadcast mindset and the natural walls that come with them.
I hope they do it correctly.
Too bad, I liked my MacBook.
By the way, the news is not slanted to the left, it is slanted towards the status quo and no control of corporations. Anything that hints at examining an industry's actions gets the real drama queens. I like diversity of opinion, and that means looking at how industries affect me and increasingly how they impact elections. The small fry stuff is Left and Right. The big stuff is power to get Congress to evade examination - and that is beyond political parties. Both Left and Right gain by understanding their real enemy has more Supreme Court protections and rights than an individual.
The Apple opportunity lost was a consortium of NYT, Tribune, LATimes, SF Comical, Mercury News, Oregonian, Miami Herald, The Constitution, Times Pic, etc with a news editorial staff and allowing revenue sharing. Chaotic, yes, but chaos in discourse is good for the democracy. Control is bad.
If a British warship sinks off the coast of China next month, we should all start getting worried.