(2) I think Apple may get more favor with their key demographics this way than by supporting Fox. There's a pretty liberal bias in Apple's demographics, at least from my anecdotal experience.
2.I would hope not. Say what you will about Fox News it’s no worse than MSNBC on the other side. Unless you truly believe Scott Brown is a “Irresponsible, Homophobic, Racist, Reactionary, Nude Model, Teabagging, Supporter Of Violence Against Women and Against Politicians with whom He Disagrees”. Apple’s fans clearly skew liberal but I’d like to think anyone would be opposed to that kind of hypocrisy.
Edit: I don't mean to be rude but I just don't have the energy to argue with political nonsense. So all those who claim MSNBC is so much better than Fox News are just being ridiculous. One's left wing and one's right wing and the only reason a person would think one is better than the other is if they subscribed to the political agenda of that station.
Citing Joe Scarborough is no different than Fox citing Alan Colmes (no longer on the network but who would still have a job there if he wanted it). And it's just silly to say someone like Olbermann is better or worse than Hannity or O'Reilly.
> 2.I would hope not. Say what you will about Fox News it’s no worse than MSNBC on the other side.
Ah, a "Pox on both their houses" argument. Actually, you're right, but not in the way you'd think. MSNBC was instrumental in "manufacturing permission" for the Iraq war. It also cut a backroom deal with Newscorp to not report on each other's dirty laundry (GE's Iran dealings, Fox News O'Reilly scandals). Back in the day (1998-2004) MSNBC was in some respects a Fox-lite. When Bush and the Republican's reputation crashed they jumped off that bandwagon and started bolstering left-wing talkers.
Beyond that there really is no comparison. Does the MSNBC of today lean left? Sure. But is it a major communication organ of the political Left-wing of the US the same way Fox is for the right? Not even close.
MSNBC's morning show is led by Joe Scarborough, former republican congressman.
MSNBC has never devoted an entire week of airtime to promoting liberal rallies.
It's entirely different, and your kind of "split the difference, he said she said" attempt at objectivity just hides the truth. The truth is not necessarily the average between two idiots.
Please, MSNBC is definitely biased, but... You are falsely equating the FoxNews and MSNBC. Further, FoxNews is run by Roger Ailes ... which says an awful lot -- just read his descriptions of FoxNews.
MSNBC...
1.) Morning Joe in the morning is 3 hours of conservative programming every morning.
2.) Olbermann and Matthews are over the top, but nowhere near Hannity and Beck.
3.) Maddow's an excellent interviewer and actually allows her opponents to answer questions and engage in substantive dialogue -- unlike anyone else on FoxNews or MSNBC. Maddow is progressive/liberal whatever the folks call themselves; however, she is critical of Democrats and Republicans both all the time from her ideological positions -- not just by party like Fox hosts, anchors etc.. tend to do.
Matthews isn't even a liberal. He's one of those "definitely-not-liberal-and-drawing-contrasts-all-the-time-to-prove-it-so-he-can-keep-social-climbing" people who were uniquely produced by the DC climate over the last 30 years.
(1) I can't imagine Steve's a fan of Fox.
(2) I think Apple may get more favor with their key demographics this way than by supporting Fox. There's a pretty liberal bias in Apple's demographics, at least from my anecdotal experience.