by Sandy » Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:20 am
I watch that program every morning while I'm getting ready for work, and even with interruptions, it wasn't hard to determine that she was saying that she believed it was their job to correct "alternate facts" from the Trump administration. Like any statement, it had a context related to the discussion in which it was made.
The definition of "fair and balanced" by most of the MSNBC commentators, and particularly the ones on that program, is quite different from that of most conservatives and extremist right wingers, who think that anything which doesn't cast them or their position in a favorable light is biased, even if it is true. Most conservatives, and most Trump supporters aren't interested in fair and balanced news, though, they want propaganda that always casts their position in a favorable way, and always bashes "liberals." Generally, while the "liberals" gather and report facts, the extremist right wingers and conservatives are picking out sound bytes and reporting fiction.