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| Don’t look now, but concussions have become the new global warming: a debate where “consensus” trumps evidence, and heroes and villains are determined by their stances on an issue where the science is bogus at worst and murky at best. Enter NFL linebacker Chris Borland, who announced his retirement from the game after only one year, citing concerns about his health. Borland decided playing the game was no longer “worth the risk.” He said he didn’t want to end up like former NFL players Dave Duerson, Ray Easterling, and Mike Webster, all of whom were diagnosed with CTE and had either committed suicide or suffered otherwise early deaths. Borland’s announcement was greeted by the anti-football sports media with the kind of frantic clapping one only hears in the seal enclosure at the aquarium during feeding time—a cacophony of crazy that borders on hero/idol worship. Don’t get me wrong: the NFL is a revolving door, and Borland has the right to let that door take him in or out. I also give him credit for being one of the relatively few twenty-four-year-olds capable of comprehending issues more complex than whether their T-shirt is ironic enough. But Chris Borland shouldn’t be a hero. He made a career choice. Millions do it every day, and none gets a parade. |
Lot of hyperbole in the quoted article, but there is a lot of hyperbole in the Michael Rosenberg article in SI that implies that Aaron Hernandez in jail at 50 might is in a better place than if he played NFL football.
If you can see the interview you'll see an intelligent, mature, grounded "kid".
Well put.
NPR
BBC
PBS
The New York Times
All the outlets you listed, and most other "mainstream" media
Al Jazeera
The Onion
That paper the Moonies used to hand out at subway stations
The guy who sleeps in the Broadway median at 82nd Street
Fox
A problem is that you can't detect CTE when you're alive and if you could you might see that even non-athletes might somehow be developing it.
FWIW
I doubt it.
Terrible analogy.
Interesting that given the choice between 'murky' and 'bogus' you chose 'murky'. :-)
NPR
BBC
PBS
The New York Times
All the outlets you listed, and most other "mainstream" media
Al Jazeera
The Onion
That paper the Moonies used to hand out at subway stations
The guy who sleeps in the Broadway median at 82nd Street
Fox
BBB ... THIS ^^^^ Truer words were never spoken.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/fox-news-trusted-network-poll-115887.html#ixzz3VRcHeh7Q
Quinnipiac University poll - ( New Window )
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/fox-news-trusted-network-poll-115887.html#ixzz3VRcHeh7Q Quinnipiac University poll - ( New Window )
That's the scary part, that there are so many people that trust and believe the stuff they sell. It is really, really sad.
I think Fox has played too long without a helmet.
Getting medical treatment is pretty much useless. Unless you have bleeding on the brain, a doctor isn't going to do anything for you.
NPR
BBC
PBS
The New York Times
All the outlets you listed, and most other "mainstream" media
Al Jazeera
The Onion
That paper the Moonies used to hand out at subway stations
The guy who sleeps in the Broadway median at 82nd Street
Fox
Nearly every one of those sources (excepting the Onion) shit the bed at least once over the last 15 years. Fuck that.
IMO, still the only trustworthy outlet available, no major scandals, incidents, lies, inaccuracies or incidents of literal govt propoganda tied to The Guardian.
The Guardian US - ( New Window )
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/fox-news-trusted-network-poll-115887.html#ixzz3VRcHeh7Q Quinnipiac University poll - ( New Window )
Yeah, most trusted, but CONSISTENTLY the LEAST ACCURATE in the majority of studies done on media accuracy.
"NPR and Sunday morning political talk shows are the most informative news outlets, while exposure to partisan sources, such as Fox News and MSNBC, has a negative impact on people’s current events knowledge."
NPR’s listeners best-informed, Fox viewers worst-informed - ( New Window )
You don't get straight news anymore. I'll flip on CNN to see the headlines, but it is all pretty poor.
Opinion shows are all that is left.
I grew up thinking that America was all about freedom! What a joke!
That's probably true. I don't remember the guy making that distinction. But the point he was making is that we have no scientific evidence that CTE is caused by concussions or blows to the head of any kind.
My common-sense, layman's guess is that getting hit on the head in any manner has to do something to the brain, and I'm sure he feels that as well. It's just that scientifically, we have no way of proving it or establishing causation of any kind.
It's a tough one.
Every other media outlet puts forth the liberal spin, I find the network refreshing...yes I am a conservative....jeesh what is that like a jETS fan around here?
Every other media outlet puts forth the liberal spin, I find the network refreshing...yes I am a conservative....jeesh what is that like a jETS fan around here?
As a long time reader here, I can assure you that there are both Libs and Conservs on this board, however, I have found it best in my age of wisdom not to discuss politics in public. It usually only results in pissing someone off.
That said, I agree with your comments about the media outlets. They are 100% spot on accurate.
Every other media outlet puts forth the liberal spin, I find the network refreshing...yes I am a conservative....jeesh what is that like a jETS fan around here?
Don't know how this thread got milered, but as a retired guy (and a conservative leaning one) I get to watch a lot of tv daily and find that almost all news stations tilt decisively and strongly to the left -- most certainly NPR, Diane Reems (sp?) and that ilk, so much so that their news information is worthless. FOX DOES present opposing points of view on almost every issue they discuss. Always. Both sides are given the opportunity to make their case. Yes, they tilt conservatively in their news portions, but all sides are brought in to talk. Now the opinion shows at night are definitely conservative, but they're opinion shows and are clearly within the purview of advocacy. But even then, other sides are presented.
I'm not a big fan of opinion journalism, but we have it all over the political spectrum. It's a sad consequence of the Vietnam War... journalism has been in a slow death spiral since the 1960's.
I'm not a big fan of opinion journalism, but we have it all over the political spectrum. It's a sad consequence of the Vietnam War... journalism has been in a slow death spiral since the 1960's.
For the better part of the Bush years, the only Cable News Channel I got was FOX. I had a BALL on election night 2012 watching Karl Rove refusing to accept the truth. I also used to go back and forth between Air America and Limbaugh/Hannity while driving. I've heard plenty from both sides, but FOX is the most obvious in their bias, the most misleading, trash news imaginable. Laughable, to the degree where Daily Show and Colbert made a killing mocking them.
The studies speak for themselves. ALL of the Cable News Channels LITERALLY dumb down their audiences MsNBC, CNN, but - NONE worse than FOX.
There's nothing wrong with having a bias as long as the information presented is factual. There's also nothing wrong with providing counter-factual information as long as it's not presented as "news". FNC seems to split the baby on both counts.
Dr. Amen cited injury and the need to protect your brain. We were not designed to play football. Borland is constantly knocking heads and decided it wasn't worth ruining his whole life over.
Kudos to being smart.
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have never spent any time watching their news programs. Maybe they caught a few minutes of O'Reilly or Hannity and used that to validate their opinion. The news programming on Fox is excellent... the opinion journalism is boob bait. At least Fox draws a line between the two. Some people have their mind made up and repeat their mantra.
I'm not a big fan of opinion journalism, but we have it all over the political spectrum. It's a sad consequence of the Vietnam War... journalism has been in a slow death spiral since the 1960's.
For the better part of the Bush years, the only Cable News Channel I got was FOX. I had a BALL on election night 2012 watching Karl Rove refusing to accept the truth. I also used to go back and forth between Air America and Limbaugh/Hannity while driving. I've heard plenty from both sides, but FOX is the most obvious in their bias, the most misleading, trash news imaginable. Laughable, to the degree where Daily Show and Colbert made a killing mocking them.
The studies speak for themselves. ALL of the Cable News Channels LITERALLY dumb down their audiences MsNBC, CNN, but - NONE worse than FOX.
Since the most of the "news" is grossly left leaning, you would of course say that Fox "News" is the worst, as does the rest of the media. So as to Daily Show and Colbert, they play to their audience, which not surprisingly, is young and left leaning. They certainly aren't expecting the evangelicals to be watching.
That said, I long ago shut off Hannity and his ilk and I can agree that much of the programing on Fox is ridiculous to the point that I won't watch it, either. Just as bad right, as MSNBC is left. Unfortunately, it is the only network that doesn't kiss this President's ass. (yeah they did with "W", but nearly to the point that President Obama gets away with elsewhere)
I do like Bret Baier and the 6 PM news - which is probably the only real "news" on Fox.
Oh, and it was funny watching Rove meltdown on election night.
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Since the most of the "news" is grossly left leaning, you would of course say that Fox "News" is the worst, as does the rest of the media. So as to Daily Show and Colbert, they play to their audience, which not surprisingly, is young and left leaning. They certainly aren't expecting the evangelicals to be watching.
That said, I long ago shut off Hannity and his ilk and I can agree that much of the programing on Fox is ridiculous to the point that I won't watch it, either. Just as bad right, as MSNBC is left. Unfortunately, it is the only network that doesn't kiss this President's ass. (yeah they did with "W", but nearly to the point that President Obama gets away with elsewhere)
I do like Bret Baier and the 6 PM news - which is probably the only real "news" on Fox.
Oh, and it was funny watching Rove meltdown on election night.
I'm simply talking about ACCURACY, not BIAS.
People who rely on FOX, MsNBC and CNN for their news consistently have WORSE knowledge about current events THAN PEOPLE WHO WATCH NO NEWS AT ALL.
Daily Show, Colbert, NPR, Bill O'Reilly's show consistently have the viewers with the highest current event knowledge.
US Cable News outlets have a SENSATIONALIST bias. Not a Liberal one. Don't forget, they ALL fed on Clinton's infidelity, they ALL buried Gore, they ALL supported the Iraq War, and all but MsNBC have the public completely deceived on the ACA. Yeah, they love Obama. They are BORED with policy, IGNORE the financial crisis, they have they shift their focus on a dime.
Guardian, U.S. Learn it, live it, love it.
"I think that [the law] over time is going to become more popular," David Axelrod, then a senior adviser to President Obama, declared in September.
Five years later, it's fair to declare that prediction dead wrong: 83 percent of Americans still hold the same opinions they did in 2010. And of those who have changed their minds, 58 percent of them have become more negative toward the law, a new Vox poll conducted by PerryUndem shows.
Obamacare is 5 years old, and Americans are still worried about death panels - ( New Window )
I think it is very safe to say that the media is no longer a watchdog on power. Journalists have become cheerleaders for their favorite power base. We fight the (relatively) silly ideological battles to prove who's more bias (or accurate), while the Country goes to hell in a hand-basket... 'Merica.
There's nothing wrong with having a bias as long as the information presented is factual. There's also nothing wrong with providing counter-factual information as long as it's not presented as "news". FNC seems to split the baby on both counts.
EXACTLY!!! I have always considered myself conservative and I am still a registered Republican. I was happy that a conservative major news program was airing. But c'mon, its not the bias that's disturbing its the total lack of credibility that makes them a joke. Its hard for me to believe that intelligent people don't take their "news" with a grain of salt and check out the veracity themselves. Now I will bow out 'cause I think I am on the verge of becoming too political.
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don't seem to understand that it's not the fact that the channel has a conservative bias that bothers people, but that the network routinely presents things that are demonstrably untrue as fact.
There's nothing wrong with having a bias as long as the information presented is factual. There's also nothing wrong with providing counter-factual information as long as it's not presented as "news". FNC seems to split the baby on both counts.
EXACTLY!!! I have always considered myself conservative and I am still a registered Republican. I was happy that a conservative major news program was airing. But c'mon, its not the bias that's disturbing its the total lack of credibility that makes them a joke. Its hard for me to believe that intelligent people don't take their "news" with a grain of salt and check out the veracity themselves. Now I will bow out 'cause I think I am on the verge of becoming too political.
Who are we checking the veracity with/against? The other news outlets?