MTV has, and always will be biased. The latest example comes from their 2 minute news brief I just saw. Pay attention to the bolded line:
“Hi, I�m John Norris with an MTV News brief.
A number of country western radio stations are boycotting the Dixie Chicks. This after the group�s lead singer, Natalie Maines, told a London audience she was ashamed that President Bush came from the Chick�s home state of Texas. KSCS FM in Dallas-Ft. Worth polled their audience and after over 93% said they didn�t agree with Natalie�s comment, they pulled the plug on all Dixie Chicks songs. KPLX also in Dallas-Ft. Worth followed suit as did stations in Houston, El Paso, North Pratt, Nebraska and Talladega, Alabama. At one Kansas City, Missouri station they held a �Dixie Chicken toss� party on Friday where people dumped the group�s tapes, CDs, and concert tickets into trash cans.
And these are people who presumably support the implementation of democracy and freedom of speech in Iraq.
Maines has since apologized for that comment and issued a statement saying:“As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush because my remark was disrespectful. I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the utmost respect.”
However Maines reiterated her opposition to the war in Iraq.”
Yeah, John Norris is anti-war. You know it’s cool to be anti-war these days. It’s the happening thing. But next time, John, don’t bring your views into a news broadcast. What made mainstream news sources good? It was their lack of commentary, or bias in news reporting. Remember, in Iraq they don’t have fair and balanced news. It has state controlled media, where nothing bad is said against Saddam. The moment that News crosses the line in expressing opinion, it is no longer news, but an editorial. John should have said “Here is an MTV Editorial.”
Natalie said something stupid. She expressed her opinions knowing full well that many of her fans do not share her views. Fans are certainly free to dislike someone because of their views. Do you watch television shows which you don’t agree with? Is that a slam against free speech? Certainly not. Are the fans advocating the total destruction of all Chicks merchandise? Certainly not. They are just expressing their views by burning their tapes, CDs, and concert tickets.
And don’t get me started about MTV’s “Choose or Loose” broadcasts – an obvious front for a pro-Democrat party. Remember, they had a MTV Presidential ball when Clinton got elected in 1992. Did they have a Presidental ball when Bush got elected? Nope.