AOL Liberal Bias

AOL | 6/11/03 | Outraged

[Fiddlstix]

AOL Sux!
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[rdb3]

And folks wonder why I call AOL "AO-Hell".

[lilylangtree]

AOL is terribly biased. The office subscribed to AOL for almost 5 years. Personally, I didn't enjoy AOL at all. Doesn't Ted Turner own AOL-Time Warner? If so then he's a very strong dumbocRAT. AOL then reflects his political convictions. For instance when Israel would defend itself against the barrage of suicide bombers in 2001-2002, AOL wouldn't display pics to gain sympathy for Israeli victims plight. However, with the palis, subscribers would be subjected to pics of memorials to dead terrorists, women crying, one in particular was a 4 year old little boy holding a machine gun ready to fire at its taught enemies--Israelis. And the phrasing of topics would be definitely anti-Bush. Finally, DSL came into the area, and we changed in January 2003. I'm so glad too.

[xm177e2]

What is their "Bush credibility meter" based on? I would bet my left [finger] it's not based on actual polling data.

[xm177e2]

That said, she's 61 and refuses to switch because "I'd lose my buddy lists."

She can install AOL Instant Messenger even without having AOL (I do). She probably won't lose her buddy lists (and she can always get the list back, if you write it down before she deletes her AOL account if the AOL management doesn't want to let her export it)

[demsux]

I got rid of aol years ago, and I am very happy that I did.

Their political "leanings" are left of left.

[r9etb]

newsmax has good info but too often jumps the gun

NewsMax is worthless -- mostly what they do is to quote stories written by real news organizations, and slop on a bit of their own spin.

What little original reporting they do is generally poor.

And they pay Buchanan and Hackworth.

[beckett]

Can anyone tell me where this anti-AOL bias came from...

Geeks latched onto the hate-AOL refrain as long ago as 1994. It's a status thing. Personally I always thought it was dumb. They seem to think that it's a sign of low testosterone if you find ease of use attractive.

I say make it as easy as possible. I don't need intimate knowledge of the OS kernel to make myself feel special.

As for the liberal bias on AOL's frontpage, it is egregious and highly irritating. One good thing though. Whenever AOL polls, the loaded liberal answer choice usually gets hammered by the token conservative one.

[zip]

Can anyone tell me where this anti-AOL bias came from, and I refer to the NON-POLITICAL aspect of the company

There is no "NON-POLITICAL aspect" to AOL. Its bias permeates every facet of its business existance.

[Xenalyte]

Many thanks - I'll try that, but somehow I doubt it'll work. She's great at coming up with new objections that didn't exist before.

[Darksheare]

AOL is owned by Time Warner, who is owned by Ted Turner.
Ted Turner is not concerned with facts, and indeed never has been.

[Hank Rearden]

AOL is welded-on training wheels.

When I see @aol.com in an email address, I automatically think "newbie" or "loser". It conveys "I'm just playing around here - I really don't know much about this Internet thingie. My grandkids help me press the buttons."

Get real. Get a real ISP.

[Miss Marple]

I am on AOL. My husband and I would find it a big hardship to switch. We are registered at many sites under our e-mail address. Once that changes, we would have to go to every one of those sites and re-register under a different e-mail and password. In addition, I am on an old computer and have Windows 95...and the old aol version. I am adverse to trying to go to a new provider, dumping AOL, and loading a new system onto this limping dinosaur.

I realize people who are computer savvy think it is terrible, but it is what we are used to and I am not into arguing with my husband over this.

[Miss Marple]

You know, there are far more aol users on this forum than you imagine, including me. I am not trying to impress anyone, including you.

[Darksheare]

For some reason, Internet Exploder won't go to www.mp3.com, yet AOL will.
No clue why.

[wardaddy]

Boy...isn't that the truth?

ADSL or Cable with Google as browser homepage is on almost everyone's PC I know....but I'm in an urban area.

Maybe dial-ups like them....??

[Xenalyte]

I'm in IE, and I just went there. Maybe you need a reboot, or an update.

[arasina]

They seem to think that it's a sign of low testosterone if you find ease of use attractive.

One of my sisters has tried many other internet providers and ALWAYS goes back to AOL. She, like some others have stated here, gets begged to come back and get free months of service. That said, she REFUSES to learn anything new because of the "ease of use" by AOL.

Personally, I have always disliked AOL. (When I initially got online it was through Prodigy...in the days of Windows 3.0, but I had free accounts for both through work. Prodigy was good back then; AOL stunk from the beginning.) I don't like their silliness (little hearts for favorites and all that other junk) and don't like the way their service is more of a "gated community" than a porthole to the world.