Do you actually believe the NEWS?

Do you actually take "NEWS" broadcasts seriously?

Can a single word they utter resemble even the most vague of truths?

After their consistent record of complete failure and documented and exposed deception since about the 1940s, do you still sleep well at night, trusting what these corporately funded SCUM feed you?

Do you realize how distorted the propaganda is which is pumped out daily by the Leftist Imperialist mind-rapists we call FOX,CNN, MSNBC,ABC,CBS?

Look at the overwhelming amount of fallacies and contrivances they shoveled out concerning, Waco, Vietnam, 9/11, OKC, WTC93, Iraq....so on and so on........

I honestly just want to know how anyone with even 1/10th of a brain could trust anything these dirtbags say. It just makes me laugh.

The worst part about the NEWS is the crazy amount power it has over MOST people.

How many idiots at your job, for example, take on the opinions they've been fed by these liars and spit it back out all day, simply due to the fact that they are incapable of formulating their OWN original and HONEST opinion?

 

I watch the MSM periodically to pick it apart and make notes of bias. But I rarely watch it for informative purposes anymore. Doesn't seem like there's any point. You can watch Jon Stewart and get most of the same information with about the same level of journalistic integrity but with a laugh.

 

Other than CNN every once and awhile, nobody else though.

 

Without the truth they would gain no credebility. they tell the truth to disguise the lies.

 

They tell some truth but a lot of it is crap. Fox leads the charge when it comes to bias and misinformation (polls consistently show it, so I'm not just stating opinion here) but all of them have misinformation.

I think there is enough truth to get by, though. And if you would like to really know something then it is easy to find it yourself. There are plenty of articles and search engines that you can use to find more reliable information than the mainstream news.

 

Just like FOX though, they do nothing but spout lies.

All day, every day.

 

I take em all with a grain of salt (not bath salts, either). And, in part, for the reasons you cited.

What? I should trust ABC news after they just revealed their agenda driven pursuits? I should trust MSNBC and Fox News, when it's so obvious that they're in bed with their favorite political parties? I should trust the NY times or the Washington Times? I should trust talk radio for providing some sort of balance??? Uhhhhh... no thanks. I may as well trust Michael Moore's documentaries and Al Gore's take on climate change.

 

Not really. They're just weak at telling the story.

 

So every one is a liar, there is no truth, all is a lost cause, doom and gloom and doom, conspiracy, the end is near, bla bla bla!

So what's the point of any thing then? If any one really believes that, why not just have total anarchy and be done with it all?

 

You know the agendas are to blame for this.

 

Don't make the all-too-common mistake of mistaking Chaos for Anarchy.

They actually have nothing to do with each other.

 

Kind of. They're pretty unbias, just weak at it.

 

Don't make the mistake of assuming some one doesn't know the difference and is asking a legitimate question for a change lol

 

Believing what you watch on an internet video makes so much more sense.

Don't accept anything you get without critical thought, particularly from uncorroborated, bias sources.

 

Making cliche generalizations draw corrective responses.

 

Corroborated evidence of Corporate NEWS deception is why i don't believe the news.

 

So what do you consider to be a reliable source for news?

 

When you get right down to it, they all suck. Every one panders to their audience or manipulates for their own agendas. But it's nothing new; been going on since Day One. The "Most trusted Man in America" was nothing but a shill for the left.

 

If anyone believes that there is even one objective news source it means their level of intelligence is sup-par. There never has been and never will be a so-called 'objective' source of news. All news is by definition opinion at its root as editors pick and choose which stories to present. Most of it is not 'news' at all.

 

Fox hasn't been here long enough to enjoy the sorry reputation that say...CNN and the alphabets share. It's amusing to see you guys list them first. I first realized that CNN is not to be trusted IN THE LEAST while watching the OJ trials on Court TV. Go to watch CNN that evening and I was shocked. NOTHING they reported happened, happened.

 

1st sentence: I'm sure you are being facetious, right?

2nd sentence = the best approach.

As you know full well, we've gotta stop letting these biased media endeavors unconditionally determine our views. We would be wise to stop using our favorite set of biased media presentations to validate our beliefs. That is the epitome of kool-aiders. Be bold! Be adventurous! Use some sources that we would normally avoid because they are contrary to our pet persuasion. Examine the other side of the coin - we may be surprised that ALL ain't rotten in their land, as we usually suppose. Pursue the actual data that the media uses for their warped presentations.

Yeah... OK. That's easier said than done. But, to the degree we can do that, it's worth it. But it is a helluva lot easier to just to hang out in our comfort zone, sticking to just the agreeable stuff, and feel smug about the vindication of our views in the process. (I'm not lecturing YOU. I'm lecturing ME - and probably most all of us.)

 

Of course. But my perception is that for quite a few folks here, I'm about on the mark.

And let someone do the thinking for us.

It is an interesting phenonemon. Propaganda really. I see it all the time with folks here. How many times, to give a more blatant example, have you seen folks say "Obama promised us unemployment would never go over 8%." And they believe it. And millions believe it. Heck, I believed it. Because it was and is repeated over and over and over and over.

Yet when I actually did the research to find this promise, I was shocked to find there was no promise. In fact, I was shocked to find that Obama never said one word about 8% unemployment. For that matter, it is hard to find anything even written about it before the stimulus was passed. The only time you start seeing anything about it was some months later when the unemploymetn rate got above 8%, and then this supposed "promise" indudated the media and internet. And so millions believe Obama made that promise and used it to sell the stimulus when he never uttered a word about it. I've seen it in this forum dozens of times.

That kind of stuff happens all the time. People don't think about what they hear it is in, as you put it, their comfort zone. I suppose we are all guilty of it to some extent.

 

The problem often is that the 'actual data' may have already dissipated, be almost impossible to get, or is just not available. One has to depend on the summaries given through the media and the media is ALWAYS biased. The 'trick' is not to be fooled by so-called 'objective' news. I have often opined that one is more informed by accessing biased sources on BOTH sides of an issue instead of relying on so-called 'objectivity.'

 

I constantly attempt to get economic data from Moody's Economy, Haver Analytics, and the like. Needless to say, unless I can dish out some money, I am not receiving comprehensive statistics.

 

I've been surprised so many times at my own errors when I actually went to the data. Each time I had to come to a decision: do I want to believe what IS, or do I have this stupid NEED to only accept what fits the political views that I WANT to be right. That's one of the reasons I'm an Independent. Though I'm conservative in most areas, I'm liberal in others - or at least, agree with their position on the particular issue.

I refuse to be shoved into either of these perspective's corners. Just because I habitually post foaming-at-the-mouth rants condemning one side or the other (usually the Left cause they REALLY do suck big time! ), doesn't mean that I don't know and respect many (well, some) of their arguments and the data behind them. I found that the freedom to think and weigh both sides is kinda nice - enhances the probability of ending up with something more than just having propaganda for beliefs.