"Main Stream Media" - A pundits view
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(11-25-2016, 10:58 PM)cletus1 Wrote:
(11-25-2016, 02:04 PM)Cuzz Wrote:
(11-25-2016, 01:50 PM)tvguy Wrote:
(11-24-2016, 09:22 PM)Wonky3 Wrote:
(11-24-2016, 09:08 PM)Cuzz Wrote: Ms. Parker: 

"Of all the losers in this season of discontent, the mainstream media top the list. I don’t say this lightly, and sincerely fear that loss of faith in journalism ultimately will cause more harm to the nation than any outside enemy could hope to."


I think she got right to the point in the first sentence. I've been thinking much the same for a while. Some people have trouble discriminating between news and opinion.
Yep. And I find I'm often guilty of it. I too often have to remind myself that reading even a well written opinon piece (that I agree with of course  Embarrassed) is not NEWS. 
Not easy this stuff.

On the other hand there is nothing wrong with listening to the opinions of people you respect and know to be knowledgeable and who have their ear to the ground much more that most of us.

I agree. I do all the time. It's just good to know the difference.
Accepting the "news" as factual in my opinion is mostly a matter of faith. If the reader trusts the source, then the information is seen as accurate. Even for the people that look deeper into news stories, it is not likely that any coursery investigation will reveal something much different than the original story. Now if you fact check some Fox News or Breitbart articles, you will find plenty of stories are often nothing more than a steaming pile of bullshit.

Don't forget CNN, MSNBC...etal
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(11-26-2016, 01:02 PM)GPnative Wrote:
(11-25-2016, 10:58 PM)cletus1 Wrote:
(11-25-2016, 02:04 PM)Cuzz Wrote:
(11-25-2016, 01:50 PM)tvguy Wrote:
(11-24-2016, 09:22 PM)Wonky3 Wrote: Yep. And I find I'm often guilty of it. I too often have to remind myself that reading even a well written opinon piece (that I agree with of course  Embarrassed) is not NEWS. 
Not easy this stuff.

On the other hand there is nothing wrong with listening to the opinions of people you respect and know to be knowledgeable and who have their ear to the ground much more that most of us.

I agree. I do all the time. It's just good to know the difference.
Accepting the "news" as factual in my opinion is mostly a matter of faith. If the reader trusts the source, then the information is seen as accurate. Even for the people that look deeper into news stories, it is not likely that any coursery investigation will reveal something much different than the original story. Now if you fact check some Fox News or Breitbart articles, you will find plenty of stories are often nothing more than a steaming pile of bullshit.

Don't forget CNN, MSNBC...etal

I think he purposely mentioned the worst and I agree. Fox actually posts a story and even their own words contradict the sensationalized headlines.
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(11-26-2016, 01:02 PM)GPnative Wrote:
(11-25-2016, 10:58 PM)cletus1 Wrote:
(11-25-2016, 02:04 PM)Cuzz Wrote:
(11-25-2016, 01:50 PM)tvguy Wrote:
(11-24-2016, 09:22 PM)Wonky3 Wrote: Yep. And I find I'm often guilty of it. I too often have to remind myself that reading even a well written opinon piece (that I agree with of course  Embarrassed) is not NEWS. 
Not easy this stuff.

On the other hand there is nothing wrong with listening to the opinions of people you respect and know to be knowledgeable and who have their ear to the ground much more that most of us.

I agree. I do all the time. It's just good to know the difference.
Accepting the "news" as factual in my opinion is mostly a matter of faith. If the reader trusts the source, then the information is seen as accurate. Even for the people that look deeper into news stories, it is not likely that any coursery investigation will reveal something much different than the original story. Now if you fact check some Fox News or Breitbart articles, you will find plenty of stories are often nothing more than a steaming pile of bullshit.

Don't forget CNN, MSNBC...etal

I think he purposely mentioned the worst and I agree. Fox actually posts a story and even their own words contradict the sensationalized headlines.
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Wonky just needs some fresh news sites to click on.

http://observers.france24.com/en/articles-observers/0/

http://the-japan-news.com/

http://bigstory.ap.org/

http://www.irishexaminer.com/

https://sputniknews.com/

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/inthenews
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