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Topic: Trust in the media...
AndyBgood's photo
Wed 05/18/11 10:09 AM
So do you trust the information provided by talking heads or do you take what they say as half truths missing information???

soufiehere's photo
Wed 05/18/11 10:13 AM
It turns out often enough to be
the truth, so I am good.

msharmony's photo
Wed 05/18/11 10:13 AM
I trust what I can cipher out as actual FACTS(as opposed to interpretations and opinions),,but they are far and few in between

I Generally dont pay much heed for at least two weeks because 'breaking news' is almost always the most sensational and the least dependable

Beachfarmer's photo
Wed 05/18/11 10:19 AM
drool Katie Couric can make me believe.

smokeybette's photo
Wed 05/18/11 10:35 AM
every media puts their own spin on the news.
it's up to us to glean our own truth on the matters.

Simonedemidova's photo
Wed 05/18/11 11:05 AM
when it's not political i usually believe it...but the anything with campaigning i tend to disbelieve...

frn12345's photo
Wed 05/18/11 11:05 AM
missing information...

More like Mis-Information...

If its on TV or the Mass Media its Pablum



challengingmind's photo
Wed 05/18/11 11:42 AM
Not a chance..they misconstrue everything and are always taking words out of context..their job is to report the facts and only the facts

For instance,they are reporting about doomsday prophecy yet there are no viable facts worth reporting on..nowadays all they want to do is make people feel like crap

mightymoe's photo
Wed 05/18/11 11:58 AM

Not a chance..they misconstrue everything and are always taking words out of context..their job is to report the facts and only the facts

For instance,they are reporting about doomsday prophecy yet there are no viable facts worth reporting on..nowadays all they want to do is make people feel like crap


agreed, they all lie or either say what they are told to say... very rarely the truth on anything...

Peccy's photo
Wed 05/18/11 12:06 PM


Not a chance..they misconstrue everything and are always taking words out of context..their job is to report the facts and only the facts

For instance,they are reporting about doomsday prophecy yet there are no viable facts worth reporting on..nowadays all they want to do is make people feel like crap


agreed, they all lie or either say what they are told to say... very rarely the truth on anything...
I would just once like to see a story..........ah hell, who am I kidding, I don't watch that shi#.

challengingmind's photo
Wed 05/18/11 12:25 PM
Let me show ya an example:
News:
A 40 yr old woman was assaulted by another pedestrian while walking across 5th ave and madison..we were unable to get further conformation from the hospital as to the well being of the woman..passerby's had witnessed the whole incident..stay tuned in for further details...

Real story:
A 40 yr old woman was assaulted by another woman while crossing the street.The woman who did the assault had a child with her and was texting on her cell.A truck was about to turn the corner but the driver didn't see the child.
The other woman saw what was about to occur and grabbed the child.The woman then told the mom that she was a dipshyte for not paying attention..the mom smacked the woman for saying that and took off with her child and didn't say thank you to the woman for saving her child.

No...this isn't a true story..I made them both up but you can tell the difference if it were a true story

ShiningArmour's photo
Wed 05/18/11 01:40 PM
The "Drive by media" Has a liberal slant on it. So while what they say may be "True"

They ussually report news that makes the left look good. OR the right look bad. If it makes the left look bad, you will almost never hear about it.

So I try and take what the media says with a grain of salt. It helps offset the taste of Bull$hit! :D

frn12345's photo
Wed 05/18/11 01:45 PM
>If it makes the left look bad, you will almost never hear about it.

Yep, where's Code Pink now that Obama is attacking Libya?

challengingmind's photo
Wed 05/18/11 01:55 PM
So if it looks like a duck and acts like a duck,is it a duck?
Hell no..its a kid in a halloween costume with scewed up vocal cords from whooping cough

no photo
Wed 05/18/11 02:06 PM
Don't trust anyone!

msharmony's photo
Thu 05/19/11 02:33 AM
who are 'the left' again?

Kleisto's photo
Thu 05/19/11 05:10 AM
Not in the least.

Kleisto's photo
Thu 05/19/11 05:12 AM

The "Drive by media" Has a liberal slant on it. So while what they say may be "True"

They ussually report news that makes the left look good. OR the right look bad. If it makes the left look bad, you will almost never hear about it.


There really isn't a left or a right, that's just an illusion to make us think there's any difference between parties when there really isn't much at all.

ShiningArmour's photo
Thu 05/19/11 06:35 AM


The "Drive by media" Has a liberal slant on it. So while what they say may be "True"

They ussually report news that makes the left look good. OR the right look bad. If it makes the left look bad, you will almost never hear about it.


There really isn't a left or a right, that's just an illusion to make us think there's any difference between parties when there really isn't much at all.


I've heard that theory to!

The way it was put was, "Its like professional wrestling. Out in public they want to stop each other, but in secret they are on the same side. They work together!"

Simonedemidova's photo
Thu 05/19/11 09:30 AM
I dont really mind the media--some countries are not even allowed access to computers and television, they are kept in submission. At least they are making attempts to reach us...Not all they say is false, just not all they say is true. But sometimes you will see a breaking story does ring to be true. ..and sometimes false or prematurely reported with slightly construed facts..

re:doomsday, wasnt there a thing about the mayan calendar that they were using to calculate 2012??

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