Do you trust mainstream media?

Do you trust mainstream media?

  • Yes, I trust mainstream media

    Votes: 6 16.7%

  • Somewhat, I know they're selling an agenda, but overall, I believe the information is accurate

    Votes: 3 8.3%

  • Not really, I know they're selling an agenda, but overall, I believe the information is inaccurate

    Votes: 1 2.8%

  • No, I do not trust the mainstream media

    Votes: 26 72.2%
  • Total voters
    36
ttystikk

ttystikk

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By the way, these guys got mysteriously defunded by YouTube recently. Their revenue stream yanked, no explanation given. Makes you wonder WTF?

I understand that anything Putin says is to be treated with suspicion, but what if his version of events is more credible than our own news sources? Our news sources, who swallow whatever our Pentagon puts in their mouth, without any fact checking whatsoever?

 
Justin-case

Justin-case

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ttystikk said:
I've suspected since the day the news broke about the gas attack in Syria (April 2017) that it was bullshit. Mr Assad did NOT use chemical munitions but rather it was a false flag attack.

There seems to be a gathering consensus about this;

So in short; NO. I DO NOT TRUST THE AMERICAN MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

Their mendacity is well known and they no longer seek to inform, merely to influence the average American citizen.

Fascism at work.
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Oh, give me a fucking break. How do get nine month old twins to play dead?
 
DiogenesTheWiser

DiogenesTheWiser

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So the OP is interesting, and here's a historical perspective of television news: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1976/01/cbs-the-power-and-the-profits/305304/

I think the OP should also address newspapers, websites, and blogs. Are these now MSM outlets? Or does just television news count as the MSM?

Lots of Americans in the so-called "heartland"--you know, the "bubba" states like Texas, Kansas, Alabama, Iowa, etc.--get their news from an old timey weekly newspaper in print (that's mailed to subscribers). Those newspapers tend to have archconservative viewpoints, and attempt to sway readers to vote for very conservative local and state candidates.
 
Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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Padawanbater2 said:
Why/why not?

I don't trust the information I get from mainstream media sources because I know they operate as a business, their goal is ratings which equates to advertisement revenue, not objective information.

I think it's evident FOX represents the Republican party, MSNBC represents the Democratic party and CNN holds a neutrality bias, which means they act like both sides [Democrats & Republicans] are equal, and they leave you, the viewer to make up your own mind.

I believe the media has a responsibility to hold elected officials accountable. At this, they have failed.
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thats strange , people always understood mainstream media to be ABC, CBS, NBC
not entertainment channels Fox Msnbc ect
 
doublejj

doublejj

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so u don't like any media?.....where do u get your information?...do u just sit in the dark? "News" is reported as a world commodity now, u can find mainstream news from many angles on the same subject. It's all about what u choose to read. quit blaming the media 4 shit....u sound like trump
 
srh88

srh88

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doublejj said:
so u don't like any media?.....where do u get your information?...do u just sit in the dark? "News" is reported as a world commodity now, u can find mainstream news from many angles on the same subject. It's all about what u choose to read. quit blaming the media 4 shit....u sound like trump
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are you still digging? you have to be halfway to china now
 
Chunky Stool

Chunky Stool

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I assume that the news will always have a political slant, so the best policy is to analyze as much as possible and decide for myself what is true. I actually enjoy listening to far-right conservative radio because I know what the idiots will be parroting on facebook before it actually happens. Gives me time to prepare a good ambush... :twisted:
 
twostrokenut

twostrokenut

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ttystikk said:
I've suspected since the day the news broke about the gas attack in Syria (April 2017) that it was bullshit. Mr Assad did NOT use chemical munitions but rather it was a false flag attack.

There seems to be a gathering consensus about this;

So in short; NO. I DO NOT TRUST THE AMERICAN MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

Their mendacity is well known and they no longer seek to inform, merely to influence the average American citizen.

Fascism at work.
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Your next stop on this conspiracy path is obviously the cia.
 
G.V

G.V

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Being from the UK I cant comment on many US Media channels etc.

But I do think that there is one universal fact of Media that is present in any of them trying to get a message across, in particular a political message.

They will "Believe" whatever they need to "Believe" in order to get ratings and Kudos, its not rocket science, their just a company earning money. At the end of the day that's exactly what makes their engine tick over. The average sheep wants to see a particular point of view, and regardless of the truth its that point of view that will be broadcast.

I don't think modern media needs to fabricate facts when it comes to political news because the facts have already been vetted and in turn modified before the media gets a hold of them.

Its the perfect system of lies. The very reason we very rarely if at all see a media company held accountable for telling lies is because they don't. They just recirculate them.

The governments lie, and the media love that they do so.
 
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