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I'm not arguing that various mainstream media groups don't lean liberal. They do. Not necessarily good.
But I heard a lot of arguments over the last two days about how conservatives want Liberal Media to be "factual" and "objective" rather than so biased. Alright, that sounds laudable. We can all agree on that.
But what say you to Conservative Media? I see a lot of the same people who criticize Liberal Media posting around links from Breitbart, Infowars, Townhall, etc...you know the sites. So are those factual and objective?
I stay far away from the news sources you listed. I don't watch Fox News either. My father watched Fox news all his life, and he still does. It made him an angry, borderline hateful human being. I don't want to turn into my father, so I generally get my news via google search, and a few trusted, diverse news sources.
No! No! They're never wrong. Ever. It's 100 percent accurate. You're just a snowflake and you're just mad Trump won. MSNBC, CNN, and NPR just make up fake news because they hate Trump. "Sad"
I stay far away from the news sources you listed. I don't watch Fox News either. My father watched Fox news all his life, and he still does. It made him an angry, borderline hateful human being. I don't want to turn into my father, so I generally get my news via google search, and a few trusted, diverse news sources.
Fox News is basically Republican opinion. They are still blaming Obama. Trump has proven he is incompetent and with his pro Russian attitude I knew he was headed for a problem. Too bad Pence is also not Presidential material nor Ryan.
Again, you can't rely on one source. You need to look at all of them, left and right, and hopefully any out there that might actually be neutral, and get as much of the full story as you can.
I don't consider "Infowars" to be "Conservative", by the way. It's some guy shilling his products non stop and talking himself hoarse in to a microphone.
Things to look for when reading or listening to any media:
"may", "could", "might", "possibly", "I think", "I believe", etc are clear indicators that what you're about to hear are not facts but opinions.
"anonymous source" would be fine were these "anonymous sources" not so wrong so many times. The only one that seems to get that right is wikileaks because they just pass on the information. They don't add non stop biased commentary. You get just the facts and nothing but the facts.
Clickbait titles like "Boom!", "BREAKING!" (unless it's some event like a shooting or act of terrorism going on or some fertilizer plant just exploded), "You'll Never Believe What X Just Said!", "X Slams Y! Must See!", etc is also usually followed by a bunch of BS.
And people should read not only past the headline, they should read all the way to the end of the article. Usually pieces of the truth can be found way at the bottom of the page. Why? Because media knows that the majority do not read beyond the headline, and of those who do, the majority of that group do not read beyond the first paragraph or "above the fold" as it used to be called in print papers. If it confirms someone's bias, that's all that they need.
Also, try foreign papers to a different perspective on the news.
Put all of that together, you might have a slight hint of the truth.
Anyone who watches any channel or reads any paper and does nothing further is not getting the truth. They are getting opinions disguised as truth.
Any idiot who says "CNN, MSNBC, WaPo, NYTimes" are good and "Faux News" is bad, is biased and too stupid to converse with.
Any idiot who says "Fox News" or any other alt media is good is also biased and too stupid to converse with.
I'm not arguing that various mainstream media groups don't lean liberal. They do. Not necessarily good.
But I heard a lot of arguments over the last two days about how conservatives want Liberal Media to be "factual" and "objective" rather than so biased. Alright, that sounds laudable. We can all agree on that.
But what say you to Conservative Media? I see a lot of the same people who criticize Liberal Media posting around links from Breitbart, Infowars, Townhall, etc...you know the sites. So are those factual and objective?
And?
How many conservatives are saying this?
Are you reading a few posts and making the assumption most feel that way?
I'm not arguing that various mainstream media groups don't lean liberal. They do. Not necessarily good.
But I heard a lot of arguments over the last two days about how conservatives want Liberal Media to be "factual" and "objective" rather than so biased. Alright, that sounds laudable. We can all agree on that.
But what say you to Conservative Media? I see a lot of the same people who criticize Liberal Media posting around links from Breitbart, Infowars, Townhall, etc...you know the sites. So are those factual and objective?
Liberal media dominates the airwaves. the only con pespective is FOX.
Outnumbered in the mainstream.
Sure there are radio programs but I for one never listened or even know where to find Limbaugh, et al. I'm sure there are a large number of liberal radio broadcasters, but all the radio programs are not what the mainstream listens to.
the fact that the mainstream media is in the bag for the democrat party and promotes their fear mongering and hate for trump is crystal clear and not debatable.
It is frightening that the tactics the media uses to try to delegitimize, destroy and remove trump frm office is the stuff of a tropical banana republic. It is not subtle or arguable, the media is an official propaganda mouthpiece for the hijacked democrt party. Their tactics strike fear in the hearts of America as it means the free press/media which kept the government honest and America free, has abandoned its post like a sgt bergdahl.
It's pretty simple, really. The media should report the stories not make the stories according to some agenda. That is not journalism and does a disservice to the American people.
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