The Problem with the News is us the consumer

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We don't demand better. We eat from the silly trough that is Fox or CNN and claim it as fact. We have to demand better and not dismiss other news sources off the bat bc of who they are.
 
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I don't believe much of anything on the news, especially the weatherman. Talk about "fake news"!
 
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volfanhill said:
We don't demand better. We eat from the silly trough that is Fox or CNN and claim it as fact. We have to demand better and not dismiss other news sources off the bat bc of who they are.
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It's good to use both news outlets to see what spin the other is trying to put on an issue and then research the topic and issue for yourself and form your own opinion.
 
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If the problem with the news is us, the consumer, then the problem with the news is systemic, as ratings shouldn't dictate journalistic integrity.

The problems with journalism started when corporations gobbled up all of the news outlets. Now, they're just mouthpieces for corporate desires and interests.
 
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volfanhill said:
We don't demand better. We eat from the silly trough that is Fox or CNN and claim it as fact. We have to demand better and not dismiss other news sources off the bat bc of who they are.
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People used to laugh at the. national Enquirer
 
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Nonbiased, honest, and professional news now takes a back seat to ratings and money. People are more interested in getting news out first rather than making sure it is true.

The majority of consumers just want to sit down and be told stuff that they agree with, which is why we have such polarization among news networks.

I believe Shepard Smith criticized Trump yesterday in regards to his press conference, and Fox News viewers on Twitter in masses were begging that he got fired. It doesn't matter what is spewed to us anymore because we will only look for the news that fits our beliefs.

For example, it seems that people would more willingly believe a new(false) study that proteins make you fat more than that their political leader is an idiot.
 
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Persian Vol said:
Nonbiased, honest, and professional news now takes a back seat to ratings and money. People are more interested in getting news out first rather than making sure it is true.

The majority of consumers just want to sit down and be told stuff that they agree with, which is why we have such polarization among news networks.

I believe Shepard Smith criticized Trump yesterday in regards to his press conference, and Fox News viewers on Twitter in masses were begging that he got fired. It doesn't matter what is spewed to us anymore because we will only look for the news that fits our beliefs.

For example, it seems that people would more willingly believe a new(false) study that proteins make you fat more than that their political leader is an idiot.
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A tweet from Trump is now considered breaking news.
 
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Can't believe any of them, all are slanted and biased and have their own motives and interests at heart.

Getting the story is second to getting first and making money. These are businesses and they only care about clicks and advertiser $'s. Trust none of them as all only present a portion of the story that fits their agenda.
 
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Persian Vol said:
Nonbiased, honest, and professional news now takes a back seat to ratings and money. People are more interested in getting news out first rather than making sure it is true.

The majority of consumers just want to sit down and be told stuff that they agree with, which is why we have such polarization among news networks.

I believe Shepard Smith criticized Trump yesterday in regards to his press conference, and Fox News viewers on Twitter in masses were begging that he got fired. It doesn't matter what is spewed to us anymore because we will only look for the news that fits our beliefs.

For example, it seems that people would more willingly believe a new(false) study that proteins make you fat more than that their political leader is an idiot.
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Agree. Fwiw though, Robin Meade is pretty.
 
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People go to Mexican restaurants because they like Mexican food. People go to a good steak house because they like a good steak. People go to a Chinese restaurant because they like Chinese food.

People watch whatever news source that fits their taste.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
People go to Mexican restaurants because they like Mexican food. People go to a good steak house because they like a good steak. People go to a Chinese restaurant because they like Chinese food.

People watch whatever news source that fits their taste.
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Some people go to the Chinese restaurant because their wife says "you always get to choose, I want Chinese. It won't kill you to go". 😆
 
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Persian Vol said:
Nonbiased, honest, and professional news now takes a back seat to ratings and money. People are more interested in getting news out first rather than making sure it is true.

The majority of consumers just want to sit down and be told stuff that they agree with, which is why we have such polarization among news networks.

I believe Shepard Smith criticized Trump yesterday in regards to his press conference, and Fox News viewers on Twitter in masses were begging that he got fired. It doesn't matter what is spewed to us anymore because we will only look for the news that fits our beliefs.

For example, it seems that people would more willingly believe a new(false) study that proteins make you fat more than that their political leader is an idiot.
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Shepherd Smith is a prissy little b****, who thinks he is hot doo doo.
 
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No, it is because most journalists are Dem-Libs who are slaved to the worn out 60's radical party leaders.

Also, because the media is educated by liberal college journalism professors and schools. Go into any college journalism class and ask how many are Dem-Libs?
 
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The spiderweb of corporate and private ownership of all our sources of news has been growing ever smaller.

Who Owns the Media? | Free Press

MakeUseOf's (a geek tech site-my kind of folk) Ryan Dube has revised his 'Top 5 World News Websites Guaranteed Free From Censorship'.

His personal list of what he regards as the most reliably unbiased 'go to' news sources.
Originally written in 2010 he updated the article January, 2017.

So here is this tech guy that's given a lot of thought to where to get unbiased news. Actually free from censorship? Sure, that's questionable, but at least he's going outside the force fed yellow journalism bias of American broadcast "our way or the highway" "news".

Top 5 World News Websites Guaranteed Free From Censorship
 
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BBC news covers America well.

NPR is super entertaining right now.
 
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While news networks commentary is for sure slanted I don't think true journalists are liars. Truth is fickle. It's like the five blind men describing what an elephant looks like by feeling it. It's easy to describe the exact same thing in different ways.
 
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MT LeConte said:
While news networks commentary is for sure slanted I don't think true journalists are liars. Truth is fickle. It's like the five blind men describing what an elephant looks like by feeling it. It's easy to describe the exact same thing in different ways.
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So, the news should report facts and leave the "descriptions" and opinions to the occasional editorial page. You just described a huge part of the problem.
 
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Opinion shows are passed off as news now. maddow, hannity, Matthews, ect aren't reporting the news. They're telling you what they what you to think. Just because someone is given an hour on TV/radio doesn't mean their telling the truth or being honest.

And viewers carry as much blame. You can pick your news network for confirmation of your beliefs. Doesn't mean it's accurate.
 
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TheDeeble said:
Opinion shows are passed off as news now. maddow, hannity, Matthews, ect aren't reporting the news. They're telling you what they what you to think. Just because someone is given an hour on TV/radio doesn't mean their telling the truth or being honest.
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I do agree that too much of TV is opinionated currently. It seems that most stations seem to talk about 1-3 topics a day and have analyst and commentators discuss it to the death, rather than just talking about everything. There is plenty of news that happens daily, but the stations just stick to the most popular one and beat it to death because of ratings.

Even in ESPN, they talk about the same thing over and over and over again. It seems like there cannot be a day that goes by without debating whether Lebron is the GOAT or whether Brady eclipsed Montana as the GOAT. Who gives a ****.
 
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