Media - do they distort the News?

[angelhome]

do you believe all you hear from the Media?
What is your favorite News station?

[BabyMamaBoutique]

They definitely tell you only what they want you to hear.  That's for sure.

[scollontrade]

It is just like us when we tell a family story. We tell it from OUR point of view and leave out the parts we don't want to tell.

[samrhett2]

I don't think many of them can leave their feeling out of it, although some do.  The problem now is that many of the shows are not really news broadcasts and are not intended to be.  They are commentary with different viewpoints given.  People should not confuse the two.  The old evening news has dropped in viewership because people can get their news 24-7.  I think probably your local news comes the closest to being impartial now.  More reporting and less opinion.

[mrstina08]

No I dont believe everything that they say. My favorite News station is Atlanta FOX5.

[madeara]

Yes, that's why I read the news.  My favorite station is Channel 4 in Washington.

[rogery]

Of course the news is slanted toward the owners agenda. Even public stations have to appeal to their subscribers. Fortunately there are many opportunities to find diverse opinions. The internet has made that quite easy. News Link .org lists hundreds of sources of local, national and international media. You will easily find news to fit your views.

[mynevaeh]

I definitelydo not beleive everything I hear on the news.  My favorite is abc6 news in Rhode Island. It's just like reality shows, they are not based on reality but scripted drama just to keep people interested. 

[tantricia44]

do you believe all you hear from the Media?
What is your favorite News station?
 

You can never believe what they say in the Media now a days. The media can twist the truth just to get ratings & not to inform the public with the truth. Some stations for example pro Republican stations spew lie after lie about the president. Now look where we are with this moron rep governor who whats to fix things in FLA that is not broken. There should be a law in which reporters reporting the news are not allowed to express their political agenda into the the news. Their job should be to report the news without any bias. Any reporter coloring or twisting the truth should be fired on the spot. This law should be in the contract for any reporter reporting the news. I like the regular abc, nbc....news. I don't know, I'm so pissed off with these news people & their lies, the public should petition to redefined what reporters need to report. You know, the truth and make this requirement the same in all states! Thanks for letting me vent.

[oonamas]

The news isn't just slanted, it's also totally hyped up to suck you in. If people reported all the news completely straightforwardly, it would be pretty boring a lot of the time. They have to make things seem like bigger deals than they are, and I think sometimes that succeeds in actually making things a bigger deal than they really are.

[southernhorizons]

They do distort the news, and they are pretty successful at swaying people to their viewpoints. The whole reason why Obama got elected is because the media pushed him, and built him up to be a celebrity. So all the brainwashed sheep just went right along and voted for him, regardless of his positions on vital issues. People blame FOX for their scare-mongering and such, but that's just because the rest of the media has brainwashed people into a false sense of security, so no one believes that the stuff the Republicans warn against can ever happen in this country. Meanwhile our freedoms are rapidly being eroded.

[monnee]

Do they distort the News?  Yes.  Do you believe all you hear from the Media?  No.  It's all about the ratings and $$$$$ for them.

[kingreyam24]

I absolutely do not believe everything I hear on the news. They completely messed stuff up the war in Afghanistan. I was over in Afghanistan and the atmosphere was nothing like what they showed on the news. On the news they would take little pieces of video to make everything look bad. That really made me mad because when you see exactly what is going on over there, it is nothing like what the news showed. It's almost like they want to try to start something by showing the wrong things.

[angelhome]

It is just like us when we tell a family story. We tell it from OUR point of view and leave out the parts we don't want to tell.

they should not be in the business to report the news in that case.

[angelhome]

No I dont believe everything that they say. My favorite News station is Atlanta FOX5.

yea FOX is my favorite too. although they have their faults too, but don't we all?