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KTR asked in News & EventsMedia & Journalism · 1 decade ago

Do you think that mainstream media tells you the truth?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Everything media tells you is one view on facts so you should always get your information from several sources. However I doubt that any serious journalist from any of the respectable medias sits down and lies to us. So yeah, they tell us the truth. But as they see it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    sure

    every sports athlet that gets a positive drug test

    yeah right

    every movie star gathering

    yep

    it just avoids talking about poll-i-tics

    plus dont mention the war wounded /or fatality rate

    we get a fraction of the live time info

    but we get the top accident of the day

    we get the top court report

    but as for anything resembling all the new [non neo news] media is a joke

    world reportage is virtually non egsistant but that we are seeing a lot of riots

    you can only get so much news into half an hour of sport and crime reportage ,and the spectacular star court case ,

    we get a 30 second grab of some political president or election [the neo con side] ,but here is the sports

  • CC
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    The media can't tell an outright lie because there are laws to protect us from that. However, they are a for-profit business and have their own agendas so they may not show a side to a story that might upset the station's owner or advertisers.

    It's always a good idea to get your news from a variety of sources so you can get as many sides as possible and form your own opinion.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    Absolutely NOT

    It's all controlled and heavily censored and Rupert Murdoch has got his grimy hands in all of it at some level (he's such a globalist)

    I don't even have cable anymore...(I was addicted to Fox News until I watched the movie OUTFOXED- google it)

    I made a decision to stop making these media giants rich only to hear their propaganda....I just listen to ALEX JONES' radio stream at: http://infowars.com/

  • Ben
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Yes, as they see it - the problem being they don't have the time or resources to go into many details and sources to get a story, some of which may contradict their initial focus.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    MSM - ABC, NBC,CBS, NPR, PBS, NYT,LAT,CTribune etc for the most part only tell you what they want you to believe and don't always present both sides.

    FNC, CNN - Glenn Beck tell you for the most part both sides and you decide.

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  • 1 decade ago

    In their own twisted way.

  • 1 decade ago

    no, they don't tell the whole truth!

  • 1 decade ago

    Nope . That would be news to them ..

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