how can we trust the western media?

Yes! the Chinese government is not all that open.

but the fact is that CNN, Fox news are so much more "politicized" and not much about the news itself (lobbying all the news according to their Government agendas!)

It just explains the general ignorant attitude of the American people who only "trust" their media with hearts and souls

shame on USA and its so called "freedom of speech"

The Media is there to make money. The more sensational the story(news), the more people will tune in, the more people the advertising will reach, the more money the media corporation will get. If the news is not sensational enough they will "make" the story more interesting by using different interpretations of what really happened. Bending the truth; using footage and interviews out of context.

Mostly the media is not influenced by government but, this is not always the case. This is where YOU have to decide. To blindly believe what the media is showing, is like following a blind person towards a cliff. By the way this happens more in Eastern and African countries than in Western ones, because a lot of Eastern and African Media corporations is State owned.

No. no longer anymore. they seem for hit and run headlines. final spring we had some flooding from a river the place I stay. A information team interviewed me approximately it. I pronounced I had some water interior the abode. even though it quite is befell till now and could take place returned. They rolled their eyes like i substitute into dropping their time, packed up their kit jointly as one in all their scouts walked down the line to locate somebody else. He discovered the main mentally risky female on the block. She cries on the drop of a hat. He motioned the digicam team over and that they interviewed her. She cried of direction, and listening to her you will think of the full city substitute into wiped out. and that's the interview that aired. Couple this with media's political insurance. They gave Obama a loose holiday - loose from difficult questions or asking him approximately his previous. he's the single they praised. So no. The media does not choose to checklist information. They the two choose to create it or type comments for the commonly used public.

When I heard the Dalai Lama say that he will step down as leader-in-exile of Tibet if the violence doesn't stop, I knew the newsmedia got the whole thing wrong.

I remember how when the Soviet Union was around people would say, "When it comes to the Soviet media you need to learn to read between the lines because if they don't like it, they won't say it. Period."

Most of the time the US media reminds me of that.

Well, we will never really know the real truth...

The problem is that media is always biased in every country. It is only a matter of how much and which way.

Journalist ethnics are dropping faster than the U.S. dollars that is for sure.

Freedom of the press only applies to government funded press which makes them part of the government and kids... do we trust the government?

I say, trust the story, not the individuals opinions as much. In fact, they shouldn't be stating much of their opinions on their shows anyways. We are supposed to get the factual news from the people on television, not their opinions.

If one don't trust the western medias.

How does one update oneself in time?

In real time?

Luke 9.25,55-56,60

What do you think?

You could try

http://therealnews.com/

no corporate funding, advertising, or governement funding.

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