Do you believe everything the news casters tells you?

I believe it's selective brainwashing.

No, and you're foolish if you do, especially in this day of political slant in everything.

I get my news online, and with a very critical eye to details. If the report says 'an unnamed source', that part can be ignored. If the phrases 'will say', 'will do', 'can say', or 'can do' appear anywhere, those statements can be ignored on grounds that they're opinion, not statements of fact. If you see 'if this ... then ...' and there's a pattern of building on the initial supposition with no basis of fact, the whole report can be ignored.

Finally, don't just read the first little bit, and don't gloss over a news report. Read the whole report, and make sure that you read the end ... lots of times the end is hidden behind a 'more...' link ... you'll discover that is where they put the disclaimer. For example, I was reading a report the other day, and it ended with '...but the state department and FBI have no evidence of guilt.' and it was hidden by a 'more...' link.

Hope this helps!

I require evidence, like pictures to believe anything they say. I believe what I see with my own eyes. Recently as far away as Lebanon and Florida and NY everyone was told told pretty much the whole state of Kansas was under water. I live in Kansas and the weather here has been great. There are a few levees that went over with water and flooded outlying areas but they didn't build the levees high enough and they know that. It floods in those areas year after year.

No. Daily news has always been somewhat suspect, since reporting immediately introduces errors that might not escape more thorough fact checking, and speculation becomes rampant. The best cure for this in the pre-Internet days was to focus on weekly and monthly publications for a more condensed and better considered version of events. And that would still serve you well, though at greater expense, as long as you subscribe to a balanced mix of publications. Otherwise, look for the least sensationalistic websites you can find, and mix those up as well.

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I used to be a news caster. I stopped believing anything they said five minutes after I met my first one. They have gotten worse since that day 40-years ago. What is most disturbing is that anyone takes them seriously at all.

No, especially not nowadays where viewer ratings are more important than actually telling the news. And don't even get me started on Fox News. It's not news, it's propaganda.

There is a motto many news people follow - Never let the facts get in the way of a good story. Similar to biblical literalists.

Tv news is pretty terrible (with a few exceptions) but American TV news is by far the worst for stupid "trending" topics and amount of time on news stories vs the amount of advertising on the channel.

No.

They aren't really "news casters"... they are spin doctors.

It shouldn't be called "The Evening News", it should be called "The Evening Opinions".

Sorry, but I am an atheist. Unlike believers, when people lie to me I figure they are not honest.