Do you believe what the news feeds you or are you a critical thinker?

Answer 1

Both.

Answer 2

I begin each day with the right-wing Drudge Report and World Net Daily. Then I read news from other country websites (Canada, England, Australia, China, India, etc.). Then I read opinion sites, like Common Dreams and Anti-War (on the left) to Jeff Rense to NewsMax (on the right). By the end of the day, I have a pretty fair idea of the different perspectives and slants on the news of the day. From these I can form my own opinions.

Answer 3

The news is biased in most things. They also leave out a lot of news that I would like to hear/read/know. I dont consider myself a critial thinker, but I aint dumb, neither. Yuck yuck.

If one is over critical, one loses perspective and often, one loses humor. I appreciate political satire sometimes, like An Coulter uses. Many critical thinkers miss out of the fine points of columists like Coulter when she uses sarcasm, blowing it off as being mean or harsh. There is a difference.

So in realizing the news is biased and self serving, I still read it keeping in mind its shortcomings. I get out of it what it puts forth, then I look elsewhere for what it leaves out, or gets wrong.

Answer 4

Most of the news is slanted in one direction or another either by omission or admission. I try to remember that when I watch or read the news.

Answer 5

Only listen to the news, but not their views.