What criteria do you use?
2006-07-10 15:21:42 · 7 answers · asked by Aaron 2 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Rolling my eyes over this one...I have stopped watching all news programs on television because I believe they are mostly speculative half truth hypothetical scenarios based upon poor research paid for by no one will ever know.
For example, leading story, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WAS A fillin the blank EPIDEMIC spread by suchandsuch TERRORIST GROUP? WOULD YOU BE READY??? Now, that is not news! That is just rubbish!
To answer our question, I tend to listen to news that has NO commercial sponsorship, like public radio, but even that has started taken commercial money, so sometimes I'll watch the BBC news on public tv. I am just overly cynical about the whole thing, sorry.
2006-07-10 15:37:34 · answer #1 · answered by turtle girl 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
First, one needs to possess a critical mind. Then, one examines the material for discrepancies of any kind. Then, one researches other sources that have had a track record of consistency and checks for similarities or differences. The key is to find news sources that are distinct and separate from another (those that do not have the same parent company, for example). One also needs to discern any partisan agenda, and this is also done over time.
No, it is not easy to do.
...which is probably why most people accept the tripe that is served...
2006-07-10 22:29:07 · answer #2 · answered by Finnegan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if you ever really can, Fox News is very right wing, and so present the President in glowing light and all the democrats poorly. I think you just need to be aware that there is bias around.
2006-07-10 22:26:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never ever rely on just one source of news, they are probably biased. Inform yourself from many different sources and contradictory points of view and then form your own though about it.
2006-07-11 00:45:58 · answer #4 · answered by another 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can never know
the truth is never reported
the cloest you can come to the truth is to check out many news stories on the same topic. look at the big news companies as well as the small news providers
2006-07-10 22:25:58 · answer #5 · answered by Enigmatic33 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, with me being a news junkie...if I see it on CNN or Reuters and also find it on Drudge and Fox, then I know there has to be some element of truth to it.
2006-07-10 22:25:07 · answer #6 · answered by Mommymonster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch BBC, not FAUXNEWS.
2006-07-10 22:26:45 · answer #7 · answered by news101now 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋