2006-08-06 02:55:24 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
mmm i guess the only thing you can trust in a daily paper is the date at the top- and id even double check that
2006-08-06 02:59:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whichever papers you like to read, find out who owns them, and then see if the news stories those papers carry reflect the political views of the owners.
Large corporations now own many of the newspapers, radio stations, and television stations in the US. Consequently, the news those sources carry is frequently biased, sometimes to extremes. Not "free press" in any real sense.
The best way to know the truth about news stories is to check several sources, including some outside of the country.
2006-08-06 11:48:09 · answer #2 · answered by functionary01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Guardian, Independant, Observor, are definately left wing. The Daily Mail, Daily Express, Telegraph are often portrayed as right of centre. But actually I think that they are centre ground. It is this government that has dragged the country to the left, giving the impression that the papers I have referred to above are right of centre. Most of the TV media is left wing/liberal. So let us put it this way, the truth, as they see it, will be presented in a way that suits their predjudices.
2006-08-06 10:23:33 · answer #3 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends. In theory truth, via facts, goes into a news story, but it is all about the slant & perspective that is presented. Newspapers are the most obvious culprits of this and will side with the party who shares their political stance (or in The Sun's case, the party who there owner likes)
Truth can be found in the news, you just have to discard the slant on it.
2006-08-06 14:28:19 · answer #4 · answered by chrisjsaunders 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trust the Media? are you kidding? Just because it is printing doesn't mean it is true. They claim to be unbiased but they want to sell papers and stories and so they will play it up to the group that will cause the biggest reaction from. It is hard to find a paper that will just state the facts and let the reader decide for him/her self. We need papers like that. Newspapers are supposed to be informative not persuasive.
2006-08-06 10:04:43 · answer #5 · answered by dutchfam7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From reading newspapers you may have a general picture of what goes on in the world, but it is impossible to learn further then that from the mainstream media. One example: I hope everyone knows Jews were NOT the ONLY victims of WW2, though one may think so if all the information he gets is from the mainstream media, especially the Israeli media.
2006-08-06 10:03:59 · answer #6 · answered by Avner Eliyahu R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
,The media in the United States is very tightly controlled contrary to the popular belief. Anything in print or on TV is very one sided , people are constantly being told the media is very liberal but, in fact its the exact opposite. In election years you can see what they ask candidates has absolute no substance what so ever, the same people who market tooth paste market our candidates. That is a perfect example of the condition of reporting in this country, mindless,inaccurate,no substance.
2006-08-06 10:04:56 · answer #7 · answered by E Train 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. Trust the NY Times. They tell you "All the news that fits, we print." It says so right on the top of the front page.
2006-08-06 10:07:35 · answer #8 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that you should read 5 newspapers a day to get close to the truth - of different ideas, obviously.
2006-08-06 10:02:30 · answer #9 · answered by opossumd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In all fairness and honestly I think the their are two ways to check;
Get 2 newspapers i liberal and 1 Conservative and compare.
Go on line and do your own research.
2006-08-06 10:04:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋