Is anyone else tired of biased news coverage?

Question

I want my news to be as nonbiased as possible. I prefer to take in the facts before someone else interprets them for me. I am perfectly capable of reaching my own conclusions. I don't want a conservative or a liberal slant. Just the facts. I'm tired of photos being 'enhanced' for viewing pleasure.

Answer 1

I agree with you 101%. Moreover we are fed pap and tripe of rehashed stories and articles that suggest impending crises...the funk over Taiwan-China-US,...and stories that suggest startling discoveries that MAY have an effect on something..perhaps! If we read the headlines daily, it would seem that we have massacred hundreds of thousands of people and a proportional amount of our own soldiers killed, but the death toll from the government reflects such a trivial loss of our own GIs...who is lying to whom? I was in Vietnam and for every search and destroy operation (later modified to the more politically correct term of sweep and clear), there were always blood trails, and any North Vietnamese soldier was promoted to officer rank...so statistically there were few soldiers killed but lots of brass created by the media...Many stories were written from the bar on the top floor of the Caravelle Hotel in Saigon and the closest enemy action was 15 miles away. I am sick to death of them contriving to make headlines out of nothing....i.e. Greek Scientists promote teaching Evolution....As a scientist, I have always advocated teaching this, not as opposing religious ideas but as a different view-point. Not long ago, an Australian newspaper reported that Australian scientists deetermined that cows were a main factor in environmental pollution by producing methane (digestive gases or flatulence)...are the scientists crazy or was the reporter unbalanced?....we had great herds of bison and we still have great populations of herbivores in Africa as well as a thriving beef business....Did we go through a global warming....or is this a gimmick by Al Gore supporters? Or could it be another polemic started by the press?

Answer 2

I'm with you. The newspapers in north America are owned by 7 or 8 people. Say if these people were to get together and figure out an agenda they would be able to sell this agenda to you for a profit as well as influence your opinion on said agenda

Answer 3

The problem is, news coverage is rarely 'just the facts'. For wxample, the BBC is widely regarded as a non-partisan media provider. During the Isael Lebanon war, they broadcast a great deal more from within Israel, and seemed to interview far more Israelis than Lebanese. This gave the impression of a slant, though it was more perception than reality.

However, when it comes to broadcasters like FOX, I think their agenda and bias is criminal. They are a propoganda station, nothing less.

Answer 4

I would presume you are talking about the muslim terrorists and how the news makes it look like islam is to blame? I would say that to draw the conclusion that islam is to blame is pretty unavoidable, considering that there has been 100's of terrorist attacks, all muslim lead and executed over the last 10 years. Read the koran, that should give you all the information that you need to come to an educated conclusion. Maybe then you will see that the people that bang on about islam being evil aren't being bigots, they have read the koran and are appalled by what they read.

Answer 5

I agree. I try to find my news from as many sources as possible. I will listen, read or watch any reputable news source I can find. It's very interesting to watch news from all the major networks as big stories are developing. Some networks present facts, some speculate and some will be telling you about Hollywood instead...

Answer 6

I've thought of this many times not sure what the answer is the media is controled by advertisers and therefore we will always get a slant.

Answer 7

I agree completely, the problem is that no media coverage is completely unbiased. I think BBC news is the closest i've come but even then I don't trust it completely to give me all the facts.

Answer 8

I agree 100% but unfortunately the only way you won't see biased news coverage is if you stopped watching the news or reading the paper.... that's life...

Answer 9

I really wish I could get objective news.

I don't like biased conservative any better than biased liberal. Tell me what happened and I will decide what to think without anyone's help, thank you very much.

Answer 10

Try Al Jazeera, Most of the other broadcasters should be viewed with one eye closed and one ear plugged. Anything Murdoch owned should have a fu*king health warning attatched to it. Besides Bush tried to wipe Al Jazeera off the face of the earth so they must be telling some truth.