Should I believe the media when it goes against my common sense?

Question

Loose Change video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7866929448192753501&hl=en

Debate between Loose Change and Popular Mechanics
http://www.democracynow.org/streampage.pl?issue=20060911

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
- Charles Baudelaire

Answer 1

That depend to a large extend about what your common sense stands at.
However from what we see today, the media is even becoming a treat to society, especial if used by a dictator
and other country where truth does not exist and other sphere of life
I will ask you be careful
Thanks

Answer 2

You shouldn't believe the media. Just because something is printed or broadcast doesn't mean it is true. Especially so in advertising, i.e. a message put together for the purpose of motivating the audience to take some action which is in the best interests of whomever paid to have the message delivered. Sometimes it is hard to tell whether someone paid for the message to be broadcast/published. It is also wise not to believe everything you read/view/hear even if it is purported to be true by respected journalists. Journalists are sometimes fed false or incomplete information, even by so-called authoritative, credible sources. Journalists sometimes interpret truth in the context of their own experience, values, religion and common sense, all of which could lead a journalist to slant the truth, or at least, unknowingly put forth information which is not completely true. At the same time, it is not wise to allow your common sense to determine what you should and should not believe in the media. Your mind should be open to the research, thoughts and opinions of others, especially of those who may be better qualified to address subjects and issues about which your own experience and thinking may be limited in comparison. For example, had common sense prevailed aboard the ships of Christopher Columbus, he would have not discovered the New World. Also consider the example of cigarette advertising on U.S. TV. Had it not been banned, how many more millions of Americans would have been killed by lung cancer because they believed the messages that smoking was enjoyable, that it was attractive to members of the opposite sex, that it was a factor in the success of celebrities? What the commercials left out was that tobacco was addictive, that it caused cancer and that it could lead to a premature death.

Answer 3

No. Think for yourself. Read from as many sources as are available, Listen to the media, and form an opinion based on all available sources of information, but be scepticle of any souce that has an agenda political or otherwise.

Answer 4

I think we all want to believe what media says is true ...but its not...in alot of time i just say:we are not that dumb! i know it sometimes sound convincing but other times it doesnt ....if you just think about it...alot of thing media hides or doesnt say the right way ...like what happens in palestine ...truth about lebanon,reasons for Iraq war ...all these and more were alittle unreasonable...all these speeches and articles couldnt convince people .....of course you shouldnt believe it...not everything said to us should be believed and approved ...we have a mind and sense to think things over not e paranoied but really using our minds...)

Answer 5

I ask myself if it is fact or opinion. Then I consider the source. I have been wrong and just because I am in the majority does not make my opinion correct. Even the Supreme Court has reversed itself, but not often.

Answer 6

No. Media is part of the political machine intended to manipulate and deceive.

Answer 7

Your opinions should be based on your own thoughts, not the media or people making shitty propaganda films.

Answer 8

media likes to overkill