2006-10-06 07:21:35 · 19 answers · asked by ỉη ץ٥ڵ 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Depends where you get it from.
If you get in the US where there is no legal obligation to explore all sides of a story - no.
If you get it from a country where there is such an obligation - UK, Canada, etc then pretty much yes, and if it isn't the truth usually there's a big fuss about it.
2006-10-07 03:06:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The news spins the truth....meaning they tell it but in a way that you think the person respobsible is really not respobsible. They do this all the time, especially when it comes down to everyday activiites of the BUSH. He can go f**k something up sooooo much, like Iraq, and the news, like CNN (i hate those guys) can make you belive it sounds like it was the best idea ever but really they are trying to report the truth. Every news channel does this, some more then others.
2006-10-06 07:34:11 · answer #2 · answered by VIC 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what country you live in.
I think most TV-stations in real democratic countries try to bring the truth as they know it, but once it comes to politics or religion, IMHO the news often gets colored, depending on what kind of TV-station it is.
Also : I think many politicians don't tell the whole truth, or hide the truth all together, and consequently the news-stations can't tell us the truth either.
2006-10-06 14:19:47 · answer #3 · answered by Joshua 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is some semblance of the truth in the news, but I don't think what we see on TV is unbiased by any of the networks or cable news. Read blogs, watch C-Span, listen to talk radio and draw your own conclusions.
2006-10-06 07:25:56 · answer #4 · answered by Darby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suspect the truth lies half way between Radio North Korea and Fox News.
2006-10-06 07:29:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They tell you thier version of the truth. When a story breaks on a crime, the media tells you what the investigators tell them...which isn't always the WHOLE truth.
2006-10-06 07:30:33 · answer #6 · answered by Loli M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly, but the only thing I've noticed about the news is that there's never any good news to be heard. That's probably why you are doubting the news.
2006-10-06 07:23:34 · answer #7 · answered by Sazziable 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They base their reports on the facts of what has happened, but it very quickly turns into "opinions", "discussions" which can be moved by "editorial bias". So in that respect it no longer becomes truth but opinion.
2006-10-06 07:24:12 · answer #8 · answered by rchlbsxy2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the news. Fox News is a good source. CNN is okay but occasionally suspect. and the 3 networks are shills for the DNC
2006-10-06 07:29:56 · answer #9 · answered by kapute2 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not always.. that's way i dont read the news.. everything that you hear about iraq is not true.. more people are suffering and dieing than what is put in the news
2006-10-06 07:23:43 · answer #10 · answered by KK 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋