Do you think that the news is reliable?

Question

I am doing a project...

Answer 1

Depends on the source, if sources are from reliable and trust worthy party, then the % of reliability will be high. But, most of the time we have to judge ourself.

Answer 2

The news is only as reliable as the person reporting it, and even then, only by the amount in which the reporter actually witnessed the news. All news is subjective and subjected to editorial processes, even if the reporter is reporting first hand.

Then there is the matter of network editorial jurisdiction. Another level of editing distorts the news even more. Finally, if a government is editing the news for propaganda effect, the information can be completely distorted.

In the US I think the news is fairly reliable, but you got to look beyond just the network news and listen very closely to the actual words used, they are slippery.

Answer 3

Short answer:NO! seriously tho you must realize that the news is a biased industry. governed by something i like to call the "profit motive" that is why we often see a bias toward the Sensational, involving scandal, and, hopefully sex or violence, or please,please PLEEZE, both.
then theres the Easy-and-cheap-to-cover bias, which is why almost all political coverage is about process and horse race and not about policy.
theres the Get-it-first bias. take for instance the 2000 election fox news reported Bush had won before florida had even tallied there votes.
oh and lest we forget the Don't-offend-the-conglomerate-
that-owns-us bias.

Answer 4

No. All it's good for now is pointing you toward 'important' stories. And you can't really be sure of even that. Too many important things get left by the wayside in favor of 'news' that is really all about somebody else's agenda.

Answer 5

No, they tell us what they want us to believe, whether its true or not.