Why do you believe a single speck of info from the press, when its not always true?

Question

Example: You all know what I'm going to say! right?
New Orleans sits in a mud pit, oil rigs are back and running and gas prices are still above the roof.
And dont be picky with details you know exactly what I'm talking about!

Im asking everyone as individual people here god dang it, thats why I said in god dang freken plain english. Why do YOU!
Dont answer if your going to just throw down an answer for points.

Answer 1

I believe nothing I read and only half of what I see.

Answer 2

That's because you're getting your news from the wrong sources, my friend. Try listening to Air America Radio where they tell the truth and have all the facts and speeches to support what they're saying.
New Orleans is still sitting is mud and sludge because frankly, Bush truly doesn't give a rat's behind about that city and you already know why. Same with why after 5 years and unlimited funding, why is Ground Zero still a hole in the ground. Gas prices are still up because big oil companies haven't finished raping us quite yet--which is also why this President of yours refuses to acknowledge that thing called Global Warming. Then there's stem-cell research, which your vice president can't bring himself to acknowledge, even though his lesbian daughter is conceiving as the result of invitro fertizilation (and he won't dare answer what her unused eggs could've been used for). And let's not even start on the true state of things in Iraq, our troops and what's really going on at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
You're getting your news and information from the wrong sources. Mainstream news isn't telling you everything that you need to know. Start with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, add in Air America Radio, read The Nation and Mother Jones magazines, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS and you'll see that there's so much news that you've missed out on that you'll wonder whether you've slept through the past 6 years.

Answer 3

Because we cant run around the world gathering our own information so the only thing that we have to know what going on is the media.Now believing one media source would be ignorant but getting info on a topic from as many sources as possible and forming your own opinion is a good thing,so media lies but there are allways two sides to a story

Answer 4

I recommend basic logic and to learn the logical fallacies. In fact I think that logical thinking processes can and should be taught by about 5th grade in public school.

Then we can learn to discriminate among news providers for bias and have a much better idea what the facts may be in what we hear and read.

Answer 5

Press does not give the details especially when supporting a particular party or group in order to destroy the reputation of the other party.

Answer 6

I don't.

I learned a long time ago to not trust everything you read, hear or see in the media. I do my own research from multiple sources and am a fan of PBS news.

Answer 7

Mainstream media is bought and paid for pal, we all know that. If your speaking of illegal immigration and terrorism, well the physical evidence is SELF EVIDENT and CAN"T BE DENIED .LOL!!!

Answer 8

I believe they plant the seed of doubt, then watch it grow.

Answer 9

When most media outlets are owned by the same people that support GWB, no you can't believe them.

Answer 10

because they're right more often than gossip..that's about it.