Do you believe everything reported by the News Media?

Question

If possible, please give me an example of something you don't believe the news media reported but wasn't totally true.

Answer 1

The mainstream media has completely rejected its role as the people's watchdog over government activities. The "Fourth Estate" is no longer a respected, credible source for news or public information. Run by skilled corporate beancounters - whose only objective is profit - the giant news conglomerates have long ago forgotten their responsibility to the American people (which is why fewer and fewer of us read daily newspapers or listen to the big three network 'news'casts anymore).
I can give you an example of something I believe, but has not been reported accurately in the media, even though it is imperative and relevant to this insane, immoral Iraqi 'war':
The number-one non-military 'benchmark' that the Bush administration is pushing for Iraq to honor is nothing more than an evil sham perpetrated by the oil companies and the two oilmen occupying the Oval Office. Bush wants the Iraqi Parliament to pass a law which would allow foreign ownership of two-thirds of Iraq's lucrative oil fields! Even the Iraqi puppet government recognizes what an outrageous scam this is against the Iraqi people. While the Bush administration (and the lazy, compliant media) urges passage of this proposed new Iraqi law, it it stalemated in the Iraqi Parliament because Iraqi politicians realize how vehemently the public opposition would be to such a sell-out.** -RKO- 09/11/07

Answer 2

You may be speaking of the national media, but I have an example with is local, but seems to typify what I hear all day on the national media. I was once interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel (newspaper) regarding an animal cruelty case. I clearly said one thing supporting the Orlando Animal Services Unit (have it on tape) and the guy doing to interview wrote it up in the newspaper as though I said another which was not supportive. I took issue with the reporter when I read it in the paper. During a terse phone conversation it became very clear to me that the reporter was serving his own agenda which was not supportive of Orlando Animal Services. So, my answer is "No!" When the news is molded to fit an agenda, the resulting distortion is on the level with a flat out lie.

PS: Ask some of our troops in Iraq if they think the media is distorting the war. Almost to a soldier, they'll tell you they are.

Answer 3

I work at a tire store. 8 years ago, when the Firestone tire recall was going on I saw lots opf reports on the news that simply wasn't true.
Examples: I saw a news piece on CNN where it showed some workers unloading tires out of a truck. The reporter said that they were unloading recalled Firestone tires. Because I work with tires everyday, I noticed by looking at the tread, that they were unloading Bridgestone tires that had nothing to do with the recall. Why let facts get in the way of a good story, right?
Also, there was a picture in newspapers taken by the AP that showed a Ford Explorer flipped over. The caption said that the truck flipped over due to defective Firestone tires. If you looked at the picture close, you could see letters on the tire, "...gler". They were Goodyear Wrangler tires. Once again the reporter either didn't bother to get the facts correct, or was intentionally lazy or dishonest.
It made me realize that if they are wrong about things that I know a lot about, how often are they wrong about things that I know nothing about, like a plane crash, for example.
I no longer trust the media.

Answer 4

Are you kidding me? Every news station is there to prevent you from knowing anything. Their nightly 'news' doesn't inform you at all and most of the reporting is so poorly done that when the reporter is finished you actually come away knowing less than you did before the reporter started. Sorry, but the first clue to this is the fact that they report on puppies being born in England on US national news. All the stations are corporate with very corporate sponsors and corporate agenda. That agenda includes keeping you as uninformed as possible so that you just become good consumerists.
They are our airwaves, the public owns them but the corporations abuse them by having them serve their own corporate agenda and propaganda tool.

Answer 5

Do you really want to learn the answer to this question? Please understand that many don't like the answer, but the News Media in genearl are no better than the Politicians that they like to report about or even the issues. I have found reading Bernard GoldBerg's Books "Arrogance" & "Bias" excellent reads on your question. Its called "liberal Bias", and after reading his books I am convinced that the media often presents partial truths. Goldber is a CBS insider with over 25 years he has seen it first hand and presents example after example on this topic. I hope this will provide you some reference to your thoughtful question.

Answer 6

not hardly -- any/every story on the Iraq situation has it's
own "spin", maybe if you put enough reports together,
there's a truth hidden away. There's never a report that
isn't politically, sexually, and/or geography slanted.

Answer 7

I don't believe everything I read or see. That's just me-skeptical.

They do the best with what the got. Truth is in large part perception and one person's truth is not necessarily another's.

If something doesn't add up when I read it or see it-it just doesn't add up.

Answer 8

Absolutely not. Read and find it .

Answer 9

Oh Heavens No..... Do you? I hope Not.

Answer 10

Are you kidding?