I'm talking print media here, specifically media interviews. It often seems that the 'subject' being interviewed is selectively quoted/ misquoted to suit the particular agenda the (allegedly impartial) journo is running. I speak from personal experience here - I was interviewed for my local newspaper recently and the article that came out was complete crap! For example, it said that I had 'started playing piano to escape her sad childhood'....what I actually said was, 'I didn't have a great time when I was younger, but I think everyone has those sorts of periods in their life' and this was in a response to a question posed by the journo herself!
I may be going on to much about this, but people need to relise that what you read in a media interview is only one-sided - so much gets lost in translation, and words are often taken out of context just like mine were. Thoughts anyone?
2007-11-22 15:11:48 · 22 answers · asked by Evee T 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I no longer give the media any credibility...especially the print media...
2007-11-22 15:25:14 · answer #1 · answered by Mikey ~ The Defender of Myrth 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I have stop reading certain columns and pages of the newspaper for a long long time.
Those are stories with specific agenda or should I say legal propaganda. They are printing what the interested parties want the reader to know not what is really happening let alone those reports on accidents etc... Even so accidents news could be made believe events. Do you care to reconfirm an accident that has occurred in New York city when u are staying in India? Get my point....
I only read the lifestyle and entertainment sections. I believe more than 50% of the world population is doing the same thing. That is why more people know who tom cruise is than the premier of China.
2007-11-22 23:19:56 · answer #2 · answered by loyal tax payer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
many do, but we need to remember that the goal of almost every news source is divided between telling the story and selling its content to buyers so stories may be altered to appeal to those who will read those stories. Many times I found to truly get an entire picture regarding news events of the world is to go to newsboy.com and read news reports from other countries and weigh the propaganda there if any against the propaganda of a local news source and then make up my own mind as to what to believe. You must be a good piano player to have been interviewed for any article so good luck to you and I hope to hear you play perhaps some day!!
2007-11-22 23:23:17 · answer #3 · answered by Al B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Heck yes we do!
They twist peoples words up so that they give the illusion of saying something different then what the person actually said. It makes me so mad that newspapers and interviewers do that. And the worst part is, a lot of people believe all that crap!
2007-11-22 23:17:56 · answer #4 · answered by Ivy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read Animal Farm. It's a sad depiction of government gone wrong with the media playing a strong part.
2007-11-22 23:19:26 · answer #5 · answered by Skunk 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's hard not to, b/c usually there is no way to get a firsthand account for ourselves.
If there is something that you really want to know about, it is important to study it from many resources and angles (yes, even those sources that you think that you would not normally agree with,) and base your opinion from a summary of what you find.
Too often, people disseminate so much information that is completely off, b/c they do not bother to research it from different sources.
I try really hard to find facts by studying sources that I "hate,"--sometimes it softens my hard-edged opinion a little.
2007-11-22 23:19:11 · answer #6 · answered by colebolegooglygooglyhammerhead 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think a lot of people do. Most types of media have a particle agenda and want things expressed their way. Most media is owned by the very rich, all of which want things expressed to suit them. Fox news is very pro Republican, NBC is owned by General Electric why would they tell us of things that deal with our environment--they do a lot of pollution.
2007-11-22 23:24:52 · answer #7 · answered by Lear B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes that is often true and we can't believe much of what is read and i have done similiar things to make websites fit what i need them to say for papers for school and such and such but that is very common b/c we need to be feeding the world false info otherwise life would be boring!
2007-11-22 23:16:34 · answer #8 · answered by Ha 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do we ever!! Natural though; we grew up in the state of mind that reporting in print is an honest and reliable source of information. It's deceitful I know but there you have it.
2007-11-22 23:15:46 · answer #9 · answered by the old dog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree completely.
They will print anything that is loosely based on fact to sell papers!
2007-11-22 23:15:01 · answer #10 · answered by Molly 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋