Media versus facts

Posted: Aug 24, 2013

As I read this forum a few times a week, first of all, I am convinced that some of those posting are only here for a fight and are not transcriptionists. I am not a political science student and I only know about the things that affect me and I know very little about those things that do not directly affect me in the world. Therefore, I must rely on television, internet and newspapers to fill me in. Years ago in high school, I learned how a journalist is supposed to tell a story. Never use any words that might even hint at how the journalist actually felt about the story they were telling. My challenge to you is to find such a journalist in today's news media. There are very, very few. I can still listen to Tom Brokaw and although he doesn't always say what I want to hear, I know that I can trust him to see both sides of an issue. Those types of journalists are long gone. Their liberal/conservative leanings all shine through either in the stories they tell or the stories they fail to tell and how they tell them. When I read posts on this board, I so often see repeated the news media's "catch phrases" that are created by the news media to sensationalize. Someone's blog should not be accepted as a "news source." It is not. There are certain commentators on our two favorites networks (Fox and MSNBC) that should never be quoted because they are simply on those networks to raise ratings. They are opinions - not facts - and we shouldn't use their rantings to try to make a point on this board. Those coming to this board and citing alternate sources of media should be ignored. They are irrelevant. Find a true news source and quote it and we will be happy to read and discuss it with you. Getting too long and I apologize. I have to get to work now. I am a transcriptionist......;