The US Media - Is It A Problem?

[DMK]

@noSpaces

Capitalism is the problem.

Only if you are anti-capitalism.

[DMK]

@PurpnGold

Opinion articles and shows should be labeled as such. And us consumers should be then take those opinions as they are and not as facts (or all of the facts)

Many don’t know the difference even if it was labeled.

[WuWei]

They intentionally mix the two. A couple of them have taken to calling their opinions “analysis”.

And they all trot out any dumbass with “former” as proof that their opinion is the “correct truth”.

[PurpnGold]

@DMK

Many don’t know the difference even if it was labeled

True, just like many people don’t know that coffee is hot… this the label

[PurpnGold]

@WuWei

And they all trot out any dumbass with “former” as proof that their opinion is the “correct truth”.

Maybe they are, maybe they aren’t. But no matter what… they are feeding us what we want to eat. It’s up to us to discern what is or isn’t the complete picture

[Konssurvative1]

I won’t say it’s the total problem Sneaky. But this is a great post. I think it falls in a three/four, but I believe that the rest of the problem lies in we the people putting our blind faith into what media says.

My course of action is this…dont just watch and believe. Watch what is said and then seek the truthfulness of these statements.

[CriticalBill]

@WuWei

They intentionally mix the two. A couple of them have taken to calling their opinions “analysis”.

And they all trot out any dumbass with “former” as proof that their opinion is the “correct truth”.

That’s another good point. You could throw in ‘anonymous sources’ and ‘sources say’ into that mix.

[WuWei]

@PurpnGold

@WuWei

And they all trot out any dumbass with “former” as proof that their opinion is the “correct truth”.

Maybe they are, maybe they aren’t. But no matter what… they are feeding us what we want to eat. It’s up to us to discern what is or isn’t the complete picture

“Discern”?

[WuWei]

@CriticalBill

You could throw in ‘anonymous sources’ and ‘sources say’ into that mix.

In other words, “gossip”.

[Liberty323]

Exactly! Have you read “Propaganda” by Bernays?

[Smyrna]

@PurpnGold

If we suddenly stopped watching a news program, that program would go away.

I see and yes, from that angle…again…I agree. Damn I wish “we” would do that.

[Smyrna]

@WuWei

I disagree completely.

The basis I was using was regarding the current administration.

[Smyrna]

@Call_me_Ishmael

But root cause? Even that isn’t. The “problem” is something sociological and maybe inevitable in our growth… like getting our second set of teeth.

Love The Lord. Love your mate. Honor your marriage. Love and guide your children into adulthood. Love your country and attempt to give your very best efforts in all that you do.

IMO…the failure of males to do this…IS…the number one problem and root cause of so many other problems in our nation.

[Smyrna]

@WuWei

The right is just as guilty in the media.

No they aren’t because they do not own the media. Now…they don’t own social media either. The problem is just exacerbating before all of our eyes.

[Blackwolf]

@Konssurvative1

My course of action is this…dont just watch and believe. Watch what is said and then seek the truthfulness of these statements.

Active vs passive consumption, yes. I also tend to avoid most domestic media (as much as possible) in favor of foreign sources. Yes, it has its own bias, but the rabid American partisanship is absent, and it reports from a more global perspective, i.e. like there’s a reality out there that doesn’t revolve around the States.

As to the OP question? I answered a 1 or 2. Yes, media can be a problem, but the bigger issue is the way we as a collective passively absorb it. That goes for both sides of the American partisan aisle.

[FloridaYankee]

@Liberty323

Exactly! Have you read “Propaganda” by Bernays?

No, but I’m about to check it out.

[gwhit]

Well tech it not free market because GOP and Dems like Clinton changed the rules allowing media to be consolidated into very very few owners. But I get your point.

[gooddad409]

@CriticalBill

@biggestal99

@CriticalBill

The consumer is the best censor. The problem is, many in that business are too condescending and narcissistic to take constructive criticism.

Ah so we already have free market censorship.

Just not enough of it.

Allan

How do our betters in the media take to being censored/refuted by those of us that they feel are below them?

No way are those media clowns our betters!

[highroller]

The problem is large groups of people in this country refuse to look into what they are fed by media sources, and there is a culture of ignorance celebration by some as well.

Think for yourself, and don’t be a parrot.

[Weedhopper]

What about the outside influences like Globalist and China who rely on our economy to survive?

How big of an influence do they have on the media?

They have even more to lose with a Trump win.