Do you trust the Media?

Discussion in 'The Media' started by PhotoDude, Jul 7, 2013.

  1. TheSatoricalNewsGuy

    TheSatoricalNewsGuy Members

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    I agree, use your own mind. However, you probably do want to listen to others. No matter if they are experts or not. After you hear what they have to say, use your own mind to see if that makes sense. Or to dig deeper in to what they are saying to see if it is truthful and what you believed was a lie. Its a balance. You shouldn't only trust experts, just like you shouldn't only trust yourself. Kind of a yin and yang type thing. Sort of.
     
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  2. scratcho

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    Thing about books and history is that they were written by observers of the movers and shakers of whatever era they happen to be in. In other words--the 1% of any particular era. I think what the public of ANY era gets/got is what those on top allow them to get. If the media tells me there's a war, I can believe it. When " they" start giving their interpretation of the REASONS for a war---watch out.
     
  3. Ezalis

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    Not entirely, well, this is sort of a trick question. I'm more likely to trust media if the news or information they share are accompanied by proof, but then again, we don't know what's running in their minds while they're giving us all this info.

    Is there such a thing as giving media the benefit of the doubt? Because if there is, that's my relationship with media nowadays.
     
  4. NoxiousGas

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    there should be a standing ovation smiley[​IMG]
     
  5. jfast94

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    What do you mean lame coverage? They actually almost covered that as they should have without immediately saying it was a terrorist attack before they knew the facts (which is pretty amazing considering how knee jerk the media is these days).

    But, yeah, the 4th estate which should really be keeping a check and balance on everything is bought out. You have to go to Vice, NPR (which is becoming less and less trustworthy) to get a real story. But the thing is that they bought the 4th estate and amateur journalism is just that. no one wants to commit the time or have the money to do real reporting.
     
  6. charlesmoya

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    I do not think we can trust media. They are totally under the government control and here arise a question whether we can trust our government. I just do not believe somewhere in the world exists such a system when media are completely independent and media freedom is unconditional. Look at how they represent Russia or Syria! Everything depends on what is convenient for a government. The brightest example is a situation with refugees in Germany: administration covered refugees and only when they revealed their true essence there appeared no way out apart from finally admitting the real way it is.
     
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  7. jfast94

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    I think they are more under corporate control and so is teh government for the most part.
     
  8. Dude111

    Dude111 An Awesome Dude HipForums Supporter

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    Everytime I see this thread title when Im viewng the base list,I say this either out loud or 2 myself:

    "FUCK THE MEDIA!!"

    Hehehe
     
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  10. Freebird2027

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    No- I don't really. It seems like we get only what they want us to know.
     
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  11. EzekielsBrothel

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    is there any way to justifiably enter the media with a 'never surrender' outlook on championing the truth...I watch the expressions on their faces, it's like there's a rifle behind the auto-prompt...

    btw, I think anonymous is a fucking liability. he can't get out of a western hemisphere domination mentality, he's doing more harm than good. sorry if that upsets.
     
  12. anababin

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    i don't really care about them, they annoy me. they obviously have no morals or standards.
     
  13. aleigh24024

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    I do not trust mainstream media.... Like FOX News or MSNBC... however, i do trust alternative news!
     
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  14. Asmodean

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    'The media' is very diverse. Sure, lots of subjective perceptions get mixed in with the facts, sometimes deliberately and with a motive and sometimes without. On the other hand... some journalists/reporters (certain photographers count too!) are pretty much heroes. Risking their lifes to get the tragic news out.

    To the peeps talking about trusting a news source as if it has to be blind trust: there's a difference between trust and blind trust (obviously)
     
  15. ~Zen~

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    Trust? You got to be kidding!!!

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    Trust them and Trump will get elected.

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    The media is responsible for the sad state of affairs in the USA, triumphantly showcasing the WORST of humanities greed, avarice and terror for us all to enjoy, as if it was some mass Roman spectacle.

    Sorry for the rant.
     
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  16. Dude111

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    Everytime I see this thread title just about I say to myself "FUCK THE MEDIA" how about you guys?
     
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  17. themnax

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    silly question when it is controlled by a blindly automatic mechanism who's sole function is the concentration of symbolic value.
    that is corporate media. independent media may have its own axes to grind, but at least there are a diversity of them.
    and they have a greater incentive to appear at least partially impartial.
    corporate media has that incentive to appear believable also, but only as superficially as it can.
    when corporate interests usurp the state, corporate media IS state media
    and even state sponsored media is more neutral and useful.

    the corporate agenda just isn't an incentive to provide information that is actually useful,
    and while not often entirely false, it is presented in such a way as to be the most possibly misleading.

    it isn't a conspiracy in the usual sense,
    but it is the product of what corporate agenda is.

    which is to say, the usurpation of consent of the governed
    by a kind of corporate economic feudalism.
     
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  18. themnax

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    i came across something.
    i take no credit.
    its by someone called zidders:

    A news flash, the latest tragedy,
    A car crash, such a travesty.
    A child dead, shot with dads gun,
    So much said, the media has it's fun.

    Come, and watch the grand spectacle,
    Watch red and blue lights dance.,
    On every channel churned, and recycled
    As celebrity reporters prance.

    CNN, Fox news, and MSNBC,
    Truth abused. and zero integrity.
    From telling truth to showing snuff,
    Just what's the use? When's enough enough?

    Lust for violence, and fed by greed,
    Victims voices silent, forgotten needs.
    Guilty as sin for supporting the system,
    Feeding our whims, we don't listen.

    Blind eyes watching the latest time filler,
    Our minds eye catching the IQ killer.
    Pornographic intensity-a cult of fear,
    And a propensity for making facts unclear.

    Privacy invaded we're now all spies,
    Personal space degraded, safety in lies.
    The truth becomes danger, no longer what we choose,
    To our own eyes become strangers,
    It's us we lose.
     
  19. Bud D

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    Ratings! What shocks people into paying attention gets ratings. That is why only at the end of the evening news they show a feel good piece. Everything else is to shock.
     
  20. Bud D

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    Getting a bad rap with people in knowledgeable positions won't get any favors.
     

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