Comments on: Polls fuel debate over trust in the media

By: 24hr propaganda network

24hr propaganda network — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:05:36 +0000

omg someone called fox ‘fair and balanced!’ only fascists claim that and fools believe it. do a little research into murdoch and the way fox operates if you are going to so blindly trust them.

dear, god, you are like a loyal nazi soldier.

By: PROGRESS

PROGRESS — Wed, 03 May 2006 07:49:14 +0000

You want a trustworthy media than fight for it! Change FCC rules. Or create your own local media outlets… for example websites, online magazines, pirate radio, LPFM, ect.

Complaining gets you no where… take action.

By: Jonathan G

Jonathan G — Wed, 03 May 2006 07:42:11 +0000

Of course the media is biased. However it is both our fault and theirs. Media serves what sells and whatever benefits them. The root of the problem at hand is the media policies that allow a small number of huge corporations to control nearly all that is broadcast or written. Corporations like Time Warner and Viacom practically own all the “public” airwaves. If you want change in the media WE must change the policies. Largly amature LPFM radio stations have made some progress in this field. They have changed long standing FCC rules, but the fight is not over. The key to a proper, unbiased, “fair and balanced” media is policy change. Through policy change that breaks up media conglomeration and domination, REAL change will occur.

By: Honesty and Credibility

Honesty and Credibility — Tue, 02 May 2006 23:31:21 +0000

The media in America is biased and one sided just like some other countries. Our media labels other Countries news service as “State Sponsored News” but fail to recognize that our own media is Corporate and Politician Controlled news. They only report on issues based that benefit American Policy. They don’t report the truth but rather they report on issues to gain support or opposition to an issue. I don’t trust the news i hear on the major news media but rather get my news from select news sources on the internet. The news is not the truth anymore, It’s what the politicians and CEO’s want you to hear. The vast majority of people have fallen victim to this new lie and twisting of the truth.

By: Fed Up

Fed Up — Tue, 02 May 2006 19:35:26 +0000

Honestly, the only reasonably objective sources of serious investigative journalism on TV these days are the BBC and Al Jazeera. If you want good, objective English language reporting on most topics, turn to the BBC. On the other hand, if you want to know what’s actually happening in the Middle East, sorry, you have to learn Arabic. The information simply isn’t available in English, because American and British news organizations simply don’t have the staff, funding, or access to bring it to us. Al-Jazeera’s far from perfect, but its reporters are dedicated, hard-nosed professionals who still do honest to goodness investigative reporting, instead of recycling happy face “news product” provided by the very governments they’re supposed to be reporting on. And I do mean governments: they give Iran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and their own home base of Qatar just as hard a time as they give the United States. Americans would do well to watch this channel; contrary to certain people’s claims, it is quite politically moderate — far too moderate for the many Arabs who prefer to get their news from (I kid you not) Hizballah’s channel. Strangely Donald Rumsfeld and co. have never bombed, censored, or even complained much about THAT channel, which really is run by terrorists and really does spout antisemitism and hatred. Makes you wonder if it’s Al Jazeera’s politics they’re worried about … or their independent reporting?

By: Concerned

Concerned — Mon, 01 May 2006 16:16:28 +0000

People tend to believe whatever is written/aired as truth. When this information becomes biased and one sided it causes one to question the American media. Why has the “news” become a time to browbeat our Republican leaders and question the judgment of people that we as Americans voted into office? The view of the media does not accurately reflect that of the people. When people take their “right” of free speech and use it to defame the very country that gave them that right I must question their ethics. Given the fact that most of these people are in the media I, for one, have had to almost completely disregard what I hear in the “news” and get my information from more reliable sources. Sources that report the whole story, not just what makes the opposing party look bad.

By: truepunkrocksoulcrusader

truepunkrocksoulcrusader — Mon, 01 May 2006 03:49:48 +0000

i get my news mainly from Free Speech TV: freespeech.org

Everyone should see the documentary “Orwell Rolls in his Grave”, which is available on that site as well.

It is sad that our mainstream media would rather cover the “War on Christmas” than uncover the real stories that are happening everyday, that are relevant to ALL Americans. It is even sadder that most Americans are so gullible they believe what they see on the news and form their “opinions” from it.

By: val

val — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 22:03:15 +0000

Media is propaganda of the ones in Power
I am also sick of the desinformation the media give
You are owned by the big business like General Motors, Ahlstom, General Electric, Pharmaceuticals
It is a tapestry of Lies you produce!
Read Nobel Price winner 2005 Harold Pinter
And you think we donot know!
All the world sees it with his own Eyes. A child can understand….
were are the mass destruction weapons
were is the plane in the pentagon?
not very inspiring

By: Bert

Bert — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:59:19 +0000

One of the biggest burdens for journalists must be keeping themselves out of the story, and resisting the temptation to try and shape that story. Then again, reading someone else’s opinion is always insightful, lets you compare your own. When the medium BECOMES the story though, I think a lot of people haven’t done their jobs.
The basics of ‘who, what, when, where, how, and why’, are the meat and potatoes of any news article. Think about how the story would read if the milk truck crashed outside your house, and what would be important to tell in the story. Not a lot of opinion, just the basics. Separating news from opinion is hard, which is why your best journalists keep their opinions out of things. It’s not censorship, it’s just professionalism. You hear about ’spin this, spin that’ etc., basically when you hear a lot of that it means that the editors need to fire some people or help them to review their performance or something. If the editor’s the guy/gal responsible for what finally goes in the paper, then it’s their job to perform their editorial duties to a high professional standard and ensure that their news staff does similarly or else face getting released from their employment.

I love to read the paper, or as case may be, the e-paper, and the internet will keep you busy for hours. But, it’s always important to remember that everyone’s selling something, inCLUDING more newspapers. Profit motive is a huge concern, as that by itself can influence people to say and do things they might not say or do otherwise. The guy who’s sponsored by the washer and dryer corporation isn’t going to be as prone to tell you about water or power shortages, for example. In today’s news, gasoline’s the big deal, and there’s more than one corporation that sells gasoline. What paper do THEY advertise in? Hmmm….

By: Tom Grey - Liberty Dad

Tom Grey - Liberty Dad — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:00:47 +0000

The FAILURE of the media is to explore the good AND bad of both the real policy AND the alternative.

Facts alone would be too boring — it’s unrealistic to expect most folks to get thru too many facts. But to explain meaning, a journalist must think the facts mean something — and then the facts which assist in “helping” the reader understand the “correct” meaning become the important facts.

This is why more pro-life reporters are needed; why more pro-Iraq war reporters are needed; why more pro-tax cut reporters are needed.

How many Iraqis have been interviewed by Reuters and had their comments show up in “news reports”?
How many were interviewed but did NOT get their comments reported?
How many Iraqis with relatives missing in some of the hundreds of mass graves have been interviewed; and asked what they think of the US Liberation/ occupation?