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"63% say that news stories are often inaccurate"
In the "told ya so" department, Pew Research reports that we Americans largely think media is full of crap.
http://people-press.org/report/543/
Another point on the curve,
http://people-press.org/report/543/
Another point on the curve,
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There's skepticism and there is propaganda.
While I've had issues with MSM coverage including fact-checking, it's sad that politically motivated forces have convinced Americans that "the media is full of crap." (See my recent blogs for examples of articles I've written re CNN, etc.)
Even while this poll seems to indicate a trend in this direction, why is that good news? More importantly, what percentage are turning to more "reliable" sources: blogs, Fox News?
This is not a good thing. In a recent discussion I had with a 9/11 "truther" (at Ground Zero) he crowed that "more people believe this now than ever."
I told him he may want to be less enthusiastic. More folks think Obama wasn't born here, too. Convincing growing numbers of folks of an essential untruth like "the media is full of crap." is no great or admirable feat, nor really that hard with political rhetoric.
I'd love to be humored with one or two recent examples of this. Any specific story from a MSM source that was factually wrong, never retracted, etc.
Got any? Or is this just about "feelings?"
My dad is a retired journalist and they bust ass to get the facts right... the fact that a bunch of folks "say otherwise" in the internet age with Glen Beck etc al screaming about MSM "lies" is essentially meaningless.
September 19, 2009 6:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
It isn't the facts, it's the selection of what to present and how to present it.
September 20, 2009 8:31 AM | Reply | Permalink
Editorial decisions = "full of crap"?
Who knew.
I'd say most outlets feature the same stories most of the time. Vast conspiracy?
Or simple editorial decisions, based objectively on the importance of stories, made separately. You guys can do better than this. I did ask for specifics, afterall.
"They make these DECISIONS, maannnn!" ain't it, sorry...
September 20, 2009 11:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
"And now for the latest on Michael Jackson ..."
September 20, 2009 12:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Overcoverage = factual inaccuracy? You know what "innacurate" means, no?
September 20, 2009 8:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, I can spell it, too.
September 20, 2009 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Great. Let me know when you have some examples I'm still waiting on that. You don't even need to spell them right.
September 22, 2009 6:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
No, I'm sure tonight's story on Michael was just as accurate as last night's story on Michael.
September 22, 2009 7:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Huh, hadn't looked here, didn't realize there would be a challenge to reality...
http://tinyurl.com/washpoststeno
There's Reality, and then there's the crap -- yes, crap -- that spews forth from these obsolete "news" outlets.
And anyone with critical thinking skills can see why the Pew numbers are as they are.
Finally, I'd like to challenge something myself -- the idea that "American's are stupid," an idea that comes from the elitist, eliminationist shenanigans of dipwits running their "Mighty Wurlitzer". Fraught with fail, these people defend their stories spins, which -- in the U.S. 4th estate -- almost always contain lies that aren't challenged by so-called "journalists".
( Does that answer your question, IMGR? )
October 7, 2009 11:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
Well, I'm hearing on a daily basis that the American public is moving away from the Public Option, when polls show that to be untrue. This makes all of us who support the Public Option wonder who is changing their minds, and gives cover to the politicians who are taking order from their insurance industry Overlords, to claim they are doing the bidding of those they represent.
Not the exact thing you're talking about but it happens all the time. Things stated as fact that then become the accepted truth. Another example: Barack Obama -- Overexposed?
September 20, 2009 9:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
The American public IS losing it's enthusiasm for public option, mostly on right wing's lies.
I don't have polls handy but it WAS 70% in July, now it's around 55-60%.
How is reporting this trend (whatever it cause) "untrue"?
September 20, 2009 11:03 AM | Reply | Permalink