Buster
Lovin' The Homestead
I have stopped watching or listening to the media. I get most of my news from reading now.
Has anyone lost faith in the media?
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Sometimes when I listen to the news I thinkabout the ancient Egyptians trying to get into heaven. Instead of making a list of all the bad things they had done in life and repenting for them, they would create long lists of things they had NOT done to show the gods at judgement time. "I have not killed, I have not kicked puppies, I did not slap my wife 8 years ago when she dropped my entire dinner on the floor, etc." The longer your list, the more impressed the gods would be with how good you were and the harder it would be for them to pinpoint the things you left out.
Buster
Lovin' The Homestead
When you watch or listen to the news, you pretty much get the lineup of stories they want you to get in the order they want you to get it. With print, you can scan the stories and decide which ones are important. I don't care about Charlie Sheen or Lindsay Lohan or any other of the latest celebrity screw-up or which bride the bachelor picked. Not to suggest I don't have my fluff subjects, like pro football, just that I would rather select my own fluff pieces thank you.Wifezilla said:
Print also tends to be more in-depth and nuanced, and less sensationalistic. It doesn't have to hold you through the commercial break.
You also just scan for the facts with newsprint, which is what I tend to do. With audio or video media you get the whole thing, the way want you to get it.
The 24/7 news outlets, rather than trying to go in depth on subjects as was the original premise, still skim subject but just beat it to death instead.
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I should add that I watch very little television of any kind, and listen to no radio at all.
me&thegals
A Major Squash & Pumpkin Lover
Depends on the media. I think it's crucial for people to know how to critically assess their media. Do they present more than one side? Does the evidence come from a reliable source? Are they at least attempting a balanced view? Does what they report make sense? Mesh with what you have seen to be true in the world?
Some things (like radiation levels, for example) are just fact or fiction and there's not much way of us assessing the truth in media reports on it. Other things lend themselves better to scrutiny.
Some things (like radiation levels, for example) are just fact or fiction and there's not much way of us assessing the truth in media reports on it. Other things lend themselves better to scrutiny.
