WideNine Posted June 15, 2021 Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) On 6/14/2021 at 3:44 PM, unbillievable said: About 75% of Democrats trust the Mainstream Media. There is a book about how percentages "lie"... What % of Republicans believe sketchy Twitter feeds and YouTube channels, not to mention QA-nonsense? Is there inherently more honest reporting in sites that are not "Mainstream" with little to no editorial oversight? I honestly ask.... as the question boils down to where do you get your news and why they can or cannot be trusted? My son claims that Reddit is the only place he goes for real news... My rule of thumb is Mainstream is supposed to have more oversight, but you always should trust, but verify the source with other sources that have some credibility and oversight. A regular poster here who regularly barfs out Q-Anon conspiracies earlier in the year claimed that India was not being affected by Covid. His proof? He posted a Tweet with a chart from a sketchy feed run by an org started by an ex-con that went on to say how India had combatted the Covid virus using multivitamins. Of course India became a pandemic *****-show with burning bodies and corpses getting dumped into the Ganges river a few months later for their lax policies and response to the virus. The point is that sketchy sites with little editorial oversight are not the high watermark for truth and objectivity in reporting. Folks just have to have a bit more going on upstairs and be more critical of content even if it sounds like something that could support their shaky positions on topics. Edited June 16, 2021 by WideNine 2
Orlando Buffalo Posted June 15, 2021 Posted June 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, WideNine said: There is a book about how percentages "lie"... What % of Republicans believe sketchy Twitter feeds and YouTube channels, not to mention QA-nonsense? Is there inherently more honest reporting in sites that are not "Mainstream" with little to no editorial oversight? I honestly ask.... as the question boils down to where do you get your news and why they can or cannot be trusted? My son claims that Reddit is the only place he goes for real news... My rule of thumb is Mainstream is supposed to have more oversight, but you always should trust, but verify the source with other sources that have some credibility and oversight. A regular poster here who regularly barfs out Q-Anon conspiracies earlier in the year claimed that India was not being affected by Covid. His proof? He posted a Tweet with a chart from a sketchy feed run by an org started by an ex-con that went on to say how India had combatted the Covid virus using multivitamins. Of course India became a pandemic *****-show with burning bodies and other corpses getting dumped into the Ganges river a few months later for their lax policies and response to the virus. The point is that sketchy sites with little editorial oversight are not the high watermark for truth and objectivity in reporting. Folks just have to have a bit more going on upstairs and be more critical of content even if it sounds like something that could support their shaky positions on topics. As I have pointed out WAPO and NYT have stated repeatedly 1.75 trillion is more than 1.9 trillion, so the mainstream media is terrible also. You need to check both sides unfortunately and there is not any source that is free of some BS.
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted June 15, 2021 Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) 22 hours ago, unbillievable said: About 75% of Democrats trust the Mainstream Media. it’s that low? Or it this one Of those 75% trust implicitly without ever questioning anything ever, whereas 99.4% moderately trust it generally most of the time? is it like that? Edited June 15, 2021 by Over 29 years of fanhood 1
unbillievable Posted June 16, 2021 Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: it’s that low? Or it this one Of those 75% trust implicitly without ever questioning anything ever, whereas 99.4% moderately trust it generally most of the time? is it like that? It was whether they trusted the media to present unbiased articles. the breakdown in recent polls are: 73% of Democrats trusted the MSM to not have an agenda. 42% of Independants 10% of Republicans. Probably because conservatives are more informed than liberals and can more easily spot the lies. 58% (everyone) believe that the mainstream media is biased. 56% (everyone) believe that the mainstream media blatantly lies to push an agenda. Edited June 16, 2021 by unbillievable 2
BillStime Posted June 16, 2021 Posted June 16, 2021 16 minutes ago, unbillievable said: It was whether they trusted the media to present unbiased articles. the breakdown in recent polls are: 73% of Democrats trusted the MSM to not have an agenda. 42% of Independants 10% of Republicans. Probably because conservatives are more informed than liberals and can more easily spot the lies. 58% (everyone) believe that the mainstream media is biased. 56% (everyone) believe that the mainstream media blatantly lies to push an agenda. Did Trump lose the election or was it stolen?
B-Man Posted June 16, 2021 Posted June 16, 2021 Russian activist Garry Kasparov blasts NBC's Putin interview: 'A humiliation for an American network' by Brandon Gillespie Russian political activist and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov slammed NBC over its Friday interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling it "a humiliation for an American network." Appearing Wednesday on "Fox & Friends," Kasparov argued it was "a shame" NBC elevated Putin and gave him a platform without asking him tough question. He added that the Russian president "got what he wanted" prior to appearing on the world stage at the Geneva summit with President Biden. "This interview was just a shame, because if you have this chance, talking to [a] Russian dictator, you have to ask some tough questions, and it seems that everything had been agreed upon," Kasparov said after host Brian Kilmeade stated that Putin "loved" the way he came off in the interview. "It's also a humiliation for an American network to present itself as a platform for [a] dictator, and we all could see Putin now just beaming with joy because he got what he wanted," Kasparov said, referring to Putin's appearance at the Geneva summit. "He is at the top diplomatic table. He has now been elevated, even above other NATO countries." https://www.foxnews.com/media/russian-activist-garry-kasparov-blasts-nbc-putin-interview-humiliation-american-network
BillStime Posted June 16, 2021 Posted June 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, B-Man said: Russian activist Garry Kasparov blasts NBC's Putin interview: 'A humiliation for an American network' by Brandon Gillespie Russian political activist and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov slammed NBC over its Friday interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling it "a humiliation for an American network." Appearing Wednesday on "Fox & Friends," Kasparov argued it was "a shame" NBC elevated Putin and gave him a platform without asking him tough question. He added that the Russian president "got what he wanted" prior to appearing on the world stage at the Geneva summit with President Biden. "This interview was just a shame, because if you have this chance, talking to [a] Russian dictator, you have to ask some tough questions, and it seems that everything had been agreed upon," Kasparov said after host Brian Kilmeade stated that Putin "loved" the way he came off in the interview. "It's also a humiliation for an American network to present itself as a platform for [a] dictator, and we all could see Putin now just beaming with joy because he got what he wanted," Kasparov said, referring to Putin's appearance at the Geneva summit. "He is at the top diplomatic table. He has now been elevated, even above other NATO countries." https://www.foxnews.com/media/russian-activist-garry-kasparov-blasts-nbc-putin-interview-humiliation-american-network Hysterical Trump: ‘I don’t see any reason why’ Russia would have interfered with election Idiots
B-Man Posted June 16, 2021 Posted June 16, 2021 The Sovietization of the American Press. https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-sovietization-of-the-american 5 hours ago, BillStime said: Hysterical Trump: ‘I don’t see any reason why’ Russia would have interfered with election So a Trump quote from 2018, is somehow an answer to Garry Kasparov"s criticism of NBC. Perhaps you should lay down awhile.
Irv Posted June 17, 2021 Posted June 17, 2021 ABC is the most biased. I watched the ABC Nightly News last night. They showed the press conference right up the point Biden stroked out on the CNN reporter. How convenient. I swear David Muir wants to have adult relations with senile Joe. 1
B-Man Posted June 21, 2021 Posted June 21, 2021 LEE SIEGEL: All the Projection That’s Fit to Print: On the New York Times’s blindness to what it has become. https://www.city-journal.org/on-the-new-york-times-blindness-to-what-it-has-become?wallit_nosession=1
unbillievable Posted June 21, 2021 Posted June 21, 2021 Great Britain now has a real news channel; and already better ratings than many in the Echo Chamber. 1
JaCrispy Posted June 22, 2021 Posted June 22, 2021 On 6/19/2021 at 11:28 AM, B-Man said: The death of journalism, with no one to challenge power on behalf of the people... 2
JaCrispy Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 22 hours ago, B-Man said: Raaaaaaaaaaaaaacist!!! This dude just virtue signaled all over everyone’s face...and the msm just couldn’t get enough...🤣
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