Why the Press Sucks So Bad, Part One: A Look Back
“All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that’s an alibi for my ignorance.” ― Will Rogers
That pretty much says it all. That managed perception sure is a bitch. It's why somewhere around 52% of the country keep supporting and voting in a corrupt system for the same corrupt politicians. I heard Trump using the truth today again. I hope he was looking in a mirror and took those words a bit personal also.
They have 24/7/365 to fill...when the news came on twice a day, a lot less filler & errors crept in...however, that ship has sailed.
Ask yourself...without the free press, would you know about (for one example) migrant children & infants being ripped from their parents, some forever?
How about Flynn, Cohen, Manafort machinations?
How about Anything?! Except what your government wanted you to know? (And we all know how your government would Never lie to you!)
Free press? I would argue it's not so free when it serves an agenda set by its rich owners that control and manipulate what comes from it. As in the article, our founding fathers gave the press a freedom to be essentially the forth estate as a check and balance to serve the people. It no longer fills that requirement. When to the press those infants being ripped from their parents are used for the benefit of making money and to rile up the masses in a means to divide the people of 2 parties, it's disgusting. When they constantly, on purpose, leave out the reasons of these peoples plight as to why they're coming here over the past 4 + decades, it's proof there's an agenda to the coverage. Same as with this caravan in the news daily. You don't get any information on why they are coming, you get a substance lacking propaganda filled story of the agenda they want you concentrate on. Which the supporters of these establishment 2 parties can then mindlessly bicker over in ignorance. While the main stream media has you concentrating on the agenda, have they once informed us that these people have the right to come here seeking asylum? In which they can only do so when they get to the border. Yes I would know. My independent news sources wouldn't allow that to happen without a full story. Compared to the partiality we get from the "free press". See, I know the full story. These people are coming, have been coming, for decades. They have been coming in small groups for the most part for decades. This particular group is coming so large for safely reasons. Why are we being beat over the head this time? Because the mid term elections are coming up and they are being used to prop up and magnify the divide in this country. Why have they been coming here for decades? Because since the 50's we have been going into their countries and supporting coups of democratically elected governments that didn't conform to the agendas of the westernized world. In which corruption, austerity measures, oppression, gangs, and human rights violations began to run rapid.
I don't know where you want me to go with the Flynn, Cohen, Manafort machinations statement. They got caught breaking some fraud, money laundering, and tax laws that the DOJ failed to do its job on. Flynn didn't expose some contacts and work done with Russian companies when being brought into the Trump administration. Another job the DOJ and chairs on the committee failed to do during confirmations.
I will say it nice to know you don't trust our government either! I'd suggest you work on questioning your main stream media also. With all due respect.
@William_Mary nobody with half a brain trusts government, never has! The true story behind this "immigration horde" is an old familiar one to most that i know. And you are correct that the news can easily be slanted for an agenda....all you have to do to see that is watch Faux for 10 minutes!
But I trust individual reporters Because there is glory & profit involved! To break a big story is every reporters dream & brings fame, peer envy, and perhaps a lucrative book deal. Therefore they are highly motivated to dig deep, and I believe I can trust them. Typically the first reports of anything are sensationalized, then the next look is deeper & more detailed, then the "whys & hows" get brought out, after a week of reporters looking into every aspect, a very clear pic emerges, maybe even opposite from what was first reported, but those bones are picked clean! Therefore, with a bit of a time lag, you Can trust reporting !