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All news media outlets have their own spin on the news, and they always have.
Really? And you know this how? You were BORN in the midst of the Anti (Vietnam) War age of journalism, and the Watergate investigation.... one of the FIRST, or at least most prominent, ground breaking acts of "investigative" journalism. I dare say... the impetus OF what we suffer through today.
You probably don't remember Black and White T.V. ..... or snowy pictures, or only 3 networks, let alone nightly "sign-offs" by the major network broadcasters. And you sure as Heck never heard Chet, David or Walter REPORT the news. Did you know, as THEY did, that the FIRST law of journalism is to be OBJECTIVE?
Yes, newspapers of "the day" were often biased, but not like they are today. Southern papers reported the Civil War differently than Northern papers. But, I saw the Kennedy assassination on the news just after it happened, and (compared to today) I can't remember any "bias" on ANY of the channels reporting it.
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It's just in this day and age, the ones you disagree with are sent to you via email, usually with some text that states you should disagree with them.
Yes, and it goes beyond that. I am a "registered" Democrat. But, for the last few years my email inbox has been stuffed with "alerts" from the Republican party (thanking me for my expected support) come election time. Either they are stoopid as heck, or they have an insidious "plan." Considering the fact that they are Republicans.... I'm still trying to decide which! :hellno::lol2:
Trust me Rev, there was a time in this country when the news was reported WHEN it became NEWS. There were always OP-ED pages, but the news was reported AFTER it happened! That USED to be the definition and assignment of a NEWS reporter. In fact, the very root definition of a "journalist" is one who annotates the EVENTS of life AFTER they happen. :roll:
I'm not saying it is such a BAD thing that today's "personalities" give us their opinions of what some "bill" might mean according to their biased opinions. I'm just saying they shouldn't call it "Fair and Balanced" or NEWS "reporting." And I could do with a little less "smirking" while they do it.
Especially since most of them are just reading their "opinions" and "interpretations" off of a teleprompter/computer. Shepherd Smith comes to mind. I LOVE the guy! But, it is so obvious that he is just a SHILL for the owners/editors of FOXNEWS that, if I were him, I'd be ashamed to put on my "uniform."
We, as governed Americans, have a "truth in lending" law.... we've seen how well THAT works. We have a "Sherman Anti-Trust" law... trashed! We have a "Freedom of information Act" that has been trampled and obstructed for 8 years under Dubya. We have a "fourth Ammendment" that has been obliterated by the Patriot Act, and yes.... we have the 2nd Ammendment that has been abridged over the years by numerous and diverse Administrations. :roll:
The LAST bastion of a free people, is a free PRESS! And when THAT goes.... as it HAS.... we have lost all chances of being an informed and free people.
And when we surrender our own free thinking to that of the biased, divisive and hatefull "bloviation" of those who "blog" their own limited, and ignorant viewpoints, we have lost touch with the "age of reason," and we are LOST!
And I lay this catastropic burden SQUARELY on YOUR generation, Rev! Not you, personally. But on your contemporaries. And you can't throw it back on ME.... I bought a BETA VCR!!! :lol2::lol2: