Reply #24: trusting the media [View All]

[dzika]

From Sisyphus Shrugged:
March 16, 2005

trusting the media

things to look for when you're trying to figure out if what you're watching is real news or illegal use of government funds for partisan political advertisements masquerading as news:

1. is it about a Bush administration policy that's not too popular with the people it's supposed to serve?

2. is it much more positive than the facts support?

3. do the facts actually appear in the story?

4. is it, say on Fox* or ABC?

Punk'd.

Do you like the news better now that your taxes are paying for it? Trust it more?

It's not just Democrats that aren't important enough to have access to the accurate information they need to advise and consent on the government they're paying for any more. It's all taxpayers.

Conspiracy to keep you poor and stupid, anyone?

Values voters, please note.

*Of course, it's far harder to tell with Fox, 'cause that's the kind of 'news' they produce anyway (and how bad does a fully-funded conservative propaganda 'news' operation have to be before Howie Kurtz notices?)

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