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How Much of the News Do We Really Get?


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How Much of the News Do We Really Get?
When we constantly ingest headline after headline, how much of the information dished to the public masses is the real story? Do we have any 'real' idea about the current O.J. case, the real Bush Administration motives and Brittney? Most of the time it feels like we get 20% of the story, but it could be much less.
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6 responses // How Much of the News Do We Really Get?

  • I have 20 years in radio and television including directing the evening news for an NBC affiliate for three years. That network is owned by GE, one of the largest arms dealers in the world. I can tell you their mission has a direct effect on the "news" that you see.

    Network audiences are distracted with car accidents, crimes and sports instead of being informed about the meaningful activities of government, labor, social justice groups, solutions to our problems, etc. Part of it is deliberate, part of it is just doing what is cheap.
    AthenaWolf
  • So much 'news' is people interviewing other people in a way that makes it similar to gossip. Very little 'news' actually re-presents difficult information to the audience.

    I have yet to see accurate representation of the damage done to the San Diego area by the fires, for example. What does that look like?
    Fenlon
  • "I have yet to see accurate representation of the damage done to the San Diego area by the fires, for example. What does that look like?"

    Exactly. And the injured and homeless/displaced? What situation are they in?
    I've come to accept that the only place I can find real news is Current TV and online. Sigh.
    AnemicElitist
  • I agree with you Fenlon, to paraphrase the infamous David Ike: "Most journalists are just repeaters" which is exactly why I got a bit jaded when I was working in the industry. Investigative journalism is where it's at.
    Narcysister
  • AthenaWolf is telling it exactly like it is. six big corporations control most of our "News" We only see what they decide we can see. Do you ever see any war news with actual videos like we did of Viet Nam? No, because they don't want us to be aware of the war. Doesn't suit their purpose. Most if not all profit from the war.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • I couldn't agree more with Athena. In fact, that is what I thought this "current site" was about. That's what makes this so revolutionary. Now we can control the media instead of the other way around. We, the people, can take back our media!!! We can take it back from the money grubbing crooked corporations that bought the media away from us. That is unless they buy off "Current" which can and probably will happen if we let them.
    Uckfay

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