What do you think could be done to improve the media?

They have to stop repeating what others say/write. And stop with the "trending on social media" crap. That's nothing more than gossip! I was a reporter for a local paper for about 6 years. I had to have 3 verified sources for each story. Sometimes other papers would print and my editor would not. And some of those times the story was wrong. It was better to be accurate than first. Not so anymore!
 
Wigglestein said:
They have to stop repeating what others say. And stop with the "trending on social media" crap. That's nothing more than gossip!
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Every now and then I look at the television news.
We have three channels all starting at 6pm. I will switch from one to the other and all three are running the same stories, usually in the same order, really shows that there is very little individuality in newscasting.
 
the Best thing, IMO, would be to ban all these Drug and "Ask your Doctor" commercials. The U.S. and New Zealand are the only nations which allow this "propaganda". The drug companies spend billions/yr., brainwashing our people, and add the cost of this nonsense to the price of their products.
 
Don M. said:
the Best thing, IMO, would be to ban all these Drug and "Ask your Doctor" commercials. The U.S. and New Zealand are the only nations which allow this "propaganda". The drug companies spend billions/yr., brainwashing our people, and add the cost of this nonsense to the price of their products.
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Whole heartedly agree, but there's simply too much money going into politician's pockets, nobody is willing to kill the cash cow.
 
Nathan said:
Whole heartedly agree, but there's simply too much money going into politician's pockets, nobody is willing to kill the cash cow.
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There is a web site....Opensecrets.org....that does a pretty good job of tracking the money flowing to our politicians. The Drug companies are one of the bigger campaign contributors....which they also add to the price of their products.
 
Bretrick said:
All Media courses should concentrate on investigative Journalism.
Seems that too many journalists use Associated Press to write/embellish stories without checking the veracity.
Pure laziness.
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Why is it that when people complain about the press, they never provide examples? I agree that there are problems ā€” mostly caused by the media outlets being controlled by Wall Street. And a lot of the smaller news outlets don't have money for investigative journalism, so they take articles from AP, Reuters, Washington Post, and other big name news outlets and summarize or paraphrase articles from those sources, or aggregate stories from multiple sources.

AP is a reliable source. Unless you're looking for right-wing propaganda posturing as "news," they have a solid reputation. They've been around since 1846 and have won many awards for their reporting.

So, @Bretrick, why not provide an example of an article you have a problem with so we know what you're talking about? It only takes a few seconds to paste a link.
 
SeniorBen said:
Why is it that when people complain about the press, they never provide examples? I agree that there are problems ā€” mostly caused by the media outlets being controlled by Wall Street. And a lot of the smaller news outlets don't have money for investigative journalism, so they take articles from AP, Reuters, Washington Post, and other big name news outlets and summarize or paraphrase articles from those sources, or aggregate stories from multiple sources.

AP is a reliable source. Unless you're looking for right-wing propaganda disguised as "news," they have a solid reputation. They've been around since 1846 and have won many awards for their reporting.

So, @Bretrick, why not provide an example of an article you have a problem with so we know what you're talking about? It only takes a few seconds to paste a link.
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If I have to read news, which I usually ignore except for sports that I like or economic stuff that I think might affect us substantially, I have found Reuters to be pretty neutral. But it costs, so I don't read it much anymore.

Mostly I read local journalism because the issues are so close that many of them do, in fact, affect us significantly. Even in that I see no clear separation between the opinion of the reporter and the reporting of a verifiable event. They will often imply a level of moral culpability, or conversely esteem, that is based on the reporter's perception of who the people in the stories are.

Just my two cents...
 
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Media mentioned have become 99% ads, junk, commie lies.

like NYT, MSN, CNN, Fox.

I just Read the WSJ, podcasts of Ron Paul Liberty institute for Peace and Prosperity, Mises Institute, Cto Institute and Michael Savage.

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When I watch rebel news and see journalists shoving microphones under people's noses and asking them the really tough questions it reminds me of journalism when I was younger. We need people to expose truth. That's the job of a news journalist, isn't it? There are some people going back to this and it is refreshing to see.
 
For several years I worked as a Media Production Coordinator and Production Management @ the BBC. The reporters who crossed my path were skilled, university educated completing a degree in journalism followed by a cadetship. They learnt their trade.

Today, any Tom, Dick or Harry is reportingā€¦canā€™t spell, no research skills, not able to put together a good story. However, they find work with the tabloid press, e.g. Daily Mail and other similar rags, because by printing rubbish they make money for the newspaper. Itā€™s a shame.
 
chic said:
When I watch rebel news and see journalists shoving microphones under people's noses and asking them the really tough questions it reminds me of journalism when I was younger. We need people to expose truth. That's the job of a news journalist, isn't it? There are some people going back to this and it is refreshing to see.
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I mistrust investigative reporting, profoundly.

The way it's being used--and possibly always has been used--is to set up the news organization who releases the story as your friend and protector.

You *need* them. But you don't. Just use your head.

E.g., where I live city road repair was formerly funded from the general revenue fund. Over the last 20 years the city streets have gotten noticeably worse, and this would lead any normal observer to think that minimal money is being taken from the general fund for road maintenance, or if it is taken, only a small part of it is being used to maintain the road. The rest evaporates.

Then a new levy is proposed, to be funded from property tax; it is explicitly labeled for road maintenance. Road maintenance will no longer be funded from the general fund, but will have its own revenue from the levy.

This passes, but 3 years later no noticeable improvement to the roads is apparent, although there are many more new speed bumps and dedicated bike lanes and specialized crosswalks.

ONe year after that, a second road levy is proposed and passed. 4 more years pass with only minimal improvement to the roads, but more bike lines, and traffic control devices are apparent.

Do I need the local paper to tell me what has happened, is happening?

To me, that's the long and the short of it.
 
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Sawfish said:
I mistrust investigative reporting, profoundly.

The way it's being used--and possibly always has been used--is to set up the news organization who releases the story as your friend and protector.

You *need* them. But you don't. Just use your head.

E.g., where I live city road repair was formerly funded from the general revenue fund. Over the last 20 years the city streets have gotten noticeably worse, and this would lead any normal observer to think that minimal money is being taken from the general fund for road maintenance, or if it is taken, only a small part of it is being used to maintain the road. The rest evaporates.

Then a new levy is proposed, to be funded from property tax; it is explicitly labeled for road maintenance. Road maintenance will no longer be funded from the general fund, but will have its own revenue from the levy.

This passes, but 3 years later no noticeable improvement to the roads is apparent, although there are many more new speed bumps and dedicated bike lanes and specialized crosswalks.

ONe year after that, a second road levy is proposed and passed. 4 more years pass with only minimal improvement to the roads, but more bike lines, and traffic control devices are apparent.

Do I need the local paper to tell me what has happened, is happening?

To me, that's the long and the short of it.
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Rebel News deals with international affairs not local ones and it is good to see someone asking tough questions of Pfizer's ceo at the WEF conference in Davos. We wouldn't know without these journalists.
 
I wish there was a way to hold people accountable for what they say. I don't think a calculated, campaign of intentional disinformation for some political end is "free speech". I'm thinking of Sandy Hook's "crisis actors". There's a difference between one's opinion, and the intent to wrongfully deceive. Granted that's a close call.
 

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