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Originally posted by CaramonLS@Mar 20 2005, 10:15 PM
The press has a responsablity to tell the truth - without spin.
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That is not true. Their only responsibility is to their owners. Every person on earth is pushing his or her own agenda. The press is no different. Its role is to satisfy their consumers. If consumers prefer biased news reporting, then that is what the press is going to give them. And there is nothing wrong with that.
Also, there is no reason why any given media should be balanced or unbiased. What does that mean anyway? Do you print lies alongside with facts just to be balanced? The point is to come up with true statements, not with plethora contradicting opinions. Who is to decide what a spin is? The government? No, thanks.
As long as the government is not threatening the press, the press can print whatever it wants, as far as I am concerned. I don’t see any conspiracy theory when journalists willingly push through their or someone else’s agenda. Everyone does that.