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Old 08-14-2020, 06:31 PM   #2403
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I think all of news media is in major need of reform. I don't watch fox news because I know what it is and despise it. But at the same time whether I turn to CBS or ABC or CNN or others, its news with spin, the media has become far too influential and powerful and they know it and take advantage of it.


News services don't report the news as much as they shape the news and slant the news.


I almost miss the days when channel 2 had the flow of text news.



I think there's a almost lack of critical thinking as our lives have become more rushed as well. We want people to almost tell us what to think.
There's an 'infotainment' aspect for sure and the 24hr news cycle has replaced news with punditry, where facts are interchanged with opinion.

i don't share the view that the other major outlets spin the news like Fox does however (though I admit i've never watched CNBC)...Fox is basically state run media (so long as the 'State' is Republican). CNN has been leaning towards slant the last 3 years, but i think that's a reaction to Trump more than anything else.

Unfortunately, Pandora's box is open, and i don't see things going backwards... Fox News made it's name on slinging mud at Clinton, and, like a junkie, when the spurious lies were not getting the same bang, they switched to the salacious and ultimately to flat out lies. When Tucker Carlson's show GAINS popularity despite the BS he spouts, in spite of some major advertisers pulling out, it tells you something about where the right is headed...
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