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Originally Posted by l2ridehd
Started by FOX?????????? ABC, CBS, and NBC started reporting opinion vs news long before FOX was even on the air. They created the market for FOX and all the other cable news networks by NOT reporting the news.
Today the so called "third estate" has completely stopped doing their job. I cannot believe or trust the reporting on either side of an issue. The information is so tainted with the opinion of the reporter that it is false information. The real facts of most stories come out so long after the incident that created the story, that they are then worthless.
Today I feel I can never believe anything I see reported by either side of the mainstream media. Such a sad state what journalism has fallen to that we no longer believe what they report. I live in Northern VA and it is probably worse here do to the Washington influence, but here it is worthless information. I canceled all newspapers because they report opinion vs news and I never watch TV news for the same reason. When I hear about an issue, I have to do my own research to find any accurate information.
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Hopefully my post won't get deleted like it was before when I mentioned my opinion of "why bother to vote" but just as lobbyist now have more say so on an issue than 75 to 90 percent of the public in public polling so it is that big money now owns a lot of the media and especially the talk radio side of things. A radio station could have very good ratings with its political talk shows but a major company will still buy out that station and change its format to snuff out the message, taking a loss on a station here or there is a small sacrifice to make sure YOUR message does not face competition.
You mention that other news organizations created this hole for FOX to come in and report the news? I say that FOX came in to fill one side of the news that they figured was not being presented. They were never intended to be this big news machine with no biases. They have not disappointed. Just as people view MSNBC as a pro left wing organization, FOX is nothing more than a right wing organization.