How censored do you feel the news media is these days?
By spalladino
@spalladino (17891)
United States
July 18, 2008 4:24pm CST
The three major networks are so in love with Obama that McCain barely gets a mention but they'll fall all over themselves *reporting* on any little thing Obama does or says. Now they're going along on the Obama Rock Star Summer Tour with promises of exclusive interviews so you know that none of them are going to ask him any tough questions or say a word if he does or says something dumb while they're overseas.
Along with the Obama lovefest...and this has bothered me for awhile now...the three major networks, CNN, the Washington Post, the New York Times and many other media outlets hate Bush so much that the only news we get is the negative news. The lack of coverage of anything positive until recently about the situation in Iraq has been angering our servicemen and their families for a long time and the media has only recently started reporting progress because they have no other choice. Still, even though progress is being made and the number of soldiers killed and injured is dropping these news anchors will spout the numbers like it's so shocking. It frustrates me that we're not being given the whole story while living in a country that is supposed to have a free press and that the media is able to get away with selective journalism in support of their personal opinions.
What is your take on the news lately?
3 responses
@sugarplum9084 (1771)
• United States
18 Jul 08
The news has always been like this, and it's horrible. Many stations are paid off by interest groups, and other people with prestige. I don't like Obama, but I don't like McCain either. My presidential candidate I was rooting for was Ron Paul, but the media did not give him any attention at all! It sucks that there isn't more equality in press when it comes to an issue such as the next president of the United States!
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
20 Jul 08
I don't think the media has always been like this but it's been getting worse and worse in the past ten years and it happened so slowly that many people didn't even notice. You're exactly right about the special interest groups and that's why I'm glad to see several far left newspapers failing.
@dogsnme (1264)
• United States
18 Jul 08
I agree with your point, totally. But I wouldn't say they are censored so much as they give a biased opinion. It's true, the major networks, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, as well as others all have a left-leaning liberal bias, and the liberals and Democrats know that and play it for all it's worth. I watch FOX News Channel, they are about the only major news source that, just as FNC claims, is fair and balanced. It's refreshing to find someone on here, in the midst of others I've come across who seem to have no clue what's really going on, that has a good grasp of what the truth is.
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
20 Jul 08
I watch the Fox News Channel, too, when I want to get the real news but I have to confess that I sometimes watch Lou Dobbs on CNN just for laughs. He is usually *reporting* on something the Bush administration or the government is doing/has done and he is ALWAYS shocked. His outrage is just too funny not to watch but I also realize that there are many viewers who watch his and other programs on CNN who don't realize that they're only getting half of the story.
@triptibaby (691)
• India
18 Jul 08
The media world has changed a lot. They spice newses and distort the originality of a situation. This is for their publicity and popularity. Afterall, that is their business only.
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
20 Jul 08
Right, somewhere along the line they became more interested in making money than reporting the news. I don't watch the big three network newscasts anymore and, while I used to love reading the Washington Post and did so for over 20 years, I let my subscription run out and stopped going to their website.
