Newspapers and News

Everyone has an agenda. It's a fact. FOX News is owned by News Corp. which is owned by Rupert Murdoch. He's been pushing his right-winged theme for years. That's just one common example. My newspaper, the Houston Chronicle, is owned by Hearst. They are light on the war stories, and tend to stick them in the back pages of the A section - in any of their newspapers across the country. The Associated Press, the proclaimed mack-daddy of the fair American news that distributes its pieces to nearly EVERY media source in the country, just came out with a blatant leftist article regarding the recent minimum wage hike that was covered promptly by all the conservative talk show hosts. There's a saying in the radio biz, "believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see." Notice that it says nothing about believing what you read - only YOU have to make the choice if it is real or not; be careful.

Hello,Valeria! I read news papers and also watch news channels.The news reporters collect news from different places or organisations and produce in the news papers or flashed in the news channels.so there is nothing to disbelieve.it is their profession and they would not cheat or mislead the people.thanx.

Hi valeria!, No I definitely do not believe what I read in the news. The cheap newspapers have become more sensationalist and the higher level papers are subject to strong political biases. It is sometimes worth taking a step back and trying to read between the lines. The language expert Noam Chomsky used this skill in scanning world newspapers, until he highlighted the persecution of the people of East Timor. The Washington Post and The Financial Times are newspapers which have a good reputation in expressing objective views. Regards. Umart

The things seem to be true. the question is ,the media only show one of the sides of the stories they want the common people to see.