Do you think that the media tells us only one side of the news instead of reporting it?

The media no longer want to inform the public, they want to shape the opinions the public holds. They decide the narrative and show the information that supports their narrative. They sometimes make wild suppositions and accusations which stick in the minds of the audience, and if they make corrections later, that is rarely noticed by the people whose minds are now made up and fixed based on the news reporting they initially heard. It's a quiet takeover of the world by the press, a total misuse of their power and a betrayal of those they are meant to serve.

I do believe that a lot of things in the media are definitely one sided and that we don't always know about the other side of the story.

There are many sides to every story. Depending on the side the news media wants to tell, you're going to get a story slanted towards one side. Really in this day and age, it's important to do your research and draw your own conclusions. Because, it's obvious the news media are going to have your agenda. Often times different agendas depending on the channel. It's kind of naive to expect the complete story. You can frame a story in different ways to make people be sympathetic or otherwise. The bottom line is money, and facts can be skewed to fit into the bottom line.

I am sure that the media only show what the politicians let them show to us. I have always thought that, for some reason that we do not know, right now we have to think that all the immigrants are poor people who need help, they are kind and charitable. I have seen them at our local Railroad station, many of them, even if not all, are not quiet and friendly at all.

I think it is very biased on every news piece. That is why I always have an open mind when viewing the news.

The media, to me, tries not to report the real issues of the world. Something happening somewhere they don't want people to know about? Pick a different thing to blow way out of proportion for a while and then suddenly...boom. It's gone. Because the thing they were trying to cover up is over. The media also try to show the worst side of every story and try to make things seem worse than they are. They show us a story set in one place but refuse to mention the parts of said place that could easily help out the ones in trouble. And then there is how the media portrays hate crimes. White man shoots up some place? Poor, misunderstood lonely child who was probably abused. Person of colour is so poor that they have no other choice but to steal food from a store? Criminal gang, terrorist, etc etc. The media today is a joke. They cover basic news, one side of the basics, and on top of all that are biassed in their opinions and reports. They don't want you to know what's really going on. It's all, "oh yeah, there's this war thing, there was this attack and- OH WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT! LOOK WHAT THIS CELEBRITY JUST DID! FORGET THE IMPORTANT STUFF, LET'S FOCUS ON THAT!"