Media Brainwashing ?

@compbabygirl There are regulating bodies. We have one up here called the CBC which edits material (we hope for the common good) Britian has the BBC and you guys have.. I don't know what you have. Media is however a network and like all networks specially with the invention of the internet it may have a mind of its own so to speak. To answer your question of course there are "channels". Good thing we have little knobs to turn on our boxes?

@Bluedoll Ok so wouldn't think that there a times that your government will use media to manipulate or change the outlook of a situation via media ? Another type of government control ?

I see where your going with that. I guess I main thing is editorials or fact based news, the media picks and choices where they will channel your attention to. Do you agree ?

Does it make you or train you to not get too moved by what media tells you ?

@compbabygirl Sometimes I don't believe them. That is why I don't like to watch news on tv. I only heard the latest happening when friends post it on social media.

@JustBhem So you try to stay away from major media outlets?

@compbabygirl - 30-ish? Yeah. I figured you were several years younger than me. Our government is no different from other governments everywhere else. Ever notice the "scandals" are very similar, no matter the country. It's a power struggle, lust, greed and corruption, common to human beings everywhere on the planet. The fact that you don't accept everything that is reported means you have already decided not to be manipulated. First of all you need to narrow down what is really important for you to know so that you can live your life with some sort of peace of mind. With that, the great weight or burden of trying to dig out the truth is lessened and you become more focused on what you need to know. Go after "the truth" you seek. Will you find it? Maybe. Maybe not. But it's not likely you will ever know if you look for it! ~ This is just a side note. It doesn't have to be a government job. It's just that government workers are held accountable to the public for their actions. Usually if a person screws up on their job and they need to protect their position and their retirement "nest egg", you'd be surprised how determined they can be to "get to the point of no transparency". It's called looking out for Number One! Meaning? Meaning it can make truth-digging extremely difficult. Not impossible. But really difficult. It may sound like I'm joking or being sarcastic. I am. Sort of. But I'm serious and I'm also weary. So it's good to know there are still folks out there like you who have the energy and determination, who still care about wanting to know the facts and the truth. Folks like you are probably the reason the country is still standing.

It can be seen as describing an event but it also depends on who they are blaming the event on. There is alot of secretive stuff that goes on and the government makes us look left while they go right. So short answer sometimes it is to describe and event and sometimes it's a cover-up

@cmoneyspinner I'm in my 30's. A lady never reveals her age. So then the next question is this....IF we thing the media is manipulating us then were can we go to really get answers to the truth. How did we get to a point of no transparency in our government ?