'Top Republican hit' in multiple shooting

Catfish · 06-16-17, 12:31 PM

Agreed, if e.g. i want to cool down i do not watch or read US media at all for a few days. Helps a lot

Rockstar · 06-16-17, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Agreed, if e.g. i want to cool down i do not watch or read US media at all for a few days. Helps a lot

Preach it bruder.

Platapus · 06-17-17, 06:13 AM

The media really have to accept their responsibility in the political attitude environment.

The media is supposed to report the news, not cause it.

Onkel Neal · 06-17-17, 08:22 AM

We could all wish for trustworthy journalism, but it's really hard to know who to trust. Even NPR has thrown off any pretense of objectivity.

vienna · 06-17-17, 08:51 AM

That's why it is very often important to actually seek out reportage from a wide variety of sources; listen/read NPR? - listen/read Fox. One of the big reasons I try to get as many views on any subject is to try to maintain as much of an independent stance as possible. Once you get as many perspectives as possible, it then becomes a matter of weeding out actual fact from opinion, applying critical thinking on the resulting facts, and then using common sense to form an opinion. Being spoon-fed from just one set of viewpoints really doesn't give you a full appreciation of important, complex issues or matters. Not every source is going to be 100% accurate of even truthful; if you want the truth, you have to really look for it. It is much more preferable to cogitate than regurgitate...

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Platapus · 06-17-17, 10:42 AM

And not limit one to only US news sources.

vienna · 06-17-17, 10:55 AM

Absolutely agreed...

<O>

u crank · 06-17-17, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by vienna

if you want the truth, you have to really look for it.

And of course there is the problem and the reason that the media can be so biased. People want to hear an opinion that agrees with their own. It's only news to them if they like it. If they don't like it then it's media bias. The news media business is making a lot of money on this principle.

mapuc · 06-17-17, 11:39 AM

And not looking for news source that agree with what a person already believes in a case.

Markus

Platapus · 06-17-17, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by u crank

And of course there is the problem and the reason that the media can be so biased. People want to hear an opinion that agrees with their own. It's only news to them if they like it. If they don't like it then it's media bias. The news media business is making a lot of money on this principle.

In one of my analysis classes, the instructor gave us an interesting thought experiment. We had to identify a personal opinion that we had that was wrong.

It was eye opening.

06-16-17, 12:31 PM	#1
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,799 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Agreed, if e.g. i want to cool down i do not watch or read US media at all for a few days. Helps a lot __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

06-17-17, 06:13 AM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,386 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The media really have to accept their responsibility in the political attitude environment. The media is supposed to report the news, not cause it. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	We could all wish for trustworthy journalism, but it's really hard to know who to trust. Even NPR has thrown off any pretense of objectivity. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

06-17-17, 08:51 AM	#5
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,719 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	That's why it is very often important to actually seek out reportage from a wide variety of sources; listen/read NPR? - listen/read Fox. One of the big reasons I try to get as many views on any subject is to try to maintain as much of an independent stance as possible. Once you get as many perspectives as possible, it then becomes a matter of weeding out actual fact from opinion, applying critical thinking on the resulting facts, and then using common sense to form an opinion. Being spoon-fed from just one set of viewpoints really doesn't give you a full appreciation of important, complex issues or matters. Not every source is going to be 100% accurate of even truthful; if you want the truth, you have to really look for it. It is much more preferable to cogitate than regurgitate... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,386 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	And not limit one to only US news sources. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-17-17, 10:55 AM	#7
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,719 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Absolutely agreed... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,543 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	And not looking for news source that agree with what a person already believes in a case. Markus

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