The media controls the minds of many American citizens who believe everything they see or read. Fox news and cnn often report on the same issues. However, the context of the reports between the two are usually opposite of one another. I wish the media would state the facts and allow the reader to develope their own opinion.
Thomas Austin
Cpo2001 8:35am
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Unfortunately until the day computers report the news, it will always been written by a person with a biased. It's human nature to have feelings one way or another about a subject. The only real way to get an accurate and unbiased viewing of a story is to read the government report of it.
Jacob Gunter
Pos 1041
4:51 PM
Lisa Petty
Pos 1041
T/R 11:35am
This has always been a problem in America. Over the past few years media has swarmed with unnessicary headlines instead of delievering the facts...my biggest problem with this is I would rather them get to what they are trying to say instead of adding unneccisary drama in order to increase tv ratings.
People want to be entertained its a way of life. If you turned on the news and it was a person giving you all the straight facts you would not care to ever turn it on again. They throw things in, add flashing lights and make you enjoy watching it so that they can make money and youcan live your life in fear of everything out there.
Jason Spiewak
POS1041
T/R 11:35
Jennifer Gordon
CPO2001
T/R 1:05 pm
If people choose to believe everything they see or read, that is their problem. In some situations, there are no straight facts to state. A lot of things on the media are just opinion and should not be taken as factual. When it comes to Fox News and CNN, they are two different ideologies trying to give their view on the same subjects. If people cannot understand that they are just listening to opinions, then they should really open their mind a bit.
Man don't we all. That would just be way to perfect for the media. The fair and balanced part is compleatly up to you. They want you to pick, considering most news channels have some kind of ideologies. The rest is for you to decide. Oh the joy of a free country!
Olivia Chapman
POS 1041
T-TH 11:35
As I share your opinion, wishing that the media would present unaltered raw facts that are easily accessible to the public, it is not the way it works. Media companies such as fox, cnn, msnbc are just like any other business. higher ratings equals more money in terms of advertisement. Bottom line is just that. The bottom line. it would be wounderful if they could present the facts, but thats not what makes the big bucks.
Nicholas Conlin
POS 1041
11:35am
The media definitly controls the ideas of many American citizens. Many Americans are unfamiliar with the fact that most news stories are written in a biased manner, so they believe everything they hear. To be able to develope one's own opinion on a news story one would have to hear the story from a couple different sources. Unfortunatly, this way of single minded thinking will probably never end unless a law is passed but that won't happen because of the Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press.
Hallie Barrett
POS 1041
T/R 11:35
The media seems bad here yes.But lets not forget that we are lucky for the free media we have. In many other countries they only have one media source and its run by the goverment. Be thankful for what we have nothing is perfect if you don't like the American media. Don't watch it.
Avery, Michael
CPO 2001 8:35 Thurs/Tues
Although you can't logically attack the media for what they published because they are entitled to their opinion, can use several sources of media to filter out the bias and form your own opinion. After all, the media is nothing more than people who have emotions, the media gets their information and statistics from agencies, both governmental and non-governmental, who are also made up of people and furthermore gather this information by observing yet again people. We have to take it upon ourselves to believe what we want and know that no one source will ever be completely correct in everybody's mind.
Tom Huber
CPO2001 8:35 Tues/Thurs
I agree, its become quite an issue and certain networks are completly seen as liberal or conservative. In some previous government classes I was taught the certain ones, and it is very apparent when you sit down to compare the two. The ones more prominent in my eyes are FOX and CNN- its crazy to see them report the same story but completely shed different lights and exaggerate on certain points! I would love to find a completly unbiased source but I am beginning to think that is never going to happen!
Melissa Oglesby
POS1041
Tuesday and Thursday 11:35
There is little to no evidence that CNN leans towards liberals. If anything, they lean slightly conservative. Not as much as Fox, obviously, but certainly the evidence is there to back up such a claim. The liberal news network is MSNBC, with three avowed liberals in their primetime line-up. That's more than all other networks combined.
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