Media, or medium, are good names for what the press is intended to be: impartial, unbiased, and in the middle of an issue, not taking sides on any issue nor tilting the news presentation to favor one side over the other.
Not so, today. With but a very few exceptions, news stations/programs are nothing more than propaganda outlets for political parties...trumpeting the correctness of their party's views while pounding away at all other views. The Hannity (conservative) and Colmes (liberal) show was a rare exception until Colmes left...and Fox News saw no reason to replace him. The popular show is now a one-sided tedium, rather than medium. (The argument that guests or callers-in on the show include some non-conservatives, and provide some balance, does not hold up. The whole thrust and weight of the show is one-sided.)
Important to keep in mind when watching or listening to these shows, is that you are not only getting just one perspective on the news, but you may not be getting all of the news. Events that do not support the positions of the network or show, are likely to be omitted. And the killer blow for me is the constant and excessive vituperative name-calling, berating, smearing and mudslinging which the supposedly objective news shows revel in.
Where to go?
Don't know.
No comments:
Post a Comment