Is the press free and fair?

November 19, 2018, 02:27 PM

ArtieS

I agree with all of those in the "Free, yes; fair, no" camp. Not because there ins't decent news sources out there, but because the primary news sources that deliver content to the otherwise uncritical masses are not in any way, fair.

I may like the content I get on some sources better than others, but that doesn't mean that they are fair, and it's pretty clear that the major news sources, ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR/PBS, Fox, NYT, WaPo, LATimes, etc., are not interested in fair, they are either interested in revenue, or acclaim from their particular bubble.

The biggest problem is that the uncritical masses get their news from shallow, biased sources, with a penchant for more clicks based on emotional triggering, and then bending the coverage to support their internal biases.

It's a shitty system, but it's the best one we have at the moment, and we can only hope that the market will eventually correct the problem.

"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."

Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.

November 19, 2018, 04:41 PM

nhtagmember

I'm not even sure its considered free considering its been bought and paid for by Soros, Steyer and Bloomberg

November 19, 2018, 06:19 PM

bobtheelf

No, and I don't believe that we ever have. Everyone has an agenda.

November 19, 2018, 06:30 PM

9mmnut

Free, but you have to buy a paper or mag or TV to receive their crap.
Fair, not by a long shot.

November 19, 2018, 08:58 PM

divil

As has been opined by others, yes to the former and no to the latter.

November 20, 2018, 09:31 AM

radioman

not free --- Because it seems getting a WH press pass is a good 'ol boys club of some kind. I'm not free to set up a "printing press" (or web news service) and get the same access as the existing WH press pass holders. If the government issues passes only to the MSM, then it's not "free" of any government imposed criteria, is it?

Not fair -- already covered by others.

November 20, 2018, 10:04 AM

sreding

Free - yes
Fair - not by a long shot.
Objective - BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

November 20, 2018, 11:45 AM

220-9er

Free, yes.
Fair no. They all have a bias.
Most of it is show business and ratings. And big egos.

November 20, 2018, 11:56 AM

oddball

quote:
Originally posted by nhtagmember:
I'm not even sure its considered free considering its been bought and paid for by Soros, Steyer and Bloomberg

I agree. The country's "press" is owned and controlled by a few corporations and you can bet they also control the content released to the public. And since this press controls the vast majority of information that gets out there, they can tailor the news to their liking. And it is not a stretch that some of these corporations are also at the same table as government politicians.

_{"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965}

November 20, 2018, 12:31 PM

Leemur

The press has always been biased and used for political purposes. The newspaper “wars” from the early presidential contests are well documented.

November 20, 2018, 07:51 PM

adobesig

My degree is in journalism and the industry hasn't been professional or ethical for decades. The pompous arrogance of presenting the outraged opinions of the left has reduced our country's journalistic industry ,as a whole, into little more than than an appendage of the DNC.