Kohadre wrote: Yes, and while I cant speak for everyone, I believe most people simply don't have the luxury of time to fact check a news story against multiple sources.
It is the news stations job to broadcast with integrity. It is not our job to research a news story that has already been presented to the general public.
That time can and should be spent doing far more important things.
personally, i take the opposite view
if its not important enough to fact check then it falls into a category similar to these:
OB1Shinobi wrote:
.. a deliberate attempt at psychological manipulation
.."whats going on" is only important in the sphere within which it is going on
..the VAAAAASTT majority of crap they shove in your face is CRAAP
if its in one of those categories then i dont WANT an opinion on it - i have better things to do than worry about startbucks christmas cups lol
i dont consider that i have a "right" to an opinion that i havent done some fact checking on - its not even fair to have an opinion IN MY OPINION, if a billion other people have already researched the topic and shared their results and all i have to do is use a couple search engines and read for a few minutes to get up to date
as far as it being their "job" to broadcast with integrity, i agree that it is SUPPOSED to be their job, and i wish that it really was, but its not
their job is to put on a show that people choose to watch when they have a thounsand other similar shows to choose from - thats their job
truth has been sold out, integrity has been sold out, we've been sold out
thats why i believe that we, as individuals, need to take responsibility for our own reasearch and for the nature of our own influence, opinions, and overall message - "they" or "the system" is broken and corrupt
now we have to be the system, which is why i like to say "we are the media too"
