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Thread #106679 Message #2205588
Posted By: Donuel
30-Nov-07 - 12:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: Rumors vs hard news
Subject: BS: Rumors vs hard news
Obama is a stealth Muslim? (front page Washington Post)
Obama seen eating vegetables, fuels rumors of vegan muslim extremism
Is it time to elect a lesbian for President? (picture of Hillary)
Some examples are better than others but I am hard pressed to find news which is not rumor or fluff or blatently fake anymore in main stream newspaper or TV. Of course politics is an emotional game played with propoganda's reversal of truth rules, so I have come to expect rumor being touted as news if its on paper or RV screen.
Naturally as a response we now give the blog more credence than News services. The time lag for the initial blog news to big media news is often a year or more.
Courts have ruled that national news services may deliberately lie about any story they choose. Lieing by ommision is now considered to be loyal silence and not despicable.
There are several contributors here who have editorial accuracy far above any national news media corporation.