What you should know about vs what news tells you about..

[Playinghardball]

[Jim Warren]

1. As my wife said once,

and this many years ago:

"They don't tell you what to think, they tell you what to think about"

Smart woman she.

[Laelth]

4. +1. n/t

-Laelth

[zbdent]

2. Miley Circus ...

[truebluegreen]

3. Regarding the list and reply #1,

the answers don't matter if the questions are wrong.

[Mnemosyne]

5. Exactly. nt

[FarCenter]

6. News is designed to entertain; not to make you slit your wrists

You'd have to have only one channel with no "off" switch.

[Triana]

8. That's just it. News should exist to inform, not entertain.

It used to. But not anymore. It's mostly corprat-manufactured garbage designed to make the corprats who own all the media (all 5 or so of them) richer and/or to protect their profits. Meanwhile, the voting public gets practically force-fed Tea Party propaganda courtesy of the Teabaggers and Citizens United. Its no wonder so few have a freakin clue wtf is going on.

[LWolf]

7. Which is why

I never watch news. I scan headlines, in print and online, look for sources outside the U.S., and read articles that I find of importance.

[Uncle Joe]

9. That's an excellent list, right on the mark.

Thanks for the thread, Playinghardball.

[Taitertots]

10. It could be simplified to: Important facts about current events vs. profitable entertainment

I refuse to even call corporate entertainment programs "News".