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In reply to the discussion: The Western Corporate Media Cannot Be Trusted. [View all]MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)241. Already understand communication 101, doc
I already understand it.
So, what's your point with which news sources offers what to those seeking information do you find offensive? Is it the part about Western Corporate run "news"? Perhaps it's the fact that what is supposed to function as impartial to world events has not been found here, versus other news sources? Perhaps you think the acronym "RT" denotes a special interest on behalf of those who seek information?
Do tell
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I don't get it. Western media can't be trusted...and yes I agree to some point
maddezmom
Jul 2014
#4
If your friend or family member lies to you, you will be hurt far more deeply than
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#25
Do you disagree, with my statement that family and friend lies will hurt you far more than
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#62
I never have felt the MSM were my family....they are all in the business to sell a product.
maddezmom
Jul 2014
#65
I agree with you, they are all in the business of selling a product but to most Americans
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#74
RT has an audience that buys into anything they say as long as no one in the Western media
maddezmom
Jul 2014
#75
RT has an audience that is skeptical of everything so they watch everything they can to get as many
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#95
I think it is to be expected that all state sponsored media will be biased. That doesn't mean
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#200
I'll say it again, their reaction seems to me to be somewhat pathological, it is certainly
2banon
Jul 2014
#204
I agree. And the only way to combat that is to NEVER be intimidated by it imho.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#206
Back in the day, the American Press used to have some measure of credibility and trust with the
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#266
Then tell that to all the women or men whose spouses have betrayed or lied to them about an affair
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#279
I haven't read it yet, JD, but thanks for the reminder, it is on my list of books to buy.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#358
RT pimps for the Russian government and Putin.. US media pimps for Kochs and corps.. everyone
Cha
Jul 2014
#272
RT; is more effective because of the U.S. Corporate Media, both here and abroad.
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#275
RT has "influence" with the Russians and anyone else who gets sucked in.. and I heard that
Cha
Jul 2014
#277
I'm not making a particular judgement about RT but people are less apt to get sucked into a foreign
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#280
Since it keeps being referred to, RT I mean, one thing I've never seen on RT is Dick Cheney, liar
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#52
What he means is that I dare to watch 'unapproved of' sources and worse, dare not to be intimidated
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#133
Thank you for your post, LLL, there are few greater evils than censorship and we were subjected to
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#209
Here you go. You should read the whole thread. It's loads of laughs & unsubstantiated claims.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#129
Thank you Uncle Joe, I am proud of every post I've made online, so I laugh when this particular
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#309
Lol, Octafish, I am so sorry, I was reading Uncle Joe's comments when I read yours, it was a 'slip
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#350
One thing I have never seen on RT, and I do watch it among dozens of other media, is Dick Cheney
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#67
No, the last time I saw Alex Jones was about ten years ago and airc, he was screaming about Bush
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#93
Yeah I saw a guy with an infowars.com license plate frame on the highway the other day
47of74
Jul 2014
#192
Quit it maddezmom, or you'll have 50 gajillion US households after you. And Latin America too.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#116
One would think the corporate media would know that by now and I believe they do,
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#5
I will give you cute. I hope that's what you are going for. Much easier than trying
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#22
More than that now as they will be seen in Latin America's largest nations not to mention their
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#103
Since when the hell does "Latin America" count as "US households"? You're priceless.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#105
Intellectually dishonest, but "priceless", nonetheless. You're a perfect fit for RT.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#115
Thanks! I seem to have a regular fan club. I don't sign autographs though, without a fee
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#122
Not so much a "fan club" as a truth squad. Still waiting on links for some of your more...
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#128
I don't know, you don't seem to be able to 'dismiss' them! You seem to remember things from
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#136
I alerted on no one, this third party routine falsely accusing people when nothing could be further
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#310
I don't care enough to go to the Admins. And the fact that you do so TERRIBLY deeply
Number23
Jul 2014
#340
Over 300 got 'pushed' so far. It's an easy question for most, sorry to have created
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#355
If s/he's so "flattered" by all the folks who point out how absurd all of this is
Number23
Jul 2014
#362
Ah, those pesky roving "principles" that some love to claim so loudly that they have
Number23
Jul 2014
#367
I'm satisfied that people know your statement was completely false now. That's all I wanted to
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#351
Wait... you're talking about credibility?? YOU? You, are seriously talking about...
Number23
Jul 2014
#361
My fave was the time she used veteranstoday, an anti-Semitic hate site according to the SPLC...
SidDithers
Jul 2014
#368
I find it interesting that you and your "reality based community" (I guess calling it a community is
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#195
We always have to have an enemy. As Rove said 'we are an empire now' and empires
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#210
During the buildup of our empire we had wars to acquire resources and wealth from other nations
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#228
Very well said. Re the ME, we are being distracted, again, from that failure which is rapidly
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#234
wtf are you jabbering about? you think there's hatred of Russians? That's like saying
KittyWampus
Jul 2014
#372
I believe all large corporate media outlets have been co-opted by the elite.
stillwaiting
Jul 2014
#9
I don't trust them, I don't trust RT, both are filled with propaganda. But once in a while the
Autumn
Jul 2014
#8
Well, I wasn't referring to foreign media, I was asking if people here trust the corporate media.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#18
Thank you for your response. I saw Dick Cheney on the corporate media calling our
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#41
I think we mostly agree. I do think they need to challenge the government a lot more.
BlueCheese
Jul 2014
#55
Perhaps they are afraid. They probably saw what happened to those reporters, Dan Rather eg,
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#58
No problem, thanks for the rational discussion, we need more of it on DU. I agree that some
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#217
Yes, I directly referred to Al Jazeera. Are you disputing the OP, that Al Jazeera was not only
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#291
Liberals are working for RT and appearing frequently on their programs. Too bad Liberals are
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#312
I don't care who needs a talking head or who doesn't, that's their business, not mine. This
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#321
You are imagining things. RT is not mentioned in this OP at all. People seem to be obsessed with RT
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#331
it's all too clear what it's about; as I said, you're pretty transparent.
Spider Jerusalem
Jul 2014
#332
I am always transparent, is there a problem with that? Thank you, transparency is a good thing imo.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#334
I don't particularly want a war with Russia, no. If you assume I'm "for" one...
Spider Jerusalem
Jul 2014
#335
If you think there are no plans for a war with Russia, you haven't been paying attention over
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#336
Yes, they can. Too bad they have support, now apparently from some claiming to be on the Left.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#373
This entire thread isn't about that as many of my posts upstream point out, our corporate media has
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#327
I'd rather not get into an argument about this. It's not really important enough. eom
BlueCheese
Jul 2014
#152
Lots of people believed the Curveball stories too. I was even wondering considering it
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#46
It's 34 now and why would we be lying about not trusting the corporate media?
Uncle Joe
Jul 2014
#38
Your attempts at trying to smear me are really low. Go pick on someone else. nm
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#131
Thanks for your contribution. Of course I am 'pushing' a poll I put up as I am curious to see
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#48
If you don't like, don't respond. That's what I do when I see polls I feel are 'pushing' something.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#63
Asking a simple question re the Corporate Media on DU is a push poll? How so?
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#123
I get that, but they haven't explained why asking a question is pushing something, they
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#219
Remember when Kooch used to win those things in a landslide? DU. The only place in America....
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#109
That's exactly what I was talking about. It's cognitive dissonance, or willful intellectual...
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#158
how can we trust the media ? remember, it was the cold war and we wanted to beat the soviets
JI7
Jul 2014
#42
So you agree with the OP that the corporate media can't be trusted. Thanks for
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#50
No, that was real, we did not have a totally corporate owned media back then, we still had the
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#213
Yup! I'm in this camp. Corporate media is designed to give their desired impression,
hue
Jul 2014
#220
As you can see from the snark from the "reality based community" that they apparently don't agree.
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#45
As I do. And I object at the same few people here that try to lock and hide OP's that
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#132
Imagine you can trust corporations more then the governments they are buying. Hilarious indeed.
malaise
Jul 2014
#187
The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us
cantbeserious
Jul 2014
#56
Aw, he's just looking out for our best interests. I keep trying to reassure him that
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#169
Correc tion, you mean when you see Americans who live in a democracy opposing censorship
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#232
Have we met? Welcome to DU btw, for a first post, you sure got in all the talking points.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#117
And how would someone with, now 3 posts, 'know' all these fringe talking points that occasionally
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#146
Sad, but true. It's a malady, and most sufferers present with absolutely no sense of irony.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2014
#164
I do gather news from various sources around the world and believe we are capable of filtering out
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#167
Thanks, that is very good advice which I mostly follow. I don't watch the Corporate Media
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#126
It's fun though, isn't it? Revealing too although that was not the intention.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#137
many things are fucked up, but i knew Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 back then, and i know Obama
JI7
Jul 2014
#138
Thanks MMsMom, I'm thoroughly enjoying it myself. Far more than I had expected.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#149
Well, there's a lot of other things going on than what can be seen on the surface.
jeff47
Jul 2014
#143
I have asked you this before, politely. Do NOT speak for me. I do not know you and you certainly
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#318
So there are none, as I already knew. Making false statements about others only loses credibility
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#347
Did I give you permission to speak for me? You don't, making stuff up, putting thoughts in people's
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#197
Another personal attack is all you have? I am proud of all my comments on DU, wouldn't change one
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#214
Good post, thank you. Keiser used to post here, but I guess as DU began to change, he doesn't bother
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#151
The BBC is state sponsored and was coopted during the Blair era after they published
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#144
Wow, that's creepy, stalking DUers on Twitter now? This place is beginning to scare me.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#162
What a tool he is. I read he was originally a 'reporter' on a Christian network.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#161
Great post, PP. I couldn't agree more. A democracy cannot survive without a free press and we
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#165
Mass Media ignoring 'RFK Believed in Conspiracy' shows corrupt nature of America's Press
Octafish
Jul 2014
#184
And yet, people keep sucking it in like it's a lifeline to what's happening in the world.
gtar100
Jul 2014
#193
What is going on this thread has been going on since I first discovered DU in 2004. Criticism of
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#324
You meant to say in support of a free and open press and access to all sources of information.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#235
I oppose censorship of all sources of information, books, media and speech. I don't care how
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#240
I know, MMM, I read that post with a sense of awe. That anyone on a Dem forum at least,
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#320
Thank you, it's difficult to remember details of all the assaults on the press during that time.
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#242
I remember the media fail during the Bush V Gore recount & how they were reporting on it like it was
jillan
Jul 2014
#249
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom...
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2014
#252
Good quote, thank you. Thomas Jefferson expressed similar sentiments, despite being the
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#253
Thanks for the advice, who would have thought I had no adult awareness of complexity. I just asked
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#281
One of the reasons I don't get into a lot of this stuff, is because I got rid of the M$M a long time
Rex
Jul 2014
#284
do you think Sandy Hook didn't actually happen either because it was reported on the media
JI7
Jul 2014
#302
I don't think Sabrina was saying that the corporate media NEVER reports events truthfully. . .
markpkessinger
Jul 2014
#316
and that has been the case with this plane being shot down, it's mostly the Sandy Hook was false
JI7
Jul 2014
#317
Thank you markpkessinger. You are exactly correct. I was under the impression that Liberals didn't
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#322
I think the OP explains exactly what I don't believe. Do you NOT believe that the Corporate Media
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#329
i know the media sucks, but i was able to see through all of that , just as i am with RT
JI7
Jul 2014
#330
RT will not lead this country into another disastrous war. THE MSM HAS and is dangerously on
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#333
On some things all media is trustworthy such as reporting disasters if the have no political
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#349
Much of the Western Corporate Media is also state supported. Al Jazeera is entirely funded by
sabrina 1
Jul 2014
#364