Comment Not an isolated problem (Score 1) 437
I skimmed the posts and did not see this mentioned...
As others have said, I do not feel that any media outlet has a 'pass' on accuracy and truth. Though as is often the case, truth can be relative. That is why I don't want some reporter's truth, I want the 'facts' and just the facts, when I read/watch/hear a news story. This highlights a much larger problem and trend, and that is an overall lack of integrity and honesty in news reporting. It seems that no reporters anywhere in the US follow the old school reporter rules of 'what, when, where, why and how'. It is a rarity to read/watch/hear a news story today and come away with the full picture and a fair understanding of what happened. Between lackadaisical reporting and editing standards and personal bias in the entire reporting/editing cycle, no neutral, complete stores are left.
This affects all news outlets, not just print. News media in the US have gone through some phases. Initially US newspapers proudly proclaimed their political bias with their titles and tag lines. Their stories were all written from that perspective. The country then went through a phase of 'honest reporting' where you got 'just the facts'. Now news reporting is sliding into a period of just not seeming to care about an honest, un-biased news piece. That coupled with the much lower reporting and editing standards leaves news stories that are just that, stories. Now a days, I can not sit and watch any of the local TV news broadcasts or any of the big three networks nightly news. The sorry state of TV news is appalling. Print is not much better. They are all in such a hurry to get the scoop that none of them care about the facts. What they have not twisted to their political bias, they have dumbed down for popular consumption.
As others have said, I do not feel that any media outlet has a 'pass' on accuracy and truth. Though as is often the case, truth can be relative. That is why I don't want some reporter's truth, I want the 'facts' and just the facts, when I read/watch/hear a news story. This highlights a much larger problem and trend, and that is an overall lack of integrity and honesty in news reporting. It seems that no reporters anywhere in the US follow the old school reporter rules of 'what, when, where, why and how'. It is a rarity to read/watch/hear a news story today and come away with the full picture and a fair understanding of what happened. Between lackadaisical reporting and editing standards and personal bias in the entire reporting/editing cycle, no neutral, complete stores are left.
This affects all news outlets, not just print. News media in the US have gone through some phases. Initially US newspapers proudly proclaimed their political bias with their titles and tag lines. Their stories were all written from that perspective. The country then went through a phase of 'honest reporting' where you got 'just the facts'. Now news reporting is sliding into a period of just not seeming to care about an honest, un-biased news piece. That coupled with the much lower reporting and editing standards leaves news stories that are just that, stories. Now a days, I can not sit and watch any of the local TV news broadcasts or any of the big three networks nightly news. The sorry state of TV news is appalling. Print is not much better. They are all in such a hurry to get the scoop that none of them care about the facts. What they have not twisted to their political bias, they have dumbed down for popular consumption.
