How Media Narratives Became More Important Than Facts

[JimL]

How Media Narratives Became More Important Than Facts

The sad state of journalism.

The Narrative Requires

Right, and now she works for conservative propagandist Sinclair News! Sounds like a disgruntled partison to me.

[JimL]

Cable News isn't news anymore, it is 24 hour commentary.

False, it's both news and commentary as has always been the case.

[Cow Poke]

Right, and now she works for conservative propagandist Sinclair News! Sounds like a disgruntled partison to me.

Of course she does, Jimmy, because you're an incredibly disgruntled rabid partisan. (Not partison)

[Sparko]

False, it's both news and commentary as has always been the case.

As if you could tell the difference!

[JimL]

As if you could tell the difference!

Apparently you can't!

[rogue06]

Which is why I often force myself to endure the ClintonNewsNetwork or check in on your favorite girlfriend. I like to see what the crazy extreme leftist pinko commie lying scumbag phony journalists are saying. You know... balance!

It is why I try to read the New York Times and Washington Post (increasingly difficult as they move behind paywalls), Slate and the New Republic as well as watch CNN and MSNBC. I found it is far better to see for myself what someone is saying rather rely on being told what they're saying by someone who disagrees with them

[rogue06]

Drudge does a good job of providing a cross section of stories across the political spectrum.

But you need to be willing to click on the links.

[Cow Poke]

It is why I try to read the New York Times and Washington Post (increasingly difficult as they move behind paywalls), Slate and the New Republic as well as watch CNN and MSNBC. I found it is far better to see for myself what someone is saying rather rely on being told what they're saying by someone who disagrees with them

I prefer the Onion and the Babylon Bee.

[One Bad Pig]

Apparently you can't!

Aww, idn't 'e cute?

[KingsGambit]

It is why I try to read the New York Times and Washington Post (increasingly difficult as they move behind paywalls), Slate and the New Republic as well as watch CNN and MSNBC. I found it is far better to see for myself what someone is saying rather rely on being told what they're saying by someone who disagrees with them

Someday we will look at the last half of the previous decade as the golden age of reading news on the Internet.

[Mountain Man]

But you need to be willing to click on the links.

Well... yeah.