Does the Media Exaggerate or Stage News to "Worsen" Situations? You Decide

Interesting you bring this up after that failed little PR attempt Bush & co. made just recently, it was kind of sad to watch, actually.

I think its worse when your government exaggerates when a country has nuclear arms and launches a pre-emptive war, only to change his reason for going to war long after the fact.
 
Sure the mass media outlets exaggerate stories, they ALWAYS have, and always will, thats why I read independant news sources, and watch opb and c-span. I don't need watered down bias news.
 
[quote name='Quackzilla']If you don't like it than go listen to NPR and watch C-SPAN, bitching about it won't change anything.[/QUOTE]

shhhh, you're taking steam out of his liberal media bias idea.
 
[quote name='capitalist_mao']shhhh, you're taking steam out of his liberal media bias idea.[/QUOTE]

By pointing people to NPR? :lol:

Anyway yes, they do sensationalize/exaggerate all the time. Unfortunately, that's the kind of BS that gets ratings because most people are more interested in the intimite details of the Michael Jackson trial than Nancy Pelosi's lies or Tom DeLay's indictments.
 
[quote name='elprincipe']By pointing people to NPR? :lol:

Anyway yes, they do sensationalize/exaggerate all the time. Unfortunately, that's the kind of BS that gets ratings because most people are more interested in the intimite details of the Michael Jackson trial than Nancy Pelosi's lies or Tom DeLay's indictments.[/QUOTE]

I thought that was the answer to everything.

Bush isn't doing well.
LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS!

There seems to be evidence that Delay accepted bribes.
LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS!

I think I have poison ivy.
LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS!
 
I can't even watch news on tv anymore. All the stories are so depressing. Whats supposed to be informative is so terribly over exaggerated I want to barf. Maybe sometimes ignorance is bliss.
 
As a guy who works closely with the media on a daily basis yes they do exaggerate but I think only the worst would stage something. Bland stuff won't sell paper or commercial time. They need stuff entertaining so they do cross the line and puff things up a bit. It's a big reason why you should never form an opinion after hearing from just one source
 
that clip was pretty funny, but i'm sure you could have found a better example of media being sensationalistic. rowing a boat in knee high water doesn't give me much to decide upon.
 
Our local Fox news may be somewhat more liberal then the xenophobic, jingoistic megalomaniacs that they air on the cable Fox "news" channel, but they are still hilariously amateur. "If it bleeds, it leads!"
 
[quote name='camoor']Our local Fox news may be somewhat more liberal then the xenophobic, jingoistic megalomaniacs that they air on the cable Fox "news" channel, but they are still hilariously amateur. "If it bleeds, it leads!"[/QUOTE]

reminds me of the mid-90s when my city's FOX station put a new news show on. They filled the cast with people who aren't very good orators. The camera work and quality was shoddy and they showed it 1 hour before all the other news shows (at 10, instead of 11).
 
[quote name='capitalist_mao']I thought that was the answer to everything.

Bush isn't doing well.
LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS!

There seems to be evidence that Delay accepted bribes.
LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS!

I think I have poison ivy.
LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS![/QUOTE]

Well, it may be the answer to everything if all you listen to are highly partisan ultra-conservative Republicans.
 
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