Do you trust news sites/channels?

[miraclefan]

I find it more & more harder for me to find independent news sources, (both on the air & web)EVERYONE & there grandma, has some sort of agenda there pushing behind the sceenes. (Conserv, Lib,)So I ask do you trust any of them?

 

[Middle Earther]

No. Next question?

 

[miraclefan]

No. Next question?

 

[Kelthaz]

Yes, to a degree.

 

[Goliath]

EVERYONE & there grandma, has some sort of agenda there pushing behind the sceenes.

Having an agenda doesn't necessarily make someone untrustworthy. Everyone has an agenda.

A position is not the same as a bias--and different positions can offer different perspectives on the same issue.

I tend to treat news sources the same way I treat anything else: I trust them, unless or until I'm given a good reason to distrust them. Then I don't.

 

[Mr Light]

I trust Daily Show / Colbert, but that's it. Just watching their clips of Fox News utterly disgusts me.

 

[miraclefan]

I trust Daily Show / Colbert, but that's it. Just watching their clips of Fox News utterly disgusts me.

I used to say the same for MSNBC.

 

[Leroy]

I trust the news for the most part bias is not the same is lying. With that said I still can't stand Faux Noos though.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Certainly I trust them when it comes to facts. I don't think anybody's going to lie about an earthquake or forest fire. The part I can't stand is the low standards and unprofessionalism of the anchors; most of them come across as rank amateurs from local UHF stations.

As for political commentary, that's just there to be ignored or laughed at. Garbage like Fox News is just comedy.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I try and read/watch a composite of TV, print, and online news sources of various slants to get a composite impression of a major story and then form my own opinion based on additional research if something seems questionable or if I'm curious for more information. It seems to work well.

You should never trust any source of news unconditionally, but neither should you be so distrusting that you just dismiss all of them out of hand.

 

[Pingfah]

It's generally quite to easy to tell by the way that they phrase what they are presenting as fact, or the way they present statistics, or they way that they attribute quotes if there is likely to be embellishment, exaggeration or outright lieing going on.

So I trust news sites and channels when they are not getting up to journalistic trickery to cover their asses from libel, because its the only time you can be sure they are telling the truth.

 

[An Officer]

Not on anything important, no. Thank goodness we have alternative news sources these days in the form of native bloggers and such, especially when it comes to foreign affairs...

 

[Finn]

Trust is a bit too strong a word. I just don't take it too seriously.

 

[Aurian]

^same here. I also use blogs to see more if a story is interesting.

 

[Kestra]

If TBBS has taught me one thing, it's to trust no one!

Of course I often completely disregard this.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I trust Daily Show / Colbert, but that's it. Just watching their clips of Fox News utterly disgusts me.

Seconded. Also, i do watch MSNBC too.

 

[TheLonelySquire]

I trust Daily Show / Colbert, but that's it. Just watching their clips of Fox News utterly disgusts me.

Thanks for the chuckle! John Leibowicz cracks me up!

 

[TheLonelySquire]

I trust the news for the most part bias is not the same is lying. With that said I still can't stand Faux Noos though.

I really enjoyed Dan Rather calling on Obama to save the media! Where did those documents go, Dan?

 

[Cakes488]

I take it all with a grain or a shaker full of salt...depending on the source that is.