The Media Might Not Be So Slanted

from JoeUser Forums
There really is no doubt that the media is slanted. But the coverage of the War in Iraq, with the very small amount of good news being reported, and the large amount of news focusing around people dying and carnage being everywhere, one would think the media is just out to bash President Bush.

Well, yeah, but that's just in the spin.

See, the media rarely reports any good news even on the home front. No, it's only news if people are getting killed or maimed or people are being robbed, etc. If a normal person does what they should be doing for a day, it's not news. If a fireman stops a fire, the news is about the fire - not the stopping of it. For the most part, at least.

So why do we expect GOOD news to be reported out of a war zone, when they don't even report it at home? Reporters have no experience with finding good news. Soldier helping someone? Bah, they do that everyday. Skip it, find something else to report.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
So why do we expect GOOD news to be reported out of a war zone, when they don't even report it at home?
Yeah, how dare we expect our media to report on good things our troops are doing. The problem is the media actually reports enemy propaganda without checking facts or verifying the sources.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top

dog bites man isn't news.

man bites dog...THAT's news.

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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
You have a point, however that is not usually what the rant is about.  For just a sample of the bias, check out www.timeswatch.org.  They merely document the obvious bias in one source of news.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Just wanted to raise the point that it's bad news from everywhere. Might have made a better comment than an argument, but I would've had to place it on about 500 threads at this point.