02-01-2024, 04:13 PM
(01-31-2024, 03:54 PM)GMDino Wrote: There is a difference between printing "lies" and needing to issue a retraction. Most legitimate news sources don't print lies even if they are wrong some times.
Retractions can be about minor details. If the entire story is wrong a new story will be written usually.
I see two problems at work here:
1) People do not trust the media...especially when it conflicts with their pre-conceived notions.
2) Like you most people don't read whole articles unless they are interested in them.
We have entire swaths of "media" pretending to be "news". We need a more educated viewer/reader to tell the difference between them and actual news sources.
There are plenty of issues with "be first" and 24/7 news needing to fill time, but that doesn't mean everyone is lying. Or that only the OTHER side is lying. Hell, I don't know if MOST are lying or just presenting the facts in a way to fit their narrative.
Nick Sandman. 100% made up lie. Russia! Russia! Russia! 3+ years of made up lies. I guess if you can't beat your opponent fair and square.............................
