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"I have a high level of confidence in the credibility and reporting of news organizations."
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| Total # of Responses: 238 - 9/22/03 |
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We have received feedback on this issue from people all across America. Review the graph to the left for a quick snapshot of the responses received to date, or read the responses below.
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Ramin, TX
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... "an incurssion".
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September 17,2003
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Even the words chosen to describe an event is a testament to media bias. For example calling a palestinian attack "homocide bombing" and calling an israeli attack "an incurssion".
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Diana, OR
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... Some are slanted
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September 17,2003
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By and large I believe the statement to be true. Their bottom line is always at stake. Some are slanted, I don't watch them. I know opinion words and objective words when I see them and hear them.
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Nancy, CA
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... amazing education
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September 17,2003
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I have almost no confidence in the credibility and the reporting of the news.
Recent events over the past few years have caused me to get all my major news information from abroad. And I check it against our reporting to see what is carried and what is omitted.
It has been an amazing education. I can actually get more concrete information about what is going on in my country from other countries than I can from my own media. And I can cross reference it and fact check it fairly easily because it usually is presented in context.
Because of this, I actually know what is going on in other countries when our media (rarely) mentions the rest of the world. And the coverage is usually inaccurate or slanted.
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Jennifer, CA
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... much pressure
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September 17,2003
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There is so much pressure on each news station to be the first with new developments that they often report false information. Much of it is not intentional; but most of the time they only admit they were wrong if it causes a scandal. One has to wonder how many false details get reported every day without ever being publicly corrected.
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Mark, AK
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... wake up for us
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September 17,2003
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The BBC example of government pressure to report the "proper" stories should be a wake up for us. I can't imagine that the same thing is not happening here.
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Ryan, OR
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... TV to be overdone
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September 17,2003
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Big media is driven more than ever by ratings and the resultant big bucks. Like many other TV shows these days (including so-called "reality" shows), there's a lot more focus on the negative and the dramatic (or should I say melodramatic?), supposedly because these things appeal to a large portion of the American population, especially younger people. But I'm in my 20's and find most of the stuff on TV to be overdone, pathetic, and often motivated by the political and social belief system of a few influential people.
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Michelle, OR
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... I feel very manipulated
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September 17,2003
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I am very concerned about the media being owned by so few. How can i trust what i hear when I know it is tainted by the political ambitions of big corporations. I constantly question why the "Big" stories on the BBC are never ever discussed here in the U.S.?
I feel very manipulated by the media especially with this current administration.
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Dave, NV
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... Democracy is compromised
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September 17,2003
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When 2/3 of Americans think that Sadam had something to do with 9/11, I have to ask exactly what is being reported in the media. The media is a business, which is conflict of interest. The media being an important institution in a democracy, when tampered with it undermines democracy itself. It is the media's job to check the facts, and inform the public, and not over look the facts that wont sell. The recent war is great example of that, when politicians sat across from journalist they should of been rigorously asking where were the weapons of mass destruction before the war, not after, the British on the other hand were not so forgiving to their politicians. Democracy is compromised when the media doesn't do it's part, and the public is to be suckered in. The mistrust of the media is well placed, in fact I would argue that there isn't enough mistrust of the "media business".
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Jim, CA
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... point of view refreshing
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September 17,2003
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The discussion of how popular and extensive conservative talk radio has become fails to address or acknowledge the vacuum that had existed for that opinion. You always ask media people about why this is happening - you never interview the folks who find this point of view refreshing and DIFFERENT.
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Larry, WA
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... interested in their agenda
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September 17,2003
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it seems to me that they are more interested in their agenda.
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