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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Where's the nugget of truth in "fair and balanced"?
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Right next to "organic" and "part of a healthy breakfast". It's a tagline.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
When the public tunes in, they become consumers. The problem with "news" is that it isn't narcotics, food, health products, medical care, or insurance. It's stuff people say about stuff.
There's the First Amendment, yes. Fox News as the right to lie I guess. I just find it an odd predicament that they can lie about things but other types of companies can't.
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Why is news somehow more important than food or health products or medical care? Those have a much greater impact on the population than news ever will. I think that you're digging yourself a deep hole if you're going to argue that news is more important than any of those three, let alone all of them.
I'm not saying that they're right or wrong. I'm simply holding them to the same standard that I have for the rest of the media. And I'm holding the media to as close a standard as I can of any other company producing a consumable good. They want you to consume the good and they're making it as attractive as possible. There is absolutely no media outlet that does not do the same for their target audience.