Examples of the mainstream media (MSM) are NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, The New Yorker, the Huffington Post, and the Washington Post.
Journalists who work at these institutions are no doubt bright and caring people. They know how to report the news. They have two main problems: sensationalism and lack of objectivity, also known as integrity.
The first problem is seen every time something bad happens. If there is a natural disaster we hear about it again and again. We also see many interviews with those on the scene. The victims usually say "we have lost everything, but we haven't lost any loved ones." Inspite of the disaster, many will say that they will stay and rebuild mindful, that this could happen again. It's as though the media can't get enough of this sensational coverage and will continue way past the time it becomes boring.
If there is a demonstration or riot, the MSM is all over it. We see the footage again and again for days. What is the demonstration about? What do they want to accomplish? Can we interview key figures in this situation as much as possible? Could we have them join T.V. talk shows? Is what they are doing going to change everything or even something? The latest example is the protests by students over gun violence in the schools. At least one of the protesters is on T.V. almost every day. He is all of 17 years old but knows what should be done.
We had Vietnam protests for years before our involvement there ended for military reasons.
We protested the plan to invade Iraq. The U.S. invaded anyway. More recently, some of us went to the D.C. on Inauguration Day. First a group protested on that day destroying as many parked cars as they could. The next day the women marched. Some of the participants were interviewed and they basically said that they didn't want the elected president to be one. Neither of these much reported events has changed anything except for giving the police patrolling the protests a lot of overtime pay.
If there is a political scandal no matter how small the MSM is there to share the details they want to share. Each night we get to hear lurid details of the scandal.
The other major problem with the media is that they are clearly biased. The most naked example is their treatment of Trump. It seems that every reporter is a liberal Democrat and can't stand the fact that after all their efforts to keep him from winning the election, they failed. They seem now determined to ridicule and obstruct whatever they can about him. Anything is fair game for ridicule. It was Mrs. Trump's shoes or his son's possible mental condition, or something he said in jest or the endless Russia collusion investigation with its lead investigators desperate to find something against Trump. The special counsel should be asked how he'd feel if he turned out with nothing against the President and how would he feel if he did.
At the same time, the media is covering for Trump's Democratic opponent. They won't show her recent falls, they interview her and let her find new reasons for her loss. The media knows that millions of people voted illegally and they all voted for HRC. The media could have suggested that the state of California conduct its own audit using random sampling. It doesn't seem likely because they wanted to give HRC a reason to downplay her election loss. The media won't report on all the allegations made against her or the DNC, but will find any excuse to share anything that the President did and he actually gives them juicy quotes which shed a bad light on him.
I am appealing to the Media to regain their integrity and cover stories that even go against their personal biases and cover them fully. If someone is shot and killed, please tell us everything that happened before the shooting. If a tragedy or demonstration, it should be covered fully for at most for a few days, not weeks or months. They covered the misinformed riot in Ferguson daily for four months. The MSM forgot to mention that the unarmed, six foot five inch former high school football player was trying to kill the officer. It was ruled self defense. The victim was not an innocent fallen hero. The same happened in what was inaccurately called a "stand your ground" murder. It was known to police, the media and the district attorney that the young man was killed while trying to kill a truly innocent victim. It was a "lying on the ground and being beaten to death" defense.The Media was on this story for months, knowing that it was wrong. They even showed us pictures of the young man when he was 12 and the shooter as an big, overweight convict knowing that neither picture was of the people just before the attack. Though found innocent by a jury which included six mothers and then by the U.S. Attorney General, the shooter was vilified and made a pariah.
When even one is too many. We are not reminded that the majority of all homicide victims are black as are their murderers. Many of the victims and their assailants live in Chicago, the murder capital of the U.S. We are not reminded that this city forbids the ownership of guns in order to keep Chicagoans safe. How well is that working?
Members of the mainstream media, I am begging you to do responsible reporting without dragging stories out past their time. Please help us get the accurate and unbiased news that we so badly need.
Journalists who work at these institutions are no doubt bright and caring people. They know how to report the news. They have two main problems: sensationalism and lack of objectivity, also known as integrity.
The first problem is seen every time something bad happens. If there is a natural disaster we hear about it again and again. We also see many interviews with those on the scene. The victims usually say "we have lost everything, but we haven't lost any loved ones." Inspite of the disaster, many will say that they will stay and rebuild mindful, that this could happen again. It's as though the media can't get enough of this sensational coverage and will continue way past the time it becomes boring.
If there is a demonstration or riot, the MSM is all over it. We see the footage again and again for days. What is the demonstration about? What do they want to accomplish? Can we interview key figures in this situation as much as possible? Could we have them join T.V. talk shows? Is what they are doing going to change everything or even something? The latest example is the protests by students over gun violence in the schools. At least one of the protesters is on T.V. almost every day. He is all of 17 years old but knows what should be done.
We had Vietnam protests for years before our involvement there ended for military reasons.
We protested the plan to invade Iraq. The U.S. invaded anyway. More recently, some of us went to the D.C. on Inauguration Day. First a group protested on that day destroying as many parked cars as they could. The next day the women marched. Some of the participants were interviewed and they basically said that they didn't want the elected president to be one. Neither of these much reported events has changed anything except for giving the police patrolling the protests a lot of overtime pay.
If there is a political scandal no matter how small the MSM is there to share the details they want to share. Each night we get to hear lurid details of the scandal.
The other major problem with the media is that they are clearly biased. The most naked example is their treatment of Trump. It seems that every reporter is a liberal Democrat and can't stand the fact that after all their efforts to keep him from winning the election, they failed. They seem now determined to ridicule and obstruct whatever they can about him. Anything is fair game for ridicule. It was Mrs. Trump's shoes or his son's possible mental condition, or something he said in jest or the endless Russia collusion investigation with its lead investigators desperate to find something against Trump. The special counsel should be asked how he'd feel if he turned out with nothing against the President and how would he feel if he did.
At the same time, the media is covering for Trump's Democratic opponent. They won't show her recent falls, they interview her and let her find new reasons for her loss. The media knows that millions of people voted illegally and they all voted for HRC. The media could have suggested that the state of California conduct its own audit using random sampling. It doesn't seem likely because they wanted to give HRC a reason to downplay her election loss. The media won't report on all the allegations made against her or the DNC, but will find any excuse to share anything that the President did and he actually gives them juicy quotes which shed a bad light on him.
I am appealing to the Media to regain their integrity and cover stories that even go against their personal biases and cover them fully. If someone is shot and killed, please tell us everything that happened before the shooting. If a tragedy or demonstration, it should be covered fully for at most for a few days, not weeks or months. They covered the misinformed riot in Ferguson daily for four months. The MSM forgot to mention that the unarmed, six foot five inch former high school football player was trying to kill the officer. It was ruled self defense. The victim was not an innocent fallen hero. The same happened in what was inaccurately called a "stand your ground" murder. It was known to police, the media and the district attorney that the young man was killed while trying to kill a truly innocent victim. It was a "lying on the ground and being beaten to death" defense.The Media was on this story for months, knowing that it was wrong. They even showed us pictures of the young man when he was 12 and the shooter as an big, overweight convict knowing that neither picture was of the people just before the attack. Though found innocent by a jury which included six mothers and then by the U.S. Attorney General, the shooter was vilified and made a pariah.
When even one is too many. We are not reminded that the majority of all homicide victims are black as are their murderers. Many of the victims and their assailants live in Chicago, the murder capital of the U.S. We are not reminded that this city forbids the ownership of guns in order to keep Chicagoans safe. How well is that working?
Members of the mainstream media, I am begging you to do responsible reporting without dragging stories out past their time. Please help us get the accurate and unbiased news that we so badly need.
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