I am so tied of MSM misinformation

[Captain_New_York]

For my first discussion start, I just saw a piece on CBS Sunday Morning on food pantries and blamed the lack of government action on CONGRESS. Not McConnell and the republicans blocking the relief. Aaagggghhhh

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Yeah, it's frustrating and

"tired"

[SheltieLover]

2. Sure is!

I literally do not have TV service for this very reason. Zero tolerance for this bs.

We need a wealthy Dem to buy up some tv & radio networks & start spreading truth.

They know the effects of psy ops & ignoring this will not change the effects - dangerous effects!

[Shermann]

4. I'd like to see non-profit news programs make a comeback

CNN is in the zone though, I can separate the wheat from the chaff.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. Well, we do have the Free Speech Network, but the viewership is dismal

and I am as guilty as any.

[randr]

3. The MSM is reporting the facts on the ground

Congress is at fault. It is up to us to find out if our Reps are part of the problem or the solution.
We must send competent people to Congress if we expect it to work.

[abqtommy]

6. I agree that it's a very exhausting situation. However, I also realize that I don't have enough

money to make any necessary changes here in the U.S. (And money is the problem and the solution.) That's why I focus on European news sources and still manage to hear more than I want to about the U.S. news right here on DU!

[SharonClark]

7. It was a throw away nod to the issue for the

“Food” episode and wasn’t intended as investigative journalism.

My complaint with the once great Sunday Morning is that each segment is like a preview of a potentially interesting and more substantial segment that never happens. It’s like watery soup.

[Sherman A1]

8. Is not the Senate one of the houses of

Congress?

[jimfields33]

10. Yep!

[better]

11. This.

I understand your consternation, of course, as all of us here know quite well that McConnell is the roadblock, but at least in this case, you seem to be mistaking objective, neutral reporting for misinformation.

The key, as Sherman A1 points out, is that the House and Senate, collectively, are Congress.
So given that Congress has failed to put another relief bill on the President's desk, the reporting is entirely accurate.

If they'd blamed lack of action on the House, rather than Congress, you'd have an entirely valid argument, but as you've described the reporting, it strikes me as pretty much what it should be.

Inconvenient though it may be, what the reporter is doing here is reporting objective truth.

The House and Senate have introduced competing bills to tackle relief, and both are pushing their own versions.
So which of the two is at fault for the lack of progress is inherently subjective.

This is how journalism is supposed to work. They report the facts, we decide what to make of them.

[Mike 03]

9. You know what else I NEVER hear them remind viewers of:

Donald Trump promises 'tremendous stimulus' immediately after the election

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8898039/Donald-Trump-promises-tremendous-stimulus-immediately-election.html