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In reply to the discussion: Neil deGrasse Tyson Chastises Media For Giving 'Flat Earthers' Equal Time in Climate Change Debate [View all]liberalmike27
(2,479 posts)12. More Important
That the realization that FOX isn't News, is that the media on television and radio, and print to a lesser extent, is an artificial construct. Its intention is to give that impression, that we have one side, and the other. All the while, it mostly ignores the TPP, promote war without end, never speaks of corporate domination of our politicians with the use of campaign finance, and if someone does stray from those issues, they're generally fired pretty quickly, like Cenk, or Dylan Ratigan who frequently hit on how bought our politicians were, and pointed out the false right/left paradigm.
You can't have people on your fake left, that point out it is a fake left, can you?
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Chastises Media For Giving 'Flat Earthers' Equal Time in Climate Change Debate [View all]
xchrom
Mar 2014
OP
Yup. But people see "Fox" and they associate it with the News arm of the company.
longship
Mar 2014
#14
Very true. However I cut people I'm convinced truly care a break for partnering with monsters.
raouldukelives
Mar 2014
#9
IMO, our MSM hypes faux conflict over settled science and censors legitimate critique by omission.
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2014
#15
Maintstream? Ok, good catch, but a typo hardly negates their point, IMO.(nt)
proverbialwisdom
Mar 2014
#19
The word you want is "credibility". "Credulity" is an attribute of the viewer, not presenters.
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2014
#20
No, I actually did want "credulity", as in they present the stuff as if they've swallowed that BS.
winter is coming
Mar 2014
#23
The country has really lost it. The good news is if the country becomes the anti-science country,
lostincalifornia
Mar 2014
#28
The "two-sides-to-every-issue" fallacy has turned our public debates into circuses.
Jerry442
Mar 2014
#33