Do you feel we have a credible news source out there anywhere?

MSG Sommer Brown — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:45:10 -0400

I honestly don't feel that we ever get the true facts about anything. I honestly think they should rename it to something else other than News or maybe that is an accurate statement. Maybe we should call them Opinion outlets. The way the news outlets spin wars, events, politics, and perceptions leaves people not truly knowing what is what. Since it is voting season don't even get me on the candidates ad campaigns, bashing, pointing fingers, and basically high school drama is not what I want to see from someone I am suppose to be entrusting with decision making for me. I don't understand why we don't demand more as a people and the News sensationalizes these individuals efforts to "bash" each other into submission without ever honestly, truthfully telling the American People what it is that they guarantee will happen if they make it into office. We should require all campaign promises to be placed into a contract that must be met within the specified guidelines or the candidate is removed from office and all benefits are cut. I know it would or sounds impossible. BUT is it or does it just sound to hard for people to figure out how to do it fairly that they are willing to give up prior to trying. What news source do you find the most creditable when it comes to military news and politics. Why, what do they do differently that makes them a more creditable source?

Response by Capt Richard I P. made Feb 22 at 2015 11:17 AM

Capt Richard I P. — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 11:17:18 -0500

MSG Sommer Brown I didn't see this when you first posted it, but I had a recent conversation similar to it on this thread: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/who-do-you-trust-to-deliver-the-news

I would merge your topic into that one, but it would lose the comments you made above, would you like to re-paste the comments you made here into the above link as well?

Response by Sgt Ramon Nacanaynay made Feb 28 at 2015 8:41 PM

Sgt Ramon Nacanaynay — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 20:41:22 -0500

I don't believe we get all the facts since "news" has become deregulated. It could be left-wing or right-wing propaganda you just have to follow the money. As two-time recipient of the CMH Gen. Smedley Butler would say, "War is a Racket". And Eisenhower made mention of the "Military-Industrial Complex".

Response by CW4 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 11 at 2015 8:41 PM

CW4 Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:41:00 -0500

I would call the news in America the Infotainment. There is very little serious substance in it for the masses.

For a source to be credible it needs to be referenced by other credible sources. The editors of Infotainment (left coast, right coast, it does not matter) engage in a spoon feeding censorship daily. I despise conspiracy rumors so I will explain my reasoning.

If an editor (newspaper, radio, TV, etc.) chooses specific subjects and not the others based on a bias (be it political, financial, personal, etc.) he/she therefore engages, consciously or not, in censorship by omission. It is not as bad as a lie by omission - if you agree that such thing exist - but there is always bias.

To be truly informed one cannot be stuck on one channel (Fox, MSNBC, make your pick). As GEN Honore said "don't get stuck on stupid." You must have a variety of sources, preferably from opposite spectrums. You want to really know what ails America, watch Al Jazira. You want to know what our Saudi or Pakistani "brothers" are doing or what is going on in Syria, watch BBC. Interested in Russia? Read both German and Polish point of view instead of White House propaganda on CNN.

The point is NOT that the sources I mentioned are unbiased, news is credible, and all we have in America is Infotainment garbage. The point is that by getting to know different perspectives, sometimes as biased as Fox News, we can form an educated opinion of our own instead of just licking our lips after American media are done.

If you do not have the curiosity to find out what your opponents think and say, then you may as well hang yourself to dry for your brain already has been washed.

Response by SGT Jerrold Pesz made Dec 11 at 2015 9:23 PM

SGT Jerrold Pesz — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 21:23:41 -0500

There probably is not a totally unbiased news source. Most of the majors are democrat party propaganda machines. While liberals whine about FOX they have about half and half. NPR is definitely not unbiased. I frequently read foreign news sites and most of them are biased one way or the other. The best plan the I can come up with is to read them all and try to figure out who is lying the least because they all are.

Response by Maj William Gambrell made Dec 11 at 2015 9:31 PM

Maj William Gambrell — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 21:31:12 -0500

I agree with you. There was a time where I watched FOX news a couple hours per night. But, once their NSA attacks started with FOX attacking NSA, I stopped watching knowing they only care about creating controversy for no other reason than to boost ratings. I turn the news on once a week just to see the latest issues. Although, they seem to be the same every week.

Response by MSgt Michelle Mondia made Dec 12 at 2015 12:56 AM

MSgt Michelle Mondia — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:56:15 -0500

See if you can find one that doesn't have corporate sponsors.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Dec 12 at 2015 3:26 AM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 03:26:29 -0500

With all the News, Media, On-Line services available they have realized that they can cater to whatever market interest them. Breitbart, FOX, CBS, CNN from right to left NPR, Huffington Post, Salon, IfYouNews, Democracy Now. Pretty much the wave of the future. Being I lived as a Guest of Her Majesty's Government for about a quarter of my Career I listen to the BBC. You have Family Operations like AlJazeera Operated by the Qatar Royal Family.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Dec 12 at 2015 3:44 AM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 03:44:26 -0500

Perspective from Outside the US.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Dec 12 at 2015 4:02 AM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 04:02:31 -0500

There is always Der Spiegel from Germany.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Dec 12 at 2015 4:05 AM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 04:05:07 -0500

You know they have Jobs at the CIA for Open Source Operators. Job is to read Magazines and Newspapers from a Target Country to see what they can glean from them.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Dec 12 at 2015 4:08 AM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 04:08:09 -0500

I wonder if somewhere there is some Archival Tape of some of the Crap they used to Broadcast on Radio Moscow and Voice of America in my Day. That was always good for Laughs.

Response by 1SG Steven Stankovich made Dec 12 at 2015 4:25 AM

1SG Steven Stankovich — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 04:25:27 -0500

One America News is my favorite. I pick it up on my satellite package over here in Germany. It is just the news...no interviews, no speakers with agendas and no self-proclaimed experts. I like it.

Response by SrA Art Siatkowsky made Dec 12 at 2015 5:04 AM

SrA Art Siatkowsky — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 05:04:02 -0500

I think the facts, the politicians and especially the NUMBER lie and lie all the time. I watched the San Bernardino shooting as events where going on and it took the media over a day to reveal to the public what nationality the shooters where. They had been dead for almost 24 hrs before they finally had to admitt the shooters where not white conservatives who fit the narrative they wanted so desperately to spin. Agendas and corruption...the media is making America look like Gotham. I dont believe it at all, I watch main stream media with its uttelry liberal bias and I watch Fox just to get the other side....somewhere inbetween there might be a small sliver of truth...but I am not holding my breath.

Response by SFC Joseph Weber made Dec 13 at 2015 11:31 PM

SFC Joseph Weber — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:31:53 -0500

I trust America's Finest News Source, the Onion.

Response by SPC David Shaffer made Nov 22 at 2016 12:16 AM

SPC David Shaffer — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 00:16:00 -0500

MSG Sommer Brown There has always been bad news coverage. The best way to stay ahead of the lies and the bias of the news is to research and practice critical thinking. I will never make a choice based on what one party tells me, or wishes for me to believe. I will never be one to blindly follow the masses. The problems we have had with the media would not be so bad if everyone would do their own research instead of blindly following with the limited information they have been given. Shaffer