What media do you trust and why?

2016-09-18T03:12:54-04:00

The public has grown wary of media due to unbalanced reporting and known biases. What sources do you trust?

Response by TSgt Joe C. made Sep 18 at 2016 3:14 AM

2016-09-18T03:14:50-04:00

I am unsure I trust any to be honest COL Lee Flemming

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Sep 18 at 2016 3:23 AM

2016-09-18T03:23:06-04:00

None of these.

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Response by SFC Mark Merino made Sep 18 at 2016 3:29 AM

2016-09-18T03:29:24-04:00

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Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 18 at 2016 3:42 AM

2016-09-18T03:42:20-04:00

I personally am a news junkie.... So I like to read the left, right, center, foreign - everyone's take on an event. It's actually comical watching biased opinions from both sides. Some viewers might pick one side or one party at face value in 'blind loyalty.' ...but I'd at times consider that ignorance.

It can actually be more disheartening to see what is NOT covered based on media-bias though.

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 18 at 2016 3:55 AM

2016-09-18T03:55:47-04:00

COL Lee Flemming Sir, I do not trust the media because there is a noticeable bias. The media is also quick to report on stories without gathering and verifying the facts. It is important to be the first to report a story, even though the information being reported is wrong. It seems to me that the media is more biased today than in years past.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 18 at 2016 4:34 AM

2016-09-18T04:34:53-04:00

None of them. Not even "the court of public opinion."

Everyone is trying to sell you their angle. If you are liberal (conservative or whatever) then you watch liberal news outlets and read liberal opinion pieces. There is no real "fair and balanced". I try to watch multiple sources to get a better picture of what is really going on. But even then that is a stretch.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 18 at 2016 8:14 AM

2016-09-18T08:14:23-04:00

I like to know which way my news leans. They are all biased, some may try to be neutral but that is a lost art called "journalism".

Response by Maj Marty Hogan made Sep 18 at 2016 8:18 AM

2016-09-18T08:18:38-04:00

None- our local paper misquotes to fit the story and at election time the first few pages tells their subscribers who they should vote for in their opinion. How is that fairness in "journalism"? Usually heavy left leaning. TV media- don't get me started. The easiest, bloodiest, most sensational story catches the lead and if reported incorrectly they don't really correct it. Great though provoking post for my morning read COL Lee Flemming

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Sep 18 at 2016 9:22 AM

2016-09-18T09:22:57-04:00

The one I have some trust in is BBC International. They don't take sides, but just explain what the two sides are and what the result is. Japan Times isn't too bad either.

Response by SGT David T. made Sep 18 at 2016 9:33 AM

2016-09-18T09:33:47-04:00

I don't. The media's sole function is to sell ads. In order to do this, they focus on a subset of the population and pander to that group. I look at liberal and conservative news and find where they line up. That is normally the truth.

Response by SGM Steve Wettstein made Sep 18 at 2016 9:39 AM

2016-09-18T09:39:26-04:00

COL Lee Flemming Great question Sir. I don't think I trust any MSM. They seem to just want ratings and to push whatever point of view they want pushed.

Response by CPT Mark Gonzalez made Sep 18 at 2016 10:14 AM

2016-09-18T10:14:25-04:00

Read multiple sources, but don't trust any of them. There will always be an inherent bias in reporting and often the material provided to the media to report on is provided for a reason.

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 18 at 2016 10:34 AM

2016-09-18T10:34:01-04:00

The media has always been biased. That said, the bias wasn't readily noticeable until another company rose up to challenge that bias with an opposing view. Today there are FIVE companies that feed all news sources. With ratings and advertising dollars at stake, sensationalism and being in the lead takes precedence over facts and/or agendas. When you identify the bias, it's easy to see the pattern to extrapolate the truth.

Response by SFC George Smith made Sep 18 at 2016 11:18 AM

2016-09-18T11:18:03-04:00

trust much of anyone any more because ... they are all so far to the Left and Fox has started leaning that way now it was really good when the started out now they are sliding ...

Response by LTC David Brown made Sep 18 at 2016 12:08 PM

2016-09-18T12:08:33-04:00

I say it often but it is so well said. Mark Twain " to be informed you need to read papers, but you will be misinformed". I find a lot of sources and try to compare. Take the recent kerfuffle over Obama and his place of Birth. The whole thing started with Hillary Clinton SUPPORTERS. Well the lame stream media tried to blame Trump and claimed it was racist. Well why is it racist now and not when Hillary supporters did it? Oh never mind us poor deplorable state wouldn't understand.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 18 at 2016 1:27 PM

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None really. When I watch the news I tend to watch multiple sources to see what is said by all parties. Fox, NBC, CNN, and then maybe some internet sources or youtube videos depending on the event in question.

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Sep 18 at 2016 1:39 PM

2016-09-18T13:39:53-04:00

Not just the media but the so called fact checkers. It isn't so much what they put out, but what they leave out. Another example would the BLS promulgating a 4.9% unemployment rate while not highlighting the U-6 94 Million that have given up looking for work or out of Unemployment days.

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 18 at 2016 2:03 PM

2016-09-18T14:03:10-04:00

I like opinion journalism that isn't part of the mainstream media and is very clear about their political affiliation/agenda as opposed to those who attempt to hide their bias under the facade of being "fair and balanced".

Response by SSG Stephan Pendarvis made Sep 18 at 2016 3:34 PM

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none

Response by SFC Joseph Weber made Sep 18 at 2016 5:43 PM

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MLB.com. I completely trust that report the correct baseball scores everyday.

Response by SSG Karl Fowler made Sep 18 at 2016 7:38 PM

2016-09-18T19:38:13-04:00

every time I turn on cnn the female is talking over everybody else and then all chime in .I change channels to fox same thing I give up on those two I'll stay with local news

Response by PO1 Brian Austin made Sep 18 at 2016 10:03 PM

2016-09-18T22:03:12-04:00

No trust whatsoever. I watch and read multiple sources from Fox to Democracy Now! Wash Post and WSJ to Indymedia and the internet and pretty much everything in between. Then try to find a happy medium. I admit some of the bias is almost comical.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 19 at 2016 6:43 AM

2016-09-19T06:43:50-04:00

Stars and Stripes is usually trustworthy.

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Sep 19 at 2016 6:59 AM

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I trust half of what I read in the papers, and even less of what I hear on TV.

Response by SFC J Fullerton made Sep 19 at 2016 4:42 PM

2016-09-19T16:42:53-04:00

Definitely not any NBC or FOX programming.

Response by Cpl Justin Goolsby made Sep 22 at 2016 11:19 AM

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Facebook... I know the political views of my friends, so I can see where the slant is when I see 2 different friends post the same story from 2 different slants. Even the most biased sources carry an inkling of truth to them. But I don't take the mainstream media at face value,