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[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Negative. A conservative is just a liberal who has been mugged by reality.

What you're talking about is confirmation bias created by only being exposed to a biased media that regularly refuses to cover stories inconvenient to its narrative.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Sorry, I realize my response was extremely shitty and didn't address your point. It's pointless to exchange Red vs Blue slogans, especially if we're wanting to have an actual discussion. Rooting out bias in reporting is a daunting task -- dare I say impossible to attain. Especially with the trend of 24-hour media. Especially with twitter journalism and the relentless pursuit of clicks. That's not to say it shouldn't be a goal.

Journalism, as a profession, attracts narcissists, whose only real desire is to be seen as an influencer, without any real qualms about whether the information they report on is real and factual, so long as it keeps them in the limelight. Any prestigious media outlet will seek out prestigious journalists from prestigious universities (or of prestigious parentage). This means that any mainstream journalism will favour the elite, with a inherent bias of promoting the status quo.

The problem with all of this is that the mainstream media are also often right on things. They have the resources to, and often do, put out excellent coverage. But folks, like yourself, have given up wholesale on mainstream media because of the bias you mention. This pushes more and more people to fringe media coverage, which is sometimes right, but certainly not elitist.

It sucks. I wish there were a go-to source of truth. It's exhausting to read a well known newspaper for their coverage on a topic that's interesting, but then to see their bias immediately rear up in the next article about the politically incorrect boogieman of the moment. It means you never get comfortable relying on media. The only person you can rely on is yourself, to think critically, consume multiple sources on a topic, and decide what the real story is.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

They've been caught lying so many times it's not funny. We know for a fact they colluded with the Democrats and coordinated coverage with them. These BLM protests are the same thing. We see every day their ugly, biased, unfair coverage that clearly marks them as political activists, not journalists. They are the enemy of the people.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

What do you mean about colluding with Democrats?

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Wow, you don't know?

In the 2016 election, the Democrats were exposed as working hand in glove with the media. Journalists sent stories to the Democrats for approval before publication. Yes, this happened.

One notable offender was Glenn Thrush of Politico, who even said "I'm such a hack". His punishment? Banned from the industry forever, you'd think? Nope. He was hired by the New York Times after the election.

You know why Trump is president? The Democrats ordered the media to cover him under their "pied piper" plan. The media was to promote Republican candidates the Democrats considered terrible. Obviously this backfired on them big-time. Yet another reason biased media is the enemy of the people.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not American, so don't always follow every story about American politics (though it is usually more interesting than Canadian politics). I was thinking you were saying that the BBC sent the Democratic Party stories for approval, but I guess you were just making a point about mainstream media. I looked up what you were talking about and here's what I read, it is indeed a pretty major indictment: https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/301553-sorry-not-sorry-politicos-thrush-doubles-down-on-podesta-emails. The establishment Democrats (Clintons) totally shat the bed with this whole "kiss the ring" approach that they had with their election. They figured it was a foregone conclusion and they acted with such contempt for non elite. You can see what Trump is referring to when he attacks the media. To me it sounds ridiculously insecure for a president to speak this way, but if the establishment is trying to lock you out of the cycle, you can see why he would be so up in arms about it. But on a related note, Fox and Friends -- tell me that it's not fucking bizarre that he'll call in while watching so he can ramble for a bit.