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01-06-2008, 10:13 AM
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What do you think is the best media?
We (two dutch girls) have to make a kind of essay about the influences of the media on the American policy. And we wondered what US citizens think what the best media, the must truthfull/reliable media.
Please pick one of these answers:
A) internet
B) newspaper
C) television
D) something else
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01-06-2008, 10:16 AM
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Internet and radio are my primary scorces. The internet I can use on an unscheduled basis. Radio, well, my work commute is 40 minutes one way.
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01-06-2008, 10:41 AM
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We (two dutch girls) have to make a kind of essay about the influences of the media on the American policy. And we wondered what US citizens think what the best media, the must truthfull/reliable media.
Please pick one of these answers:
A) internet
B) newspaper
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I would go with television. Watching news on the television allows us to see video and footage of what's actually happening around the world, which can lead us to a better understanding of what things are like. Internet is good as well, but somewhat unreliable because anyone can put anything they want on the internet without it having to be factually accurate.
Of all of these, television definitely has the most influence on our policy and the outcomes of our elections.
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01-06-2008, 10:45 AM
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Internet is good as well, but somewhat unreliable because anyone can put anything they want on the internet without it having to be factually accurate.
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Same with TV, IMO |
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01-06-2008, 10:49 AM
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Same with TV, IMO
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Perhaps to a degree... but television news is limited to larger media companies who have more incentives to report the truth, than say, a blogger.
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-Treaty of Tripoli, 1794.
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01-06-2008, 10:54 AM
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Perhaps to a degree... but television news is limited to larger media companies who have more incentives to report the truth, than say, a blogger.
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TV media, to a point, not necessarilyreports lies, but can have selective reporting. |
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01-06-2008, 11:01 AM
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TV media, to a point, not necessarilyreports lies, but can have selective reporting.
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I can agree with that.
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"As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen… it is declared… The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or a Mohammedan nation."
-Treaty of Tripoli, 1794.
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01-06-2008, 12:13 PM
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Yahoo News is an excellent source of daily news. NPR has good in-depth coverage of special topics.
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01-06-2008, 08:37 PM
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Perhaps to a degree... but television news is limited to larger media companies who have more incentives to report the truth, than say, a blogger.
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Tell that to Rupert Murdoch. 
I prefer internet. I'm capable of weeding through what is fake and what's real. TV and Newspaper are secondary to me. |
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01-09-2008, 04:20 PM
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D. Radio. But thats just because I'm tired to Liberal bias on TV.
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