NOTE: My posts will definitely not all be this long; just wanted to explain what this is all about… I’ve been working in media for 24 years (tv news producer, documentarian, newspaper & magazine writer). For that whole time, I have known something was desperately wrong with how information is disseminated to consumers of news and media. I incorrectly kept assuming someone else would come along and fix things, but no one did… and they have only gotten worse. I wrongly kept thinking if I wrote about things fairly, I would be doing my part to help counteract the problem. In the end, it was like trying to capture Niagra Falls in a Dixie cup (ie: it didn’t work).
I have actually watched 3 different news stations on the same night to see how each is presenting the news - Fox, NBC, and CBS. I could definitely see Fox being biased for Trump, and I could see NBC trying to present other sides to the same story, which Fox didn't do. Over the last 3 months I think NBC has become more biased against Trump. CBS seems most in the middle, to me. What bothers me is when I suggested to one of my friends, who only watches FOX, to watch some other channels, and she refused. It's like she doesn't want to learn or see anything else. When I've pointed out things she has said that are factually wrong, she just clams up. I find many people are like this today. They believe what they believe and refuse to learn or open their minds to new insights and ideas. It's a very divided world and it's sad that we have become this way. For me life is a continuous learning process.
Well said, Lisa - and exactly what the country needs to heal the divides and make better, informed decisions to benefit everyone. Good luck - and hope this type of thinking and reporting creates a catalyst for real change!
Excellent Lisa! You summarized what we are experiencing exactly! It is indeed so difficult to share opinions, using logic and facts, when others are not open to true discussion using their own minds and logic. I believe everyone can be open-minded, while still having firm commitments to your principles. It can enlightening, and of course frustrating, but always a learning opportunity. Best of luck!
This should be a welcome relief to the trench warfare that is the internet today. People are arguing and debating opinions and feelings , not the data and the content. We all have our biases and prejudices, they shouldn't harden into an unwillingness to think. Good luck!
All for you and your project. Dad used the phrase never take on a newspaper unless you owned a forest and an ink factory. Go get em girl
I can't wait to learn more. Thank you, Lisa.
I have actually watched 3 different news stations on the same night to see how each is presenting the news - Fox, NBC, and CBS. I could definitely see Fox being biased for Trump, and I could see NBC trying to present other sides to the same story, which Fox didn't do. Over the last 3 months I think NBC has become more biased against Trump. CBS seems most in the middle, to me. What bothers me is when I suggested to one of my friends, who only watches FOX, to watch some other channels, and she refused. It's like she doesn't want to learn or see anything else. When I've pointed out things she has said that are factually wrong, she just clams up. I find many people are like this today. They believe what they believe and refuse to learn or open their minds to new insights and ideas. It's a very divided world and it's sad that we have become this way. For me life is a continuous learning process.
Thank you Lisa. This is incredibly important education and instruction.
Well said, Lisa - and exactly what the country needs to heal the divides and make better, informed decisions to benefit everyone. Good luck - and hope this type of thinking and reporting creates a catalyst for real change!
Excellent Lisa! You summarized what we are experiencing exactly! It is indeed so difficult to share opinions, using logic and facts, when others are not open to true discussion using their own minds and logic. I believe everyone can be open-minded, while still having firm commitments to your principles. It can enlightening, and of course frustrating, but always a learning opportunity. Best of luck!
This should be a welcome relief to the trench warfare that is the internet today. People are arguing and debating opinions and feelings , not the data and the content. We all have our biases and prejudices, they shouldn't harden into an unwillingness to think. Good luck!