"Almost everyone who gets this minimum dose of daily news thinks that they know what is going on in the world. This is not so, even though the media rarely tells an outright lie. What writers and editors do is purposefully omit key pieces of information that would significantly change people’s opinion about what is being presented."
I saw an example of this yesterday sitting in a waiting room. The news magazine sitting in front of me showed a ballot with the names McCain, Obama, and "None of the Above". There are in fact 6 candidates running for President. I've heard people say, "I don't like either candidate, but I need to choose one or the other". In past years haven't we had a choice for a third or fourth? Ralph Nader was in the news in past elections. He is running this year. Did anybody know that? If not, why? If the other major party candidates were not liked, why did the media not push the other candidates running as they have in the past? (BTW, I do not support Ralph Nader)
The media controls public opinion whether you think it or not.
"Critical analysis of current events is a complex process that is not systematized or rigid. All the information you see or gather is, generally, a combination of truth, half-truths, and error. Filtering out the truth begins with finding reliable sources, as well as critically scrutinizing sources that are known to have a specific bias." Read More
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