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Congrats Democrats! You won the Alabama Senate Election. Say Good-bye to Al Franken.
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<blockquote data-quote="miamited" data-source="post: 72096315" data-attributes="member: 270136"><p>Hi HIS,</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your response. You responded:</p><p></p><p></p><p>I certainly wouldn't even begin to say that such things as your Orwell quote don't ever happen. We see this very thing happening today within N. Korea and even some in China. These are nations that hold a much stronger control over the news media. A government official actually gets to make the final call as to what is reported and how an event might be reported. Yes, that's always going to leave the public with a slanted reporting that leans towards the government's side.</p><p></p><p>However, that isn't how our news reporting works as far as the major new sources of this country. We have men and women who are professional journalists and have been trained in the gathering and reporting of news, which I believe, allows our new sources to be more in line with the truth.</p><p></p><p>Take, for example, the recent reporter who posted that a crowd at a Donald Trump speaking engagement was smaller than it actually was. Within mere moments, the credibility of his report was called into question. Further, his claim was not made in a news media report. He had merely sent a tweet that showed a smaller crowd before the event, that got picked up and retweeted until it became a 'news' story. Here's a report from another news source about the incident. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/09/washington-post-reporter-apologizes-for-bad-tweet-after-trump-calls-him-out.html" target="_blank">Washington Post reporter apologizes for 'bad tweet' after Trump calls him out</a></p><p></p><p>However, my point is that in a country that allows reasonably full freedom of the press, 'fake' strories generally can't stand the test of time. Stories that may be slanted to one side or another must stand up against other reports of the same story that report the account differently.</p><p></p><p>Here's a possible example of how our press might become slanted in its reporting. In the past, when the president speaks to reporters, all reporters from various news sources are allowed to listen to his comments. Now we have a president who is attempting to refuse admittance to such events to various sources that he feels don't report things according to his reality. When you limit the journalists who listen to your words to only those who seem to side with your agenda, then yes, you're very likely to get news stories that are slanted towards your agenda.</p><p></p><p>Further, when those journalists know that any report that they make that would be against what words were spoken might throw them into the 'excluded' group, the journalists themselves may slant their reporting to save their place in the press room. It's a dangerous precedent for our freedom of the press.</p><p></p><p>You and I just have a different understanding of the credibility of the American news machine. That's ok. Just know that I'm nowhere near in full agreement with your position and we'll leave it at that.</p><p></p><p>God bless you,</p><p>In Christ, ted</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="miamited, post: 72096315, member: 270136"] Hi HIS, Thanks for your response. You responded: I certainly wouldn't even begin to say that such things as your Orwell quote don't ever happen. We see this very thing happening today within N. Korea and even some in China. These are nations that hold a much stronger control over the news media. A government official actually gets to make the final call as to what is reported and how an event might be reported. Yes, that's always going to leave the public with a slanted reporting that leans towards the government's side. However, that isn't how our news reporting works as far as the major new sources of this country. We have men and women who are professional journalists and have been trained in the gathering and reporting of news, which I believe, allows our new sources to be more in line with the truth. Take, for example, the recent reporter who posted that a crowd at a Donald Trump speaking engagement was smaller than it actually was. Within mere moments, the credibility of his report was called into question. Further, his claim was not made in a news media report. He had merely sent a tweet that showed a smaller crowd before the event, that got picked up and retweeted until it became a 'news' story. Here's a report from another news source about the incident. [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/09/washington-post-reporter-apologizes-for-bad-tweet-after-trump-calls-him-out.html"]Washington Post reporter apologizes for 'bad tweet' after Trump calls him out[/URL] However, my point is that in a country that allows reasonably full freedom of the press, 'fake' strories generally can't stand the test of time. Stories that may be slanted to one side or another must stand up against other reports of the same story that report the account differently. Here's a possible example of how our press might become slanted in its reporting. In the past, when the president speaks to reporters, all reporters from various news sources are allowed to listen to his comments. Now we have a president who is attempting to refuse admittance to such events to various sources that he feels don't report things according to his reality. When you limit the journalists who listen to your words to only those who seem to side with your agenda, then yes, you're very likely to get news stories that are slanted towards your agenda. Further, when those journalists know that any report that they make that would be against what words were spoken might throw them into the 'excluded' group, the journalists themselves may slant their reporting to save their place in the press room. It's a dangerous precedent for our freedom of the press. You and I just have a different understanding of the credibility of the American news machine. That's ok. Just know that I'm nowhere near in full agreement with your position and we'll leave it at that. God bless you, In Christ, ted [/QUOTE]
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