What I find most condemning of modern news media is how inefficient it is at conveying facts. We know this intuitively. But anyone who does modify their media consumption - such as no longer commuting to work listening to the "news" or turning off the TV at home - soon realizes that they are not missing out on "news". What one does miss …
What I find most condemning of modern news media is how inefficient it is at conveying facts. We know this intuitively. But anyone who does modify their media consumption - such as no longer commuting to work listening to the "news" or turning off the TV at home - soon realizes that they are not missing out on "news". What one does miss out on is the slant on the stories the media is telling. But the facts of current events can be gleaned very quickly with a few clicks on the World Wide Web.
There are good journalists and I give points to Hanania for arguing that the MSM supports more good journalism than does alternative media. On the other hand, so much of what the MSM reports is garbage. If you go to the grocery store to buy apples and most of the apples in the bin are rotten, are you really going to spend the effort to pick out the non-rotten apples? I think most people would choose to shop for apples somewhere else.
What I find most condemning of modern news media is how inefficient it is at conveying facts. We know this intuitively. But anyone who does modify their media consumption - such as no longer commuting to work listening to the "news" or turning off the TV at home - soon realizes that they are not missing out on "news". What one does miss out on is the slant on the stories the media is telling. But the facts of current events can be gleaned very quickly with a few clicks on the World Wide Web.
There are good journalists and I give points to Hanania for arguing that the MSM supports more good journalism than does alternative media. On the other hand, so much of what the MSM reports is garbage. If you go to the grocery store to buy apples and most of the apples in the bin are rotten, are you really going to spend the effort to pick out the non-rotten apples? I think most people would choose to shop for apples somewhere else.