Conversely, in a free country the media can also choose not to cover it. It is the media's choice to do either.
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TobyC
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We've seen way too much of that, unfortunately.
In a free country the population has a choice of which media they choose to watch. You have to live with a pov that runs counter to your own. The alternative is to have only media controlled by the government and that will guarantee only propaganda is delivered with no counter pov.
Bob
Twelvefret
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No complaints here. I appreciate and respect journalists for the work they perform. What happens at times is they uncover information that is not what some people want to hear. It is true that the more you stir horse manure the worse it smells, but at least you won't mistake it for good apple butter.
Paper Plane
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The rich of any age have always wanted to control the media to their own advantage, in order to maintain their power.
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TobyC
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Fox News dominates 2024 viewership, topping CNN and MSNBC combined during unprecedented year of news
Fox News has finished 2024 No. 1 in key categories for nine-straight years and increased its audience by 21% among total day and 31% during primetime compared to 2023.
Read the reviews.
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I found the link to Fox News on a Google search. I also recognize how heavily biased Fox News is. I guess they do occasionally do articles like the one in the linked to keep critics at bay. I try very hard to read different media and recognize which way they lean and how heavily so. If you confine yourself to one source for information it becomes like reading the old soviet Pravda or the Volkisher Beobachter in Nazi Germany as your only source.
Bob
Twelvefret
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I recall my late father-in-law watching Fox news circa 2008 nonstop. Over time he became argumentative while repeating words and ideas he was hearing from this source. He was never a reader or particularly knowledgeable about topics in general although he was very skillful in other areas.
My former manager did the same. He had never vocalized his politics, but when he retired, he sent me links to Fox News stories all the time.
What one could do is listen broadly and read. If you are going to listen to Fox News for 30 minutes, then listen also to a station you know might have a different slant for half an hour. If you read op-eds, often they will cite an author or a book or article, read those cites pieces as well.
Avoid obvious subjectivity. It is easy to spot regardless of which side is being represented.
My former manager did the same. He had never vocalized his politics, but when he retired, he sent me links to Fox News stories all the time.
What one could do is listen broadly and read. If you are going to listen to Fox News for 30 minutes, then listen also to a station you know might have a different slant for half an hour. If you read op-eds, often they will cite an author or a book or article, read those cites pieces as well.
Avoid obvious subjectivity. It is easy to spot regardless of which side is being represented.
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Bloody GP’s ! Tried to book an appointment last week and my Apple Watch recons I may have sleep apnea. Not been sleeping well and been waking up exhausted, low energy, headaches and the Apple Watch sees breathing disturbances. My GP only works two days a week and I need to ring in to try and get an appointment. That aside on looking at the MyCare app he has looked at my records and decided with out speaking to me that I don’t need to go on the thinners the hospital said I needed to start taking when I reached 60 ! Strange do a consultation with out me present, but there you go.
Also appears the cardiac clinic have put me on a waiting list for a review. Rather see them than my GP.
No doubt it will be a struggle to see my GP re sleep apnea. My GP surgery is very limited now for in person appointments and haven’t gone back to pre Covid ! All too easy for a GP to work from home now.
Also appears the cardiac clinic have put me on a waiting list for a review. Rather see them than my GP.
No doubt it will be a struggle to see my GP re sleep apnea. My GP surgery is very limited now for in person appointments and haven’t gone back to pre Covid ! All too easy for a GP to work from home now.