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Originally Posted by sarettah
Your labeling Mainstream Media as Fake news at every chance you get just adds to the noise level rather than offering anything worthwhile to the discussion.
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In fairness, the mainstream media, including both right and left, DO project an obvious slant to both sensationalize and often to forward their own agenda.
Consider these possible headlines of a fictional event where person who had a stroke in a bathroom at a school while picking up his kid (and was only found when a kid went in) :
Mainstream Media Source A (headline): Man suffers stroke in school bathroom
Mainstream Media Source B (headline): Man exposes himself in school bathroom
Mainstream Media Source C (headline): Man suffers stroke and left to die in unmonitored bathroom
Mainstream Media Source D (headline): <US STATE> wants cameras in school bathrooms after man exposes himself to kids.
Now, the above are fake headlines, sure. And these are hypothetical. But it's also fairly clear how each is slanted to it's own agenda and it's own form of sensationalism to garner ratings and views. The only one not purely fake is example A. Every other one pushes the boundaries of truth. I'd argue that sources employing this type of rhetoric are no better than the fake news sites out there. In the end, they're all doing the same thing, intentionally misleading viewers.