I can't stand "both sides" journalism

[SHRED]

The truth is the truth and the M$M journalists and hosts should be guided by it.

Instead we are getting, "Was the Trump campaign spied on or was this a legitimate informant".

Giving equal validity to a lie is what they do and I am fucking sick of it.

[thucythucy]

1. And yet they haven't asked

Did Trump pay for abortions for any of his many mistresses?

Even though there's much more credence to this claim than to his "spied on" lie.

[True Dough]

2. We live in an era of partisan journalism

"Both sides" seems to have become an ideal of the past. It was, and still is, something to strive for. Like anything else, it can be done well, or poorly (as a veiled attempt to skew the message).

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

3. SO TRUE.

Your angle is spot on and it's a nuanced observtion, that I'm glad you could articulate. The second part of it for me was...
2. Working through both ideas and giving a defense to the one that's "wrong." By just having people debate the issues in question. We are Liberals and are vastly more intelligent and fair as a group. The right gets the benefit of our brain trust by just listening to these people then debating the pros and cons etc. Very troubling.
So glad you saw that.

[SHRED]

5. Thanks

I thought it was pretty obvious though.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

8. You'd think.

I suppose nuance could mean clouded or whatever.
Most things are readily apparent to folks who enjoy, you know, reading books and diverse sources of information.
Obviously again, just a post, on a board, somewhere on the internet of things.....

[RKP5637]

4. We live in the land of psyops and Idiocracy. I'm F'en fed up with it too! n/t

[Varaddem]

6. You've got to be effing kidding me

We just wanted to get to the truth. Blow smoke or money up his ass and the foreign leaders own the deal. Really? We are not talking about China Russia and Qatar every day! Do our trade talks start with the line what can you do for me?

[world wide wally]

7. The media is biting the hand that feeds them.

When there is no longer a free press in America, perhaps they will get it.

[cyclonefence]

9. No one disputes that there is more than one side to any argument, or news story

but no one should assume that every side is as valid as any other. Pursuing "fairness" by granting equal attention to opposing views, even if the other side is ludicrous and clearly not true, is not and never has been a goal of good journalism.

It is not coincidental that "Fair and Balanced" is the motto of the least truthful media outlet in the country. "Fair and Balanced" makes it easy to hide, or ignore, the truth.

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. I will have the truth, please!

With maybe, a soupçon of analysis of implications from a genuine analyst.

[dalton99a]

11. It's the new fairness doctrine

"Much better than the old one, believe me"