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>I think you're wrong here. The news (TV) up here does not draw any opinion about issues at all. It just lists the facts. There is no analysis done on the TV news, just facts. However, it could say something like "The palistinian accuse the isreali from breaking the roadmap to peace" or "the isreali accuse the palestinian from having no control over Hamas". It is not an opinion, but a fact.
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>Even if there is analysis done in other (info-tainment) programs. It tends to look at both sides of the stories as much as possible. Those programs are usually of very high quality, providing the highest possible objectivity, whether it is politics, scientifical, social etc. It almost always will highlight both sides of the story: No pre-cooked conclusions. Even at 911, surely a terrible attack, those programs did go far beyond the inital anger. They provided us with the history of al-qaida, their motivations and believes. They let them tell their story, but did still did not point out one as the good or bad: Just facts. The final conclusions are up the the viewer, not the TV program.


Good morning Walter;

The facts? Let me see – I watch Telemundo (Spanish), BBC, Deutsche Welle (German), CNN, Fox, and local CBS, ABC, NBC and independent news sources as well as read local and national newspapers and magazines. The reporting on a specific topic can be very different from each of these sources. They do not often agree with each other. What are the facts? I have no clue. I just attempt to understand what is being said or written and what political motivation is behind these different sources of the news. For many news sources political motivation defines advertising revenue and audience.

International sources of news tell me things that news sources within the United States fail to mention. Many of these topics concern things that involve the United States.

It seems like many people I know like to watch or read from one news source due to his/her political outlook. Find the one that represents what you believe and then you will be told the facts! :)

What are the facts? The facts are whatever I am willing to believe. Surely the media would not mislead us? :)

Tom