Behind Big News

Rob MacLennan said:
That might be because there was less media manipulation 10, 20, 30 years ago. It has been getting progressively worse to the point where you now have outlets like Fox News and Sun TV (MSNBC on the other side of the political spectrum), that are patently and obviously skewed in their reporting. Then you have the CNNs, Global Newses, and CITY TVs that manipulate based on what is the most sensational way of reporting something, for the purposes of ratings and ad revenues, and to hell with truth in reporting.
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On the weather network right now there's a link to an article that bugs the hell out of me; "More Snow Targets ON, QC" like it's a friggin assault. Are they going to start putting crosshairs on the areas where they expect precipitation? And they have an image tied to the story of an amblance with it's lights on. It's friggin snow!!! WTF does it have to do with violence and injury?!? Now every time it snows we have to worry for our lives?

F the media.
 
fastar1 said:
On the weather network right now there's a link to an article that bugs the hell out of me; "More Snow Targets ON, QC" like it's a friggin assault. Are they going to start putting crosshairs on the areas where they expect precipitation? And they have an image tied to the story of an amblance with it's lights on. It's friggin snow!!! WTF does it have to do with violence and injury?!? Now every time it snows we have to worry for our lives?

F the media.
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Information is boring. Sensationalism sells (as long as you don't hurt your advertisers with it).
 
I can't watch an hr video =D.. how about a quick summary
 
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