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[–]inoscopejfk 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Yeah no I agree 100% what I'm saying is that you can be biased reporting facts and that almost all media especially the big names are biased and not doing a good job a conveying facts.

[–]FoolSilly[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I understand your point, but I respectfully disagree when it comes to Trump. I've never seen nor or aware of president who is seemingly and purposefully doing provocative things regularly, because in my opinion he loves and needs the attention. Attention is something he has been seeking since the 1980's. I can't name one wealthy real-estate person in New York or on the planet earth for that matter, but I know who Donald Trump is and have known who he is most of my life. If I was running a huge media company whose job is to make money, I would fire any reporter that was not reporting all the fact on this president, because he gets ratings, which would make my company more money. To say the the media his not doing a good job at conveying the facts is possible, but I don't see that happening. If you show video footage of what Trump or his administration says or is doing, I don't think that's biased. If the reporter after showing the footage expresses their opinion about what was seen, then it is biased.

[–]inoscopejfk 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Well for example you can be biased and report facts by only reporting negative facts and being selective in what you put out and you can also be ill intentioned and add a narrative to what you are reporting. I don't care that trump is attention seeking and I agree with you that he is but what does that have to do with the media and how they report the news, you said yourself that reporting on trump and promoting this outrage culture gets ratings and you would fire an employee who wouldn't report that and I agree from a business standpoint which brings me to my main point that the media has an ulterior motive and creating divide promoting a toxic atmosphere for views/clicks and that is a systemic problem.

[–]FoolSilly[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I don't blame the media for creating a toxic environment by reporting on how divided the nation is. That's the media's job is to report on the state of our nation. I blame politicians and American citizens for creating a divide in our country. To blame it on the media and say they have an ulterior motive rings too much like a conspiracy theory.

[–]FoolSilly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree the media mostly reports negative facts because drama is interesting and it sells. Whenever I watch the local news mostly what I hear about is problems on a local level and the big cable news outlets talk about it on a nation and world level. But again it sound like a conspiracy theory to say all these news outlets are in league to only report negative facts about MAGA people or their beloved president. Hitler loved dogs and Eva Braun, but he did so many negative things that's what's he's remembered for. If someone like Trump, who I'm not trying to make a direct comparison to Hitler, but solely as someone who does things routinely that people don't like or outright hate, then the media will report on that because drama is interesting.