EllieTalbot
Fear the Spoon
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How much does the distributor of a news story matter to you? Notice I don't say "source" of a story, because the source is whoever the reporter got their information from, not who the reporter works for.
Conservative, liberal, in between, there are all sorts of news distributors, and I think it's safe to say that "mainstream" news (i.e. network TV/major newspaper) has been outdone by bloggers and whatnot enough times by now to say that the mainstream media no longer has the monopoly on what's relevant or completely factual.
So is there any distributor whose word you take as gospel? How easily are you swayed by the political leaning of a distributor when it comes to the story? Do you look at the source?
Most important, have you ever found yourself on the wrong wide of an issue because you'd trusted the distributor due to their supposed political leaning, be it the NYT or the Daily Mail?
Wondering in Wasilla,
Ellie
Conservative, liberal, in between, there are all sorts of news distributors, and I think it's safe to say that "mainstream" news (i.e. network TV/major newspaper) has been outdone by bloggers and whatnot enough times by now to say that the mainstream media no longer has the monopoly on what's relevant or completely factual.
So is there any distributor whose word you take as gospel? How easily are you swayed by the political leaning of a distributor when it comes to the story? Do you look at the source?
Most important, have you ever found yourself on the wrong wide of an issue because you'd trusted the distributor due to their supposed political leaning, be it the NYT or the Daily Mail?
Wondering in Wasilla,
Ellie