The American media and the Liberal Democrats are nothing less than terrorist and in my opinion, if the foreign terrorist attack our country again I will certainly consider them,the press and liberals an arm of the terrorist organizations.
"The American media and the Liberal Democrats are nothing less than terrorist and in my opinion, if the foreign terrorist attack our country again I will certainly consider them,the press and liberals an arm of the terrorist organizations."
The fifth column.
I believe in the Bush Doctrine.
I preemptively consider them terrorist organizations.
The difference between these things, [freedom of expression | free-flow of information | state controlled media | privately owned media] is clear. These institutions are essential but we are looking at a problem much bigger than can be addressed casually. But let’s give it a shot anyway. When it comes to information there is no process to guarantee quality. There is a clear reason for this… Scenerios are a good way to analyze so let’s get started.
You implicitly suggest the media is engaging in criminal enterprise. Say we were to send a reporter to jail for one month for reporting a lie. The lie probably didn’t originate with that reporter so their editor is also to blame. OK, send the reporter and the editor to jail for one month. The source for the story originated the lie so the journalist must be compelled to turn over the name of the source so that they too can serve a month in jail. Because so many journalist copy and paste more than any FREEPER I know, all of those within the media industry who propagated the lie would also face a one-month prison term. You might be thinking, sounds good so far…
At the other end of this scenario, who is reporting the news? Let’s guess that 50% of what we read as fact is not and that 1% of that is an outright lie. That estimate says 50% of what we read is true. If 50% of all journalists are doing time in prison for propagating a lie, then that’s 50% less news for me to read! If 50% of new production is off, we’re all only going to be getting 25% truth from the information remaining.
The point is, a free press is the best media in the world and in it there will be garbage. Restriction on the press leads to things much worse than you are witnessing here. We are the only BULL S#1T detectors that matter and it is incumbent on US, the consumer to weed out truth from lies. It is incumbent on US, the consumer, to find the true source of information. When and if we do, we tend to share the truth by writing about it, posting it here on FR and discussing it with our friends and family. The media is under no obligation to tell the truth but as an American Citizen, you are obligated to call it like you see it! You did here but I think you went overboard. Our enemies restrict freedom of the press, not us.