[Reagan Man]

News is a report of current recent events, involving previously unknown information. While the daily activities of human beings maybe real life, its not news. Daily life doesn't involve previously unknown events. The fact that most of mankind is better off today then they were 20 years ago, is a direct result of what the USA has accomplished in our history. Especially, in the 20th century.

[ARCADIA]

The principle problem with the MSM is that have abandoned hard news for sensational propaganda and entertainment; and, we already have plenty of better outlets for this kind of garbage. If they were to fire off their collection of airheaded bimbos, and replace them with people who can delve into important issues in a rational convincing way, then they can once again establish a niche for themselves. Talk radio has already traveled this road; for some reason television just doesn't seem to get it.

[speedy]

The world as it is presented in the media does not even bear a remote resemblance to the everyday lives of the vast majority of people on this planet, most of whose time is spent in humdrum, and for the most part pleasant, pursuits. Let alone the wealthy, high tech societies; even in Third World countries, the people do not spend their days wallowing in abject misery. The overpaid reporters at the New York Times or CBS News are far more unhappy than the obscure Bedouin tribesmen or Botswana hut-dwellers I have had the pleasure to meet in my travels.

[TennesseeGirl]

"The trouble with ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and that crowd ( They JUST HAVE to look for bad news)'

The real irony here is that the networks look for bad news and our local news stations and local paper refuse to. I feel like I live in Mayberry. No crime, no corruption, no coverage of city council/county commission meetings, nothing. We get 3 minutes of local stuff like fund raisers or UT basketball/football news, or regional news and feel good stuff. Then the local channels feel it necessary to show 7 minutes of national and international news (that one leaves me scratching my head). Apparently, local reporters have nothing to investigate so we get regurgitated ABC, CBS, NBC video.

Want to live in a crime-free city? Move to Knoxville (sarcasm)...the only stipulation is you have to be an ostrich and hide your head in the sand.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Journalism is the business of attracting attention by the use of topical nonfiction. So while most of life, for most people, is muddling through mundane problems and earning a living, in the artificial reality of journalism most of the discussion is about unusual - primarily unusually bad things.

Why Broadcast Journalism is
Unnecessary and Illegitimate

[Decepticon]

The media have an agenda: They want to keep you nervous. Their ratings go up each time the world comes near The End. When their lead story is a pop star checking into rehab, you know they're having a bad day.

A Russian once said that the difference between us and them was that Russians knew Pravda was propaganda, and Americans believed their media.......

[R.W.Ratikal]

I don't know a single person who watches ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, or C(X)NN. They are all biased to the extreme left and have lost too much credibility to be taken seriously.

Who do we all watch? "The Most Powerful Name in News, Fair and Balanced -- You Know It -- FOX News!"

[Liberty Valance]

"In Washington today, the facts really don't matter. And no one -- friend or foe -- has any doubt that the Bush administration has an appalling record when it comes to getting its message out and keeping Congress "in the loop." When political and press opponents of the president are allowed to frame the issue -- whether it's the war in Iraq, the response to a hurricane, NSA "wiretaps" or foreign firms operating U.S. port facilities -- the results are foreordained."

~ Ollie North ~

[goldstategop]

We need lots of positive news. Bad news makes for more exciting copy but amidst the crimes, corruption and follies of the human race, we see orderliness, virtue and aptitude that only gains our admiration. Its the goodness in people that in these all too cynical times, is the one thing we generally lose sight of. None of us would be around if we didn't try to make life in each generation better than it was before. In that respect, histories like Oswald Spengler's and Arnold Toynbee's that paint a dismal picture of civilization's prospects, show only a very limited part of the entire picture. There is a power of renewal in mankind that has defied the ravages of time and the pessimism of the critics. It all brings to mind that famous saying, "hope springs eternal." How happy we ought to be for our fortunate condition and in the things which we are blessed by Heaven.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")