When will the MSM shine a light on itself?

by: alamantra

Wed Aug 26, 2009 at 12:52

As the debate over public health care and insurance reform has raged this August, I have seen much via the cable news outlets about how President Obama has not been able to get his message across the great partisan divide. The media has been far more interested in giving a platform to those which it describes as the "fringe." They inevitably follow up with: "Where is the clear message from President Obama?" At no time does one ever see the media turn the light upon itself and ask itself if it is doing the responsible thing. It is the very agency that should be bringing clarity to the discussion. It is the very agency who has been entrusted with the public airwaves for this very purpose.
Out of all the polls we see paraded across MSNBC, CNN etc., we have yet to see a poll rating how Americans feel the media is living up to its obligations to actually inform us. We see polls that show that Americans don't really understand the discussion, but very little regarding those who present this discussion to us. I find this to be very curious.
If these "news outlets" put half as much effort into bringing clarity to the public health care debate as it does on presenting every little bit of trivia surrounding the death of Michael Jackson, then I would imagine these other polls that we're seeing would reflect a more informed public. Of course, it doesn't help that some of the interests that oppose health care reform are the MSM's biggest advertisers. It is rare that the MSM will bite the hand that feeds it. Unfortunately it leaves the American public starving for real information to make critical choices.

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When will the MSM shine a light on itself? | 2 comments

MSM is an embarassment (4.00 / 1)

and one that is harder to fix than the embarassment that is our government. While there's hope for fixing the government, by getting decent people elected, what hope is there to have the MSM do a really good job, given it's ownership and financial structure?

MSM needs to be bypassed. That's what the internet is for....

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by: metamars @ Wed Aug 26, 2009 at 19:57:30 PM CDT