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I think it's very wrong for banks to disallow money transfers to WikiLeaks, and I think Americans are often naive but "Americans are the most naive consumers of
by nir 15y ago
I think it's very wrong for banks to disallow money transfers to WikiLeaks, and I think Americans are often naive but "Americans are the most naive consumers of commercial news on the planet" is highly exaggerated.
- pconf 15y agoI can see how someone who has not spent significant time living outside of the US could be of this opinion, but every US resident I know who has lived outside of the country for any significant period of time is also of this opinion. You don't need to spend much time reading European or Asian newspapers, listening to or watching BBC, DW, then be insulted by FOX and Clearchannel to see exactly what the issue is.
- nir 15y agoI'm not an American. I've only been living in the US for the a few years. Of course there's some poor reporting in the US, like anywhere else. I don't know of any European/Asian newspaper that does a better job than the NY Times or WaPo (or for that matter any good regional US paper), for all their faults, and those who are comparable are usually less widely read than the American ones.
- Peaker 15y agoHave you seen anything like Fox News anywhere else?
- nir 15y agoI think TV journalism isn't American media's stronger suite, but you could fairly say that globally Fox News is the rule rather than the exception.
- pconf 15y agoGovernment-bias may well be more common than not, or than commercial advertiser-biased. The difference between those countries and the US is consumer education. At least outside of the US the viewers / listeners / readers know they're not getting an unbiased perspective.
- gldalmaso 15y agoBrazilian mainstream media is also very partisan-biased, though they won't ever admit it and always strive to come out as politically neutral. While there's a left-centrist party in office, not one positive news is to be shown in mass media vehicles, even when the president receives an international award, the people are kept in the dark about it and you have to follow alternative news to be informed. This discrepancy has even been reported in international news before.
- Peaker 15y agoI think Fox News takes it beyond partisan-bias and into extreme propaganda territory. See for example this: Universal Health Care is the Jihadists' secret weapon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMu6wCqdeyQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMu6wCqdeyQ Not carrying guns suggests Norway is not a democracy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EX3km583Dw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EX3km583Dw For News successfully argues in court that it is allowed to lie in its news: http://www.relfe.com/media_can_legally_lie.html http://www.relfe.com/media_can_legally_lie.html