Blog Post #7

Evaluative Question #2: Can we trust news media?:

I believe that we are able to trust news media in a way but all news is very bias. There is no possible way to tell a news story without being bias at all. The words you use, the way you speak, bod language, layout of the story. These all have an effect on how people read or listen the story. It makes a difference on what you think the story is about or really means. "Five years ago, Fox News Channel was launched on the idea that something was wrong with news media--that somehow, somewhere bias found its way into reporting. . . . And it's not just the way you tell a story that can get in the way of the truth. It's the stories you choose to tell" -Trace Gallagher, Fox news. http://fair.org/extra-online-articles/the-most-biased-name-in-news/. "And it's not just the way you tell a story that can get in the way of the truth. It's the stories you choose to tell."That is another point that is true. There are different forms of media that tell different stories based on the beliefs of the writers, producers etc. In the same article Fox says that they are the "only unbiased network". By saying that they are the only unbiased network is bias in and of itself.

I feel that news media is very biased but not so much so that it becomes untrue. They may stretch the truth or give different stories, but they don't change things to the point when they are no longer true and are untrustworthy. The best way to get news is to get it from multiple different sources and form your own opinion about what is true based on your information. The other problem with thinking about news media being untrustworthy and bias is that we are being biased just by thinking that. Every person is biased and looks at thinks with a biased point of view so it is all personal opinion on whether or not we can trust news media. Also, if you don't trust it, where else are you going to get your news from?