2021: the year the media paid for its lies

Don Surber Blogspot ^ | 28 Dec 2021 | Don Surber

[Rummyfan]

It's a good start.

[I want the USA back]

Right now they are spinning “Little O” as a worldwide catastrophe. They are deliberately hiding the fact that symptoms are the sniffles and sneezing.

[BradyLS]

The Associated Press reported, "Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021."

There is great public interest in the news. But AP and the rest of the MSM have about as much interest in reporting the news as MTV has in showing music videos.

[econjack]

It is not that the public is no longer interested in the news. It is that the public no longer believes the news media is delivering the news.

Bingo!!!

[Diogenesis]

[econjack]

... most voters from both parties agree that the mainstream news media promotes a political agenda rather than reporting the facts.

Bingo...again!!!

[poinq]

Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021. / Dwindling support for news? I don't think so. 2021 was the year people woke up to the fact that fake news is so common that they need to find their own news. TV, cable and newsprint are garbage. And they have become so obvious, its hard to ignore any more.

[poinq]

Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021. ============ Dwindling support for news? I don't think so. 2021 was the year people woke up to the fact that fake news is so common that they need to find their own news. TV, cable and newsprint are garbage. And they have become so obvious, its hard to ignore any more.

[Huskrrrr]

Sorry, these are not news outlets. More like tabloids.

[MDLION]

“34% at Fox”

For every mention of a vaccine injury or death on Fox you have to sit through a hundred times, “I’m vaccinated. Get vaccinated.” I’ve drifted away from them. Pretty sure Tucker Carlson knows the truth about vaccine injuries and deaths but after talking about VAERS for several minutes at the beginning of a May show, not much. Guest Alex Berenson acts like he wants to spill the truth but is muzzled. As for Hannity: What’s the point if everybody knows how terrible Biden is if the much of the population ends up sick and/or unemployed?

[Spok]

Personally I have more interest in getting the news than ever, but what doesn’t interest me is agenda-driven hysteria and lies. However, I find myself settling for news that’s slanted in favor of my biases.

[SmokingJoe]

Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021.”

Plenty interest in news. Little interest in fake news.

[The Great RJ]

I expect CNN to be the first major media outlet to go bankrupt. With the loss of revenue from many airports, the increasing number of people cutting their cable and moving to streaming services and an ever dwindling audience, their demise is a matter of time. MSNBC should be the next domino to fall.

[Radix]

I do not watch or read any of them in years. I stopped looking at Newsmax months ago. I only look at OAN these days, but usually an hour or so in the morning and a bit more at night.

[cymbeline]

“It is not that the public is no longer interested in the news. It is that the public no longer believes the news media is delivering the news.”

I’ll buy that but also think the public realizes that too much old news is being repeated. It’s boring. For many, Covid is boring, climate change hysteria is boring.

I prefer reading “news” rather than watching it because one can fast-forward through a document.

But no doubt a lot of the news is distorted, and a lot of news is not reported at all.

Another thing that’s easily noticed in printed news is the wasted words, like the author is showing off or is required to fill space or write something to meet regular deadlines.

[jeffc]

"I prefer reading “news” rather than watching it because one can fast-forward through a document."

Sometimes, I feel in such a minority (Thank God and JimRob for FR!). I would much rather read something than sit and listen to someone pontificate ad nauseum before getting to the point (IF they even have one...).

Thanks for showing me I'm not alone!

[jjotto]

Yep.

First, there’s the problem of poor literacy skills. Second, there’s the problem of craving emotional involvement rather than information.

This country is in trouble.

[libertylover]

Do advertisers get to pay less when ratings fall?

[MayflowerMadam]

Also, Nick Sandmann was awarded a couple more settlements from the MSM liars in 2021. That’s “media pushing for its lies” - bigly.

[SunkenCiv]

From the "How did they pay?" desk.

• When Does Trump Get His Apology? [12/29/2021]
• NYT Reporter Suggests America Is a 'Trash Country' Over Healthcare System [12/29/2021]
• REPUBLICANS POUNCE! WashPost Cries GOP 'Primed to Pounce on Inflation' in 2022 [12/29/2021]
• CNN's Harwood: Biden's Covid Copout Just 'Throwaway Line,' Being 'Polite' [12/28/2021]
• (tons more)