Posted on 12/30/2021 11:54:33 AM PST by lowbridge
The two biggest misconceptions about the legacy media are “that we are lying” and that they manifest “political bias,” according to CNN’s “Reliable Sources.” The media’s bias actually benefits the people journalists are biased against, the show insisted.
“The single biggest misconception is that we are lying,” guest Mara Schiavocampo told host Brian Stelter on Sunday’s episode, which tackled alleged common myths about the state of American journalism.
“There is a lot of media mistrust,” she said accurately. Schiavocampo said she frequently encounters media misconceptions “when I’m at a cocktail party.”
“I hear this all the time. And here’s what I would love to correct about that misperception: We are human. We make mistakes.” But she added that “most often,” when people point out examples of the media’s lies, “what they’re pointing to is an example of a mistake, not an intentional lie.”
Neither she nor Stelter addressed “60 Minutes” reporter Sharyn Alfonsi accusing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) of corruption, then editing out the substantive part of his response, which refuted her allegation.
Mistakes are “almost always innocent,” Stelter said. Schiavocampo asserted, “We do not have malicious intent.”
Neither mentioned CNN contributor Reza Aslan, who suggested he’d like to punch 16-year-old Nick Sandmann in the face during his viral stand-off with left-wing activist Nathan Phillips. “Honest question. Have you ever seen a more punchable face than this kid’s?” Aslan tweeted of the teenager. Earlier, in 2017, Aslan had called President Donald Trump a “piece of s***.”
CNN continued enumerating the common lies and errors about the media, with Shiavocampo saying “another big” misconception about the legacy media is that reporters suffuse their coverage with their own “political bias.”
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Fake News
“‘The Single Biggest Misconception Is That We Are Lying’: CNN Contributor”
Why would people think THAT???
They lie as easily as you and I breathe.
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The louder someone says they are NOT lying, the more certain it is that they are in fact... lying.
Cnn says there is still no word on the ever growing pedophile scandals at the much beleaguered cable “news” channel
Ahhh, it’s the old question. How could you trust a liar to tell you that they are not a liar?
Obviously, based on pure logic, you could never take anyone’s claims that they are not a liar on their face, because any liar would not be credible when they make that statement.
If an honest person says they are not lying, it is basically a moot point, because an honest person wouldn’t even need to make that statement.
TRUST, comes is something you prove over time. It’s something you earn.
After 3 years of nothing but “Russia Collusion” we’ve decided to believe our own eyes instead of you.
Communist Nitwit Network.
Whatever CNN is saying is lies and propaganda - everything anyone who works there says. Only lies.
CNN: Children Need Nunchuks.
The mistakes are almost always in one direction oddly.
This is how they would teach arithmetic:
2+2=4
4+4=8
8+8=16
16+16=30
30+30=80
80+80=240
They tell enough truth to make people think it’s all truth.
Last time I trusted “The News” is when they were backing up Huey Lewis.
Equine excrement
A honest person can and will provide rational and direct responses to those that challenge him, along with verifiable evidence. He doesn’t simply say “we are not lying”.
If you’re not lying, then you’re incompetent or stupid for believing the crap enough to report on it as truth.
If you need to state that publicly, then you are lying and you know you are lying.
What’s old is new again (human nature never changes).
“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Conduct of Life: A Philosophical Reading
They lie even if the truth sounds better.
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