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The media are a product of their viewership. They deliver what the people demand. Many posters on here were just as bad, accepting unconfirmed reports and rumours as facts when it fitted in with their world view.

True. No one delivers news anymore. What they 'produce' is a 'product' that is 'targeted' for their specific market.

Would people support a group of people that merely gather and report facts, without dressing it up or spinning it? Wouldn't that be interesting? It most certainly would be unique for today.

[Canard]

" Would people support a group of people that merely gather and report facts, without dressing it up or spinning it?"

Problem is, one person's 'fact' is another person's spin. Even choosing which 'facts' to present in which order is a 'biased' decision. Best that can be hoped for is that they allow airtime to opposing viewpoints, point out any obvious inaccuracies in the accounts and allow the viewer to make up their own mind.

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For an example, check out the threads on the Oklahoma University explosion, which are full of people criticising the media for not reporting the rumours and second hand 'eyewitness' accounts that have been posted in those threads.