People trust the internet more because they choose their own sources — rather than simply suffering through whatever sources are piped through the television or delivered to the doorstep.
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Interesting Blogger comments here:
http://www.zogby.com/blog/loader.cfm?p=/2009/06/18/why-do-people-trust-the-internet-more/
I remember another article about the decline of newspapers that summed it up more or less as follows:
- Conservatives don’t read the newspapers because of their liberal bias;
- Liberals don’t read the papers because they are not partisan enough; and
- Moderates and apolitical types don’t read the papers because they are boring.
In my lifetime, I’ve met two people who argued that the MSM is actually biased to the right, on the premise that most of the outlets are owned by major corporations. Both of these people were bat$#!+ insane lefties.
People trust the internet more by default. Not because the internet is particularly trustworthy, but as a result of the MSM proving its untrustworthiness over decades.
I can't believe some people still get their news by picking up a wad of paper off their driveways, or tuning into television news.
It's all bought and paid for by wealthy insiders and the powerful politically connected.
I trust the internet more because you can find all sides presented. On a particular issue, I usually collect as much factual information as possible, then begin to form the opinion based on what makes the most sense. That’s why I almost always wind up on the conservative side of the issue.
Newspapers present only one side of any issue— the one from the lib talking points.
I must say, though, the Fox “fair and balanced” usually drives me crazy because the Dem view is usually unfactual fluff, as they try to interrupt and shout down any opposition...
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Typical of Zogby, he concludes that those easily deceived conservatives, convinced of a left-wing bias in the media, simply don’t understand what they are reading, can’t distinguish bias from slick marketing and are pleased to fall for anything they are told just as long as it comes from a like minded blogger. His point...might as well read the NY Times cause that’s where all the “real” news comes from anyhow. And Zogby has a reputation of being a devout liberal. Darned if I can understand it.
So many of their columnists were brain-dead, it was unreal. The funniest of them was their music critic, Ed Ward. Ward ran a series of articles about one of the old disco clubs, and talked about how terrible their music selections were. The club invited him to DJ one night. The crowd hated his music selection so badly, they started throwing things at him.
They ran another article about the "poor homeless." They followed a guy around for a day to chronicle how rough his life was, and how difficult it was for him to find a job. In this sympathetic portrayal, he spent part of the morning getting stoned, spent part of the afternoon drinking, and wandered into one place looking for a job. I sent them a "letter to the editor," asking how many jobs the Statesman had for people who spent all day getting stoned and drinking. No response.
A couple of their other "feature writers" did articles complaining about how downtown businesses were so cruel to the poor. They complained about the downtown grocery stores getting upset over the theft of shopping carts, and the removal of benches from in front of businesses. I knew many of the business owners, and they told me they were tired of getting to work and spending a half hour every morning sweeping broken beer bottles out from in front of their stores, and trying to wash the urine smell away. They also said they were tired of losing business because the transients scared away customers and panhandled relentlessly.
The Statesman building had a secured parking lot with security cameras and rentacops to run people off. The Statesman was incredibly two-faced. They wanted all the other businesses to shoulder the brunt of having thugs and addicts standing in front of their businesses, but they kept them out of their parking lot.
Interesting how liberals can elect a President, House, and Senate - but there aren’t enough of them to keep newspapers going. Makes a person wonder.
Zogby catches up with 1996! Whoa!
This video is part of the biggest story in history. MSM will not touch it, they can’t.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBpHSyuueMU
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