14th April 2003, 11:51 PM
I don't see CNN as being that bad either, but then again I didn't see Fox News as being that bad. Maybe I should be paying attentions to the between lines or something, but as I've said, I tend to phase out pretty much any non-news comments. Oh, and I really don't care too much about then picking and choosing what news to report. News stations are a START of information, not the end of it, if you really want to learn about the world that is. So, if you want to know more of the story, it's up to YOU to start looking it up. I still think it's each and every person's individual responsibility to learn about the world. The news is a nice resource, but it's not some heaping ice cream serving of truth. It's an indicator of what's going on, and anything more you want to know is your own responsibility. A good start is simply to not depend on one news source, but read multiple articles on the exact same thing, and if something doesn't seem right to you, it probably isn't, so look up more info or ask more questions about that. If you are too lazy to do all this, no problem, just don't act like you are super informed just for watching the news.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)