sâmbătă, 1 februarie 2014

No Non-Partisan Political Information Exists In The Dominant Media

By Serena Price


The dominant media used to be able to present non-partisan political information. These are called facts by the viewing, reading public. This type of information is designed to present knowledge about the issues being discussed so that the receivers of this can process it into a rational decision. That is not happening any more as the media has made their bed, so to speak, with one side of each debate.

The media does not look for this type of information as it does fit in their template for their world view. All of the facts interfere with their partners in political circles, so those must be left out of news coverage. The fourth estate has decided their allegiance does not reside in the people but in the masterminds they have helped create.

There are many websites that suggest they are down the middle as far as news coverage is concerned. They want readers to believe they only have an interest in presenting balanced coverage of all aspects of each issue. There is a good way to determine whether they are, indeed, presenting facts as opposed to the fiction that is presented by the broadcast media.

A very good way to determine whether any presentation is non partisan or not is to read or listen with an open mind. If the piece is an exercise in emotion, harsh rhetoric and or an appeal to do something, right now, it is not a recitation of factual data. Since nonpartisan information does not necessarily assist either side in an issue, each side should offer it.

The media is missing in action when it comes to presenting facts about the gun control issues. They pick up and repeat the often quoted words from Federal representatives that there are too many guns on the street. They do not mention the second amendment, except in passing, and imply that law abiding gun owners could be considered criminals for exercising this right.

What can not usually be found is the facts that gun control laws do not curb gun related crimes. The harshest restriction laws are in the cities with the highest crime rates, and that is after the laws are in effect. The mental health issues, surrounding the largest percentage of these crimes, are not reported on or are denied by the vast majority of the talking heads.

One of the very reasons that the factual information is not found in the media is that they have their own agenda of distorting them. Their partners in legislative branches, around the country, need this cover as they grab the emotional strings of doing something now. The press wants their people to succeed and do not find it an unworthy mission to help them.

Many people would believe that the facts and non-partisan political information will come out in the political debates. They would be mislead about this as the media has their people installed as the moderators in most of these debates and coverage is one sided, as well. The participants, on both sides, will be paired off with one side and their emotion driven appeals for things people do not want against another side that might argue with them but not much.




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