I was in america (california) recenly, on holiday. i couldn’t belive how blatantly biased it was! Surely noone actually sees the world that way.
On 11.29.09, In Real Life, By Nikita
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Sadly many people do.
In fact studies have shown that many Americans like to receive the news slanted towards their own political views. Since American TV is all about ratings Fox News found if they pandered to the radical Christian right, more people who think like that tuned in, their ratings went up, and they could make more money from advertising.
As a foreign visitor to America I can quite understand how amazed you were at the standard of the news. I’ve lived in America for seven years, and to this day I am still amazed at what a horrible job the cable news channels do. They don’t report what is really going on in the world, they merely spoon feed people opinions and propaganda. Whatever they think will get them maximum ratings. It’s pretty scary.
One wonders what kind of country America would be if they reported real news items. Until that time, there’s always the Daily Show, now that’s a good news show.
My daughters’ American grandad watches Fox as he believes CNN is too biased, but then he voted for Bush, twice.
if you repeat a big lie long enough sooner or later people will believe…yes, American news is so phony and the news should just give the news..not add their two cents worth..