Milkshake Duck: A look at the merits and pitfalls of cable TV news

[topaznebula]

Staying informed about current events can be exhausting.

Not only do you have to deal with a barrage of negativity and tragedy, but you're also responsible for sifting through the thousands of news sources to find a story you can trust about each topic. How is that even possible?

It's no wonder so many people just give up.

But, what about cable TV

Comments

[emo_snal]

I briefly had a coworker (before Ii had to fire him for unrelated reasons) who loved listening to I think it was Bill O'Reilly? One of those really conservative media personalities. He always wanted to put him on when we were in the truck together but I wasn't having it. "What?" this coworker protested, "nothing he says isn't true!" and so I had to explain to him framing bias and selection bias, that while these things may well be true the kinds of stories he chooses to publicize and the way he frames them are certainly, well, biased. To say nothing of the editorializing he then embellishes them with.

[rayaso]

This was a wonderful, thought-provoking, and necessary essay. There is a lot of wisdom here.

[unmowngrass]

I have asked everyone I know, multiple times, where I can get only "hard facts" news. Not a great deal of answers, other than Reuters... who don't do tv news, lol

[static_abyss]

I had a very good professor one semester who taught me about critical analysis, which essentially boils down to recognizing that everything we consume has a bias. And so everything we consume must be consumed with keeping this in mind. So what you've presented here doesn't surprise me. But it does make me very curious to know more.