Fact and fiction--The truth of news

Ringo

A WATCHMAN
Where do you get your news? A recent report by the Brookings Institution about news is alarming. The report indicates that daily newspapers are down about 80% and circulation is only around 15% of the population. Moreover, in a 40 year time frame, journalists reporting the news have dropped in half to 32,000. Within these changes, a new news genre has arisen, one called “opinion journalism,” where facts are not checked, statements of opinion are made as if they are facts, news is twisted to fit points of view. The lack of true journalists, according to the report, has caused the public to have “a hard time judging the credibility of what they read.” This, in my opinion, creates a great danger to free society.

This has created a situation in our nation where people do not know what is news and what isn’t. It is also linked to truth. There are so many views and slants, stories that sound like news, but are not true, and just plain outrageous claims that people can become very confused, angry, disheartened and hopeless if they cannot find the truth. Everybody has their opinion or angle, but very few seek the facts and the truth behind the facts. This is an atmosphere where people ply the fear of others to impact agendas. It is a time in our history where people can easily manipulate the masses so they can come to no sensible conclusions, even to defend themselves. This is the height of ideological subversion.

For example, there are usurpers who want to divide people on skin color so they can garner more power and wealth. They will hijack an event, such as what happened in Ferguson, Missouri, come up with a theme (“Hands up, don’t shoot) and create chaos and confusion. The news media then reports on the event rather than the facts. The facts, as they came out, confirmed that Michael Brown did not run down the street, drop to his knees, put his hands up and shout “Hands up, don’t shoot.” He actually struggled with a policeman for his weapon and was shot in the process of the policeman defending himself. Yet businesses and homes and reputations were destroyed over this demonstration of “opinion journalism.”

There are countless examples on gun control, immigration, Islam, Christianity, homosexuality and more. No facts, just opinion based on what someone determines is fair. At The Daily Jot, stories are fact-checked. Two-source documentation is the policy--meaning at least two independent sources confirm a story. Even then, opinion leaders scoff if the sources do not agree with their doctrine or politics. An informed public is necessary for citizenship to maintain and prosper a free society. This means you, yourself, has to take responsibility for discerning the truth, especially as we are in the days of Isaiah 59:14, where “justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.” Don’t just accept what these “opinionators” are saying, check the facts.

- Bill Wilson - Daily Jot -


~ The Late Great United States...The Most Informed Society Ever To Have Died Of Ignorance ~
 
It's hard to trust any news source. Most all have their own presuppositions and slants, so if you really wanna know what something's about, you gotta search over a span of different articles and different "opinions". And trust your gut. if something doesn't seem right in a "news" report, fact check it, because it's usually not right. Even photos now can't be trusted because of things like photoshop.
 
For example, there are usurpers who want to divide people on skin color so they can garner more power and wealth. They will hijack an event, such as what happened in Ferguson, Missouri, come up with a theme (“Hands up, don’t shoot) and create chaos and confusion. The news media then reports on the event rather than the facts. The facts, as they came out, confirmed that Michael Brown did not run down the street, drop to his knees, put his hands up and shout “Hands up, don’t shoot.” He actually struggled with a policeman for his weapon and was shot in the process of the policeman defending himself. Yet businesses and homes and reputations were destroyed over this demonstration of “opinion journalism.”

Bill Wilson has his own problems with facts. The supposed struggle for the gun was while Darren Wilson was still inside the car. The shot(s) that killed Brown were at least 90 seconds later and about 160 ft. away from Wilson's patrol unit according to the prosecution's recitation of facts at the kangaroo court proceeding otherwise known as the grand jury. The exact facts of what happened there have never been, and will never be, proven, or even cursorily tested for credibility through cross examination. It also was never alleged that Michael Brown actually uttered the words "Hands up, don't shoot," even though Bill Wilson has those words in quotation marks as being uttered by him. Perhaps ironically, the most credible sources alleging that Brown's hands were indeed up in the final few seconds of the encounter, were two white construction workers who witnessed the shooting caught on phone video by someone in the apartments. The protest slogan of "hands up, don't shoot" is consistent with what these two witnesses both demonstrated and were later quoted as saying to a CNN reporter.


Bias and "opinion journalism" comes in all shapes, sizes, genders, and apparently, faiths too.

I agree in general with the premise of the piece, but Bill Wilson chose to use an example of his thesis of which he is devoid of facts in his recounting. And the above is not my opinion, they are indeed known facts.

Blues
 
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Which is why obummer and the libs continue to get away with all this crap! The low info voters only get what what the left leaning executives want them to see and hear. MSM glosses over any short comings of fellow leftists libs but let a Conservative spit on the sidewalk and they will crucify them. Case in point is Hillary, if a GOP Presidential candidate was being investigated by the FBI, do you believe the MSM would let them stay in the race??? I don't think so!

I get most if not all my info from other sources than MSM. When I hear a story about something big, I wait a few days for more facts and usually the story is 180 degrees out from the original story. I have found ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and PMSNBC to be totally untruthful and would not believe them if they said the sky is blue!!!
 
Why Journalists In America Will Never Give You The Truth About Islam And Muslims
by Geoffrey Grider​


American journalists are told that 'when writing about terrorism, remember to include white supremacist, radical anti-abortionists and other groups with a history of such activity'

There is a reason why every time you read a news story about terrorism in America, you rarely if ever feel you are being told the truth about the matter. In fact, every one that I talk with (and that's a rather large number of people), all tell me that they feel that what the main stream media presents on a regular basis is a set up, pre-written narrative designed to advance the Liberal and Far Left position.

So with that, we present to you the approved 2015 guidelines (marching orders) from the Society of Professional Journalists on "how to write about Islam and Muslims" in a way that will help advance the Liberal position that Islam is a "religion of peace". This is propaganda at the highest level, and another outstanding reason to not believe anything the main stream media has to say about terrorism and how it relates to Muslims. This information was taken in it's entirety from their website, source link at bottom of the story. After reading and seeing the guidelines for yourself, you will never again wonder if you can truth the nightly news. Because you can't.

On Oct. 6, 2001 at its National Convention in Seattle, the Society of Professional Journalists passed a resolution urging members and fellow journalists to take steps against racial profiling in their coverage of the war on terrorism and to reaffirm their commitment to:
The SPJ Guidelines for Countering Racial, Ethnic and Religious Profiling:
Use language that is informative and not inflammatory;
Portray Muslims, Arabs and Middle Eastern and South Asian Americans in the richness of their diverse experiences;
Seek truth through a variety of voices and perspectives that help audiences understand the complexities of the events in Pennsylvania, New York City and Washington, D.C.

Guidelines


Visual Images

Seek out people from a variety of ethnic and religious backgrounds when photographing Americans mourning those lost in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
Seek out people from a variety of ethnic and religious backgrounds when photographing rescue and other public service workers and military personnel.
Do not represent Arab Americans and Muslims as monolithic groups. Avoid conveying the impression that all Arab Americans and Muslims wear traditional clothing.
Use photos and features to demystify veils, turbans and other cultural articles and customs.

Stories

Seek out and include Arabs and Arab Americans, Muslims,
South Asians and men and women of Middle Eastern descent in all stories about the war, not just those about Arab and Muslim communities or racial profiling.
Make an extra effort to include olive-complexioned and darker men and women, Sikhs, Muslims and devout religious people of all types in arts, business, society columns and all other news and feature coverage, not just stories about the crisis.
Seek out experts on military strategies, public safety, diplomacy, economics and other pertinent topics who run the spectrum of race, class, gender and geography.
When writing about terrorism, remember to include white supremacist, radical anti-abortionists and other groups with a history of such activity.
Do not imply that kneeling on the floor praying, listening to Arabic music or reciting from the Quran are peculiar activities.
When describing Islam, keep in mind there are large populations of Muslims around the world, including in Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, India and the United States. Distinguish between various Muslim states; do not lump them together as in constructions such as "the fury of the Muslim world."
Avoid using word combinations such as "Islamic terrorist" or "Muslim extremist" that are misleading because they link whole religions to criminal activity. Be specific: Alternate choices, depending on context, include "Al Qaeda terrorists" or, to describe the broad range of groups involved in Islamic politics, "political Islamists." Do not use religious characterizations as shorthand when geographic, political, socioeconomic or other distinctions might be more accurate.
Avoid using terms such as "jihad" unless you are certain of their precise meaning and include the context when they are used in quotations. The basic meaning of "jihad" is to exert oneself for the good of Islam and to better oneself.
Consult the Library of Congress guide for transliteration of Arabic names and Muslim or Arab words to the Roman alphabet. Use spellings preferred by the American Muslim Council, including "Muhammad," "Quran," and "Makkah ," not "Mecca."
Regularly seek out a variety of perspectives for your opinion pieces. Check your coverage against the five Maynard Institute for Journalism Education fault lines of race and ethnicity, class, geography, gender and generation.
Ask men and women from within targeted communities to review your coverage and make suggestions.
Cover the victims of harassment, murder and other hate crimes as thoroughly as you cover the victims of overt terrorist attacks. source:https://www.spj.org/divguidelines.asp

THE NTEB TRANSLATION OF THE SPJ GUIDELINES: Whitewash everything that is true about the murderous intents of the Qu'ran, and disassociate every connection between Islamic terrorist events like Paris and San Bernardino and even when calling it "terrorism" never use the word "Islamic" in the same sentence. By doing this you will greatly assist Dear Leader Barack in his question to nurture and support Islam as they continue to lay the framework for Sharia Law in America.
 

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