>  -=> On 06-19-19  16:02,  Bob Ackley <=-
>  -=> spoke to Mike Powell about Biden <=-
> 
>  BA> My point - which I didn't get to post because the librarian 
wanted to 
>  BA> close up and go home - was that the US "news" media is totally 
>  BA> untrustworthy, and hasn't been for about twenty years.  Some may 
be 
>  BA> more reliable than others, but NONE of them are absolutely 
reliable.
>  BA> AFAIC they're all lying
> 
> I do not believe that of the various local news stations.

You're free to do that.  I don't and can't watch broadcast television - 
I quit watching the thing over 35 years ago and didn't buy one of those 
converters when they changed the broadcast television band.

  I also do not
> believe that of most of the network and cable news stations, but will
> readily admit that they each have their own personal bias in what they
> choose to report and what they editorize about.

CNN is HEAVILY slanted toward the left wing, both in what it covers and 
hot CNN covers it.  Fox is somewhat biased toward the right wing but, 
unlike CNN< does present opposing views.  I've watched both and IMO Fox 
is the more reliable of the two (I've not watched any other than those 
two); but I don't claim it is absolutely reliable, just more reliable 
than CNN.

  It is a bit scary that
> Trump's main source of the world and US news seems to be Fox News who 
is
> very selective in what they choose to report and how they tend to 
slant
> it.

CNN does exactly the same thing and to a much greater degree, except 
the slant is to the left wing.
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