bgates, I’ve wondered the same thing. If the media can be so wrong on housing, so wrong on stock market reporting (linking 2 unrelated events and implying causality), then how can I trust them on political reporting?
My brother says the media is hopelessly biased due to the views held by the owner of that media. Most media owners, and most Americans support Israel and Israel’s view.
Did anyone notice the german magazine Spiegel interviewed Iran’s president? Did a US media ever do this? If not, how can we expect to know anything about Iran? Second hand reporting about Iran is less accurate, as we all know. Bush telling us that Iran wants nuclear weapons could be self serving, to rally us behind his next war (which he desperately wants), and is like David Lereah telling us that now is a good time to buy houses.
Do you think NPR is any better? They seem to be independent and do their own coverage.
