All the 'news' that's unfit

Personally I think they are as bad as each other, with different national traits adding only further unsavoury local twists, but here's an interesting transatlantic discussion of our media options:

Look across the pond for a lesson in listening to the people

To be sure, it resonates with its description of a political and media elite here who seem to think they know better than the people. Not being supported greatly by recent elections, I mght add.

Just one, small, wafer-thin correction...

The media's addiction to controversy can seriously damage your health

to

The media's addiction to controversy is seriously damaging everything

There, now that's more like it.

So little rare..

'Do you trust the media?'

What an extraordinary question. And in trying to answer it you seem to have ended up, with more than a slight personal bias in hot water... and with some justification.

Falling into the same potential trap of rampant generalities myself, for such a complex issue might I ask:

Which media?

Trust it to do/say what?

FWIW, if we're talking about any medium with a hint of an editorial agenda, and/or desire to drive ratings, I wouldn't trust any, any more, to report the accurate colours of black or white. At least, without not first getting at least half a dozen other sources in support first.

Whether that is down to bias or simply sloppy journalism is another issue, but these days I'd put such as the BBC and the Guardian pretty low on my totems for trust on objective accuracy or acceptably clear subjectivity by any measure of media value.

I used to trust a lot more... a lot more. That has now been erased by too many 'lessons learned', 'being looked ats' and other such trite, insincere mea culpas when truth went out the window to serve another master. And got caught out.

Glad you asked?

That darn electorate again

'Listening' politicians are a menace

'If a politician does what I want and not what is best, that is not what I pay my taxes for'

To use a common political and media practice and take just one thing out of context, I just have to say, to this above at least... say what?

Who is it you think knows, and can be trusted to know 'best'.