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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 40516" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: More on the Gibson storyI don&#039;t trust any single news source, they all have their biases and blatant omissions.&nbsp; TV news is compromised by format to favor good visuals over actual news, and no more than 2 or three stories at a time. Radio is good for game scores and maybe one news story a day.&nbsp; There is a lot more going on EVERY day, that doesn&#039;t filter down to neat TV news items. I used to read three daily newspapers, but have whittled that down to one, after determining the bias of the one I read so I can apply windage. I was excited when the 24 hour cable news programs started thinking we would get more news, instead we get a small handful of stories, over and over and over ad nauseum.&nbsp; And whats worse most of the news organizations seem to syncronize on the same few stories. They clearly watch each other.&nbsp; No one source is completely adequate or comprehensive, and many single sources will lead you astray, even thought they do have their enthusiastic audiences. Triangulating from multiple sources is always good.&nbsp; Like Ivan&#039;s joke about test equipment, with one meter you know what the voltage is with two meters you never know which one is right...&nbsp; but with news sources you know they are all incomplete, so you must form your own opinion from all the evidence you can find. JR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 40516, member: 126"] Re: More on the Gibson story I don't trust any single news source, they all have their biases and blatant omissions. TV news is compromised by format to favor good visuals over actual news, and no more than 2 or three stories at a time. Radio is good for game scores and maybe one news story a day. There is a lot more going on EVERY day, that doesn't filter down to neat TV news items. I used to read three daily newspapers, but have whittled that down to one, after determining the bias of the one I read so I can apply windage. I was excited when the 24 hour cable news programs started thinking we would get more news, instead we get a small handful of stories, over and over and over ad nauseum. And whats worse most of the news organizations seem to syncronize on the same few stories. They clearly watch each other. No one source is completely adequate or comprehensive, and many single sources will lead you astray, even thought they do have their enthusiastic audiences. Triangulating from multiple sources is always good. Like Ivan's joke about test equipment, with one meter you know what the voltage is with two meters you never know which one is right... but with news sources you know they are all incomplete, so you must form your own opinion from all the evidence you can find. JR [/QUOTE]

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