Quote Originally Posted by spaldy View Post
You might be better served assuming everything you are told by media and journalists is a lie until proven otherwise. Especially n the case where they are paid by the people they are writing about. The conflict of interest and ethics is long gone

You might also wish to witness with your own eyes. In Indy we were told about peaceful protests. When during downtown 2 days later an entire block was burnt out. Obviously the journalist was told what to report. That’s not brainwashing. That’s seeing with your own eyes

It’s also common sense that news and media should not be funded by governments. You don’t bite th hand that feeds you
I'm a "healthy sceptic" when it comes to news broadcasters and printed media in particular, but at least there is a means of establishing the veracity by using various published sources, instead of the more "popular" approach which essentially boils down to anyone with a camera phone is able to post what they film without any oversight, fact-checking or verification, yet gullible fools swallow it all simply because the "author" isn't from Fox, or NBC, or CNN, or BBC (which by the way, just FYI, is NOT funded by the government, I and millions of others fund it via the license fee and it generates its own commercial income, all without advertising in the UK).

And you have the bare-faced cheek to suggest that folks "witness with your own eyes" having spouted the nonsensical drivel about life here in the UK, when you haven't even visited this place.