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cui bono

(19,926 posts) Sat Jul 19, 2014, 05:03 AM Jul 2014

Which cable news network do you trust?

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	CNN
	2 (100%)
	Fox
	0 (0%)
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Which cable news network do you trust? (Original Post) cui bono Jul 2014 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jul 2014 #1

=) cui bono Jul 2014 #4

You could list all of the media Sherman A1 Jul 2014 #2

That's kind of my point. cui bono Jul 2014 #3

+1 NaturalHigh Jul 2014 #10

VH1 In_The_Wind Jul 2014 #5

I don't think you should ever trust a red hot penis. cui bono Jul 2014 #6

Just like the weather, they seem to have a mind of their own. In_The_Wind Jul 2014 #7

None BainsBane Jul 2014 #8

You got that right. AlinPA Jul 2014 #27

Neither. NaturalHigh Jul 2014 #9

If I had to choose between the two davidpdx Jul 2014 #11

NUN Roy Serohz Jul 2014 #12

I don't watch cable news. Kaleva Jul 2014 #13

+1 n/t shanti Jul 2014 #28

Why stop at cable news? doxydad Jul 2014 #14

Comedy Central safeinOhio Jul 2014 #15

That was my first thought as well. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #17

If there was a national emergency CNN, ABC, NBC for facts. never fox Sunlei Jul 2014 #16

NOTA. nt bemildred Jul 2014 #18

I don't have cable TV. NutmegYankee Jul 2014 #19

None of them. nt LWolf Jul 2014 #20

No option for "I don't watch TV news"? Spider Jerusalem Jul 2014 #21

There was no option for "I don't trust politicians" in the other poll this is modeled on. cui bono Jul 2014 #23

I trust Fox News tavernier Jul 2014 #22

CNN is a real news network, peppered with some propaganda. conservaphobe Jul 2014 #24

Like their endless coverage of the missing Malaysian airplane? cui bono Jul 2014 #25

Well, the world is quickly losing its gradient. conservaphobe Jul 2014 #29

I don't trust Fox, CNN or MSNBC.Their "reporters" are a joke. CNBC is nearly as bad, but the numbers AlinPA Jul 2014 #26

Not either of fredamae Jul 2014 #30

Response to cui bono (Original post)

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cui bono

(19,926 posts)

4. =)

Reply to 1000words (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 05:39 AM

Jul 2014

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

2. You could list all of the media

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 05:25 AM

Jul 2014

not just cable news and I would still have to say "none of the above".

I take everything with a grain of salt.

cui bono

(19,926 posts)

3. That's kind of my point.

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 05:31 AM

Jul 2014

The question of which president we trusted was posed in another OP and only gave two choices, neither of which I could really say I trusted. It was a false choice, a bad poll and completely ridiculous.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)

10. +1

Reply to cui bono (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 05:58 AM

Jul 2014

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

5. VH1

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 05:41 AM

Jul 2014

(

I do know VH1 is not a news channel)

cui bono

(19,926 posts)

6. I don't think you should ever trust a red hot penis.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 05:43 AM

Jul 2014

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

7. Just like the weather, they seem to have a mind of their own.

Reply to cui bono (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 05:45 AM

Jul 2014

BainsBane

(53,012 posts)

8. None

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 05:50 AM

Jul 2014

It's all crap. Cable isn't news. It's entertainment. One should not mistake it for news.

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)

27. You got that right.

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #8)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 01:40 PM

Jul 2014

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)

9. Neither.

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 05:57 AM

Jul 2014

I mean, come on now.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)

11. If I had to choose between the two

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 06:33 AM

Jul 2014

I guess I'd go with my left nut.

Roy Serohz

(236 posts)

12. NUN

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 06:42 AM

Jul 2014

And I'm not talking about Catholic women in habits.

Kaleva

(36,245 posts)

13. I don't watch cable news.

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 06:48 AM

Jul 2014

shanti

(21,675 posts)

28. +1 n/t

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #13)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 01:42 PM

Jul 2014

doxydad

(1,363 posts)

14. Why stop at cable news?

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 06:52 AM

Jul 2014

They're all a pack of fucking LIARS, with overt political slanting,outright bullshuitting and non-news...but it IS 24 hours a drone...uh...day...

safeinOhio

(32,635 posts)

15. Comedy Central

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 07:50 AM

Jul 2014

the only real news

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

17. That was my first thought as well.

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #15)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 08:22 AM

Jul 2014

They're off base far less often than most of the supposed 'News' networks.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

16. If there was a national emergency CNN, ABC, NBC for facts. never fox

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 08:17 AM

Jul 2014

fox is just another republican RW political tabloid

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

18. NOTA. nt

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 09:57 AM

Jul 2014

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)

19. I don't have cable TV.

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 09:58 AM

Jul 2014

LWolf

(46,179 posts)

20. None of them. nt

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 10:20 AM

Jul 2014

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

21. No option for "I don't watch TV news"?

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 10:22 AM

Jul 2014

cui bono

(19,926 posts)

23. There was no option for "I don't trust politicians" in the other poll this is modeled on.

Reply to Spider Jerusalem (Reply #21)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 01:26 PM

Jul 2014

tavernier

(12,368 posts)

22. I trust Fox News

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 10:38 AM

Jul 2014

to deliver heaps of shit daily, served on a silver platter by some brainless bimbo.

I trust msnbc to fire Keith O. but keep Joe Scar.

I trust CNN to be fairly honest in the reporting of the weather.

😄

conservaphobe

(1,284 posts)

24. CNN is a real news network, peppered with some propaganda.

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 01:32 PM

Jul 2014

FOX is 24/7 propaganda.

I trust CNN to report on the big international events.

cui bono

(19,926 posts)

25. Like their endless coverage of the missing Malaysian airplane?

Reply to conservaphobe (Reply #24)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 01:36 PM

Jul 2014

That was laughable.

But yes, there is a difference, but neither is one I would ever be able to say a simple "I trust them" without a caveat. That would mean I do not distrust them and I place my faith in them to do their jobs correctly even without my scrutiny. And I would never say that about my president, which is what the poll this is modeled after did. Anyone who can just say I trust my president without any caveat is a blind follower who does not understand how democracy actually works.

The other poll was a choice of did we trust Obama or Putin. That is a completely false choice to begin with and a very dangerous way of thinking.

conservaphobe

(1,284 posts)

29. Well, the world is quickly losing its gradient.

Reply to cui bono (Reply #25)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 01:48 PM

Jul 2014

Everything is becoming black/white, right/wrong, left/right, trust/don't trust...

Even the people who aren't that stupid get dragged into fighting over those false dichotomies.

We're all becoming caricatures of where we fall on the political spectrum.

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)

26. I don't trust Fox, CNN or MSNBC.Their "reporters" are a joke. CNBC is nearly as bad, but the numbers

Reply to conservaphobe (Reply #24)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 01:39 PM

Jul 2014

they show (stock prices, etc) are usually accurate.

fredamae

(4,458 posts)

30. Not either of

Reply to cui bono (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 01:56 PM

Jul 2014

Nor do I trust any that are not on your list....
They all, basically tell us the same oft times speculative, fact challenged (sans backstory) "stories" using different people with different styles.....Little to learn...just too much to argue about...keeping us divided...
There are few highlights to be garnered these days...but then, I was lucky to grow up with authentic journalists like Cronkite, Murrow, Huntley, Brinkley etc

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