Why do I have to read foreign papers to find out Bush is putting pressure on China??

The liberal media in this country has not mentioned Bush proposing tariffs on Chinese goods. Guess His doing something positive upsets their attack plans.

Why do I have to read foreign papers to find out Bush is putting pressure on China??
It is just good common sense to read as widely as one can, talk to as many people (in the silent majority, not the activist) as one can to assess for oneself of any political and economic events. As one of the answerer stated, the media ownership is very concentrated in the US. Thank goodness, there is internet. We just have to think for ourselves.


Just think of it this way, there is much less censorship here than in China!
Reply:The American ego is at stake and that's what matters to liberals.
Reply:OUR PAPERS CARER ONLY TO THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR
Reply:Girl, the media is crazy alltogether. :)
Reply:One major problem is that a substantial amount of media in the U.S. is owned by one of six conglomerates. These massive corporations, including GE (owns NBC) and Disney (owns ABC), own multitudes of newspapers, radio stations, tv stations, magazines and other things. Rather than have many smaller companies working hard to put out the best news they can and compete against each other, you've got these bad boys cutting corners, pulling real news for soft news, entertainment or even shameless plugs, etc.





Another problem, in my opinion, is that some media doesn't lend itself as well to news as others. Print and online outlets are fantastic for news simply because you have more room to work and readers can simply re-read a story for clarity. Radio has shorter deadlines and can only be heard once, but it's not a bad way to go since there are no videos or images to use. TV is, again my opinion, the worst since it too has time constraints, and uses videos/images, which can be relied upon instead of quality of news. You've also got the 24/7 news which find all sorts of soft news/entertainment/garbage to fill up their schedule simply because its cheap, they can't find enough real stuff and there may not be enough.





I live on Long Island, and I enjoy perusing Newsday online, but I'll also surf over to BBC.co.uk. If I want to know what everyone is talking about, or if something ridiculously huge occurs, I'll scan CNN's web site, but there's so much crap and biased politics that I find its not worth it.





I would also recommend the NY Times, although I don't often read it for whatever reason.