Critical Thinker
Senior Member.
One of the most recurrent themes I see coming from conspiracy theorists, is to attack the 'mainstream media' (a.k.a.... MSM). Usually they refer their audience to alternative media websites (ie,, Infowars) and sources which they contend are more trustworthy than the 'corporate controlled MSM'.
Let's have a space where we can compare the relative merits of the mainstream media versus those websites most often cited as 'good sources' by the CT folk.
I believe that the mainstream media (with the exception of FOX) will issue a correction of a story that was later found to be incorrect. (It is my observation that) On the alternative media sites there are far far far more inaccuracies to be found (and that are never retracted) than we find in the mainstream media. It is my contention that the smearing of the mainstream media is deliberate in order to 'Poison the Well', so that it seems no more reliable than those conspiracy propagation sources.
This is an opportunity to justify the accusations of lying and cite examples (WITH LINKS) of instances where either the mainstream media or the alternative media have posted a story that turned out to be incorrect and failed to issue a correction.
I would like this thread to stick to evidence to support your views, not just another back and forth of people's opinions.
Let's have a space where we can compare the relative merits of the mainstream media versus those websites most often cited as 'good sources' by the CT folk.
I believe that the mainstream media (with the exception of FOX) will issue a correction of a story that was later found to be incorrect. (It is my observation that) On the alternative media sites there are far far far more inaccuracies to be found (and that are never retracted) than we find in the mainstream media. It is my contention that the smearing of the mainstream media is deliberate in order to 'Poison the Well', so that it seems no more reliable than those conspiracy propagation sources.
This is an opportunity to justify the accusations of lying and cite examples (WITH LINKS) of instances where either the mainstream media or the alternative media have posted a story that turned out to be incorrect and failed to issue a correction.
I would like this thread to stick to evidence to support your views, not just another back and forth of people's opinions.
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