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pizzaparty · 4612 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why I Called George Zimmerman a Murderer, and Why I Was Wrong
"newzertainment", I have never heard that term before. It pretty well sums it up, doesn't it? They get away with it until the story is about something you're an expert in. Then their flaws become glaringly evident. What is the solution to our shitty media coverage?
I think the solution is just to work a little harder to be informed instead of sitting on our asses. Instead of just sitting on the couch and taking what CNN (or god forbid Fox News or MSNBC) are shoveling us, we should go online and research any story we are interested in from a variety of sources. Take a patchwork of sources to arrive at a better understanding. It's especially important to reference non-profit media organizations as well as prominent bloggers, investigative reporters, and just average citizen reporters using social (and other) media.
Your understanding of an issue will always be a function of how much effort you expend studying it.