Is the media only giving to the public what they want us to hear? Many a christian friend over the years has suggested only an edited version, thanks to the mighty media magnate with the personal agenda, actually reaches the general public; and nothing much about Christianity.
A few years ago (Saturday November 22, 1997) the Daily Telegraph Sydney ran a story on how the CIA had come across a strange shape on Mt. Ararat, Turkey (1949 the first air photographs of the site we processed, then the story hidden away) that they subsequently called the "Ararat Anomoly"... which actually appears to be the remains of Noahs Ark.
Once only did this story appear in the DT and never again. It was like a blunder had been made in disclosing the news and was rectified with the following silence.
Noahs Ark if so found is a huge story with global social consequences. It confirms Gods Word as truth.
And the Iraq war... is that news doctored to suit a certain slant? Do we hear the full story? Some say no. What is the real story about Islam? Are we privy to its full global plan? Are we under threat here in Australia from radicals or is it nothing much of concern?
Does the media stand above us in order to control our thinking? Are they too powerful?

What is the truth?

Who knows the truth?.

I always believed that truth is what the majority believe. Social truth is designed to minimise the impact on society. Rome designed the truth for hundreds of years for their specific agenda. So did Egypt, So DOES the current Administration and all its minions. John Howard sits on the 6 o'clock news and gives you a dose of reality that suits his agenda. On and on it goes.

YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH! lol, couldn't help it. But honestly, you couldn't.

There's a million different variations on reality. It's just a case of you sifting through the BS and making a decision. Could society REALLY handle the reality of Aliens?...doubt it. How would that change us if it was a truth. WOuld we stay stabilized, or would it be 'the iceberg that sunk the unsinkable Titanic'?.

I believe 'religous science' (guess their agenda) chased down the Ararat story. It's up to you to find it.

Truth appears to be pretty subjective. For instance, Gibo, your truth appears to involve prophecies and demons.

For the rest of us, that's about as far from truth as you can get, so it doesn't really surprise me that you have issues with the media.

Has anyone else counted the number of obvious errors in news and
current affairs programs on subjects of which you have intimate knowledge ?

The number is truly worrying because of implication on the number of
errors in subjects of which you have only limited knowledge.

There is hardly a day goes by without being able to say that some
news comment is absolute rubbish.

I note two issues:

1. People should not rely upon the media for their information because the media are a commercial enterprise not some type of benevolent voluntary window to the world for people.

2. The media should realise that many if not most people rely upon them for an education about current events and should raise their ethical standards as 1 probably won't happen any time soon.

You won't read the truth until all media is independent of any political influence.

When the media does reveal a 'big' story, it is usually quickly followed by stories of sports 'heroes' or some feel-good tripe to entice the wandering mind away from the big picture..

Good enough for Joe Six-pack.

Speaking of Media and Israel..and the propoganda war...

YOU MUST SEE THIS :) it's a classic... stage war scenes.. dead bodies which suddenly reach up to their ears with their mobiles.. (thinking the camera is not watching.)

One incident..the Mohammad al Durra "killing" is said to have been a root trigger cause of the French riots.... yet.. we see in unpublished footage how he 'sneaks a peek' out from under his jacket when he is supposed to be dead !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fVZX-jKtMo&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XuuoyVKDs&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQxr_ET4G3o&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xKLssIYD8M&mode=related&search=

Lets not be sucked in by the machinations of dubious sources.

Even these reports..... have question marks :)

Boazy, you've demonstrated time and again that you wouldn't know factual and reliable evidence if you fell over it.

I agree that information derived from mass media should be regarded with scepticism until otherwise verified, but some of the drivel from YouTube and other websites, that seem to be your primary information sources, makes the tabloid media look positively authoritative.

Good old CJ :) at it again.. 'whackaboaz' or is it stick another pin in the little doll ?

Your curses arn't working..so give up.

I guess.. the credibility of your post can be summed up as follows:

"Thats why Prime ministers and presidents use that medium" :)

All information should be scrutinized. Agreed.

Tabloids authoritative ? how odd.

Have a nice afternoon.

CJ. I'll have you know that BD reads Watchtower and Readers Digest on a regular basis. So there!

Simple question. Simple answer : NO !

I BELEAVE THE MEDIA TELLS WHAT THEY BELEAVE IS THE TRUTH ,AND ONLY WHEN THEY WANT TOO, FOR EXAMPLE IF A COURT CASE IS RUNNING THEY SAY THEY CAN NOT REPORT ABOUT IT OR TALK ABOUT IT YET THEY DO SO I ONLY WISH THEY WOULD TAKE THE OPPOURTUNITY TO HELP THE FORGOTTEN ASTRALIANS, INS'NT ,THAT TRUTH ENOUGH FOR AUSTRALIA , EVEN THE SENATE HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN ABOUT, THE FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANS WAS IT ALL JUST TO BE SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET , , BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERMENT AND THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES , WHY IS THEIR NO INTENTION FROM ANY MEDIA PERSON ,OR POLITICIAN ,TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS ISSUE BEFORE THE ELECTION IS COMING UP , BECAUSE THE HAVE NOT GOT THE COUARAGE TO DO SO , IVE BEEN TRYING MY HARDEST TO GET REGONIZION FOR THE RAPES AND ABUSE AND SODIMISATION THAT I WENT THROUGH AND OF THOSE I SEEN SUFFER THE SAME THINGS , OUR STATES INSTITUTIONS WERE HAVENS FOR THESE PEDOPHILES AND THE GOVERMENT STILL WON'T ADMITT THE TRUTH SO IF THE MEDIA READS THIS GO FOR A STROLL FOR DARUK BOYS HOME , BRING THE FOCUS ON THE FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANS , AND IM NOT TALKING ABOUT ANTHING TO DO WITH ABORIGINIAL ,AS THEY WERE THE STOLEN GENERATION, THE FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANS ARE THOSE WHO WERE IN THE STATES RUN INSTITUTIONS , IN AUSTRALIA,