Nowhere in the first amendment does it say "must be factual", facts and their appended media rhetoric tend to be in the eye of the beholder. Unless you personally broaden your scope to more than just what one group tells you, you'll be bias. Unfortunately the US society is so dumb, they will believe what they hear immediately and never research a piece of the story. And usually if you do research it and try to express an opinion you'll face a barrage of misinformed individuals claiming to know the 'facts' on the matter. The problem is that media is a 'for profit' industry and they will do whatever is necessary to turn a dime, especially now. It is a propaganda war out there between 'liberal' and 'conservative' crews.

But I digress, the media has lied since the dawn of time. Just look up 'reports' on the Lusitania and how there was 'no warning' and it was 'just carrying passengers'. This isn't a new thing to lie in the media. The first amendment has allowed politicians to lie for years. It is so bad now people actually expect that they will not carry out what they promise during their campaign. That is sad.

What I find funny is now "major media" sources use 'iReports' and the like to help build less than truthful story lines. Because hey, CNN or Fox isn't paying those people......

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