I get involved in political discussion all the time, and I see people from both sides complaining about the media and the leanings of particular networks. I see it every day, really...literally, and from both sides.
But here's the catch...all television news networks lean the same way except for one. So, the one single voice of opposition gets much more negative remarks made than the rest combined.
If you pay any attention, you know which one I'm talking about. The thing is, when people take the time to look up facts and compare them to what has been reported by the different media outlets, they find that all of them twist stories to fit their agendas, but only ONE news outlet presents the most fact based information. This fact based information is heavily surrounded by opinion, yes, but it is still based in factual information. The rest of them make up stuff as they go, no matter what the facts are. Many will fully engage in bold faced lies and expect the people to believe it. Sadly, many people will believe those lies without ever actually looking into the truth for themselves. In many cases, the news outlets completely neglect to report on major stories because it does not fit their agendas. Case and point: Benghazi. Only one news outlet reported this story for months, and they reported FACTS. The rest ignored the story until the government was forced to start answering questions (which they have only begun to do).
Those "followers" as you called them, that are on the side of the majority of the networks are hardly more tolerant, considering they cannot tolerate a child practicing his religious freedom (which is guaranteed in the Constitution) at school, and they believe in freedom of speech only in the case of their own speech and those who agree with them. Those of us who disagree are immediately given labels of hatred.
I, for one, think journalism is dying in this country. Every news agency in the United States, whether on network or cable television, or in newspaper print, or on the internet, are owned by six corporations. Those corporations are connected to government officials. Look it up.
These people control the information you are given, and they give you only what they want you to know, or at least what they want you to think. Research for yourself, and stay away from the websites like huffpo. Those sites are nothing but opinions wrapped around partial stories. Very little factual information is presented because they want you to agree with them.
One last thing...there is a very good reason that the one lonely news outlet that represents the "other side" of politics has the highest ratings of any of the others. It's because they tell a story that is closer to the truth. It's not the whole truth, but it is a lot closer to the truth than what the others report.
