Everyday, we received a plenty of information from a variety of media channels , such as,TV,radio,newspaper, etc.

We are so overwhelming by these large number of information that cannot distinquish facts from fiction, or cannot assure ourselv es' opinions when we face the facts because of being confued by too many convinc ed opinions on these facts. So, I couldn't help asking how much the information we chould trust and how coul d we catch ourselves' standpoints so that avoiding be misled or used by ulterior motives of allegations and opinions. In my opinion,the faked information are most entertainment information. The info rmation providers make some faked information which are known the truth by publi c finally for attracting more concerns,or enhancing certain status.So,the faked information is not the big problem for us ,but the facts which are mixed with bi ased opinions and allegations are big problem. As we known, everyone is entitled for opinion and so do media organizations.Thes e organizations could express their opinions freely ,reasonable ,objectively and also could take a side on issues because of working for some groups or governme nts .In fact, through controlling media to manipulate people is kind of popular way and is proved to be effective by experiences.Indeed, we separate facts from opinions,rather than facts from fictions.That's really a more difficult work we have to do for seeking opinions ourselves' but not (the opinions) others give us . Meanwhile, there is a question that what kind of qualities should information pr oviders such as journalists have? I assume that are objective,resonable, emotion less and good at writing by succinct sentences for expressing the information ex actly and their opinions clearly. All in all, the benefit of getting the massive information the media presented i s obviously while the negative impact is apprently also.I don't doubt all the in formation and even be willing to believe ,but there is always a warning in my mi nd warn me don't be fooled by information.

Yes, they can Yes, I do believe that we trust the media to tell the truth. This, of course, depends on different sources of media. Some parts of the media repor t much better than others who prefer to give their own opinion on an issue or pu t a spin on it. Anyway, journalists take an oath to provide accurate reporting a nd we should trust them on that.

100% Truth - NO! I have been even more convinced of this during the last few day s. During the tragedy's we've seen this week (Boston/West), I have watched the m edia say things that were complete stretches and not backed up by anymore than 1 second/third-hand account. They were all in such a rush to get the news first, that the integrity of the information was compromised. This confirmed suspicions I had in the past with all of the liberal bias.

The media distorts the truth to make news more interesting. A newspaper with no readers, a television station with no watchers, a radio program with no listener s. These media providers are all in the business of making money. Without reader s, watchers and listeners, the media dies. In many cases, the media needs to mak e stories as interesting as possible to attract attention. The media can not be trusted to tell the truth.

NEW YORK (AP) -- More bad news for journalists: The percentage of people who bel ieve their work is inaccurate and biased continues to grow. Nearly two-thirds -- 63 percent -- of Americans surveyed by the Pew Research Cen ter for the People & the Press believe that news stories are often inaccurate. T hat's a flip from when Pew first asked that question in 1985, when 34 percent of respondents believed stories were frequently inaccurate. Pew also found that 74 percent of respondents believe stories tend to favor one side of an issue over another, up from 66 percent two years ago. Those trends tend to go hand in hand, said Andrew Kohut, the Pew center's direct or. "If people believe that news reports are often biased, they will say they're ina ccurate," he said. The slippage in attitudes toward the press primarily comes from Democrats. Repub licans have long been critical of the news media, and now Democrats are joining them. Most Democrats (59 percent) say that news reports are often inaccurate, co mpared with 43 percent two years ago, Pew said. Partisan attitudes toward cable news networks have hardened in the past two year s, just as many of their programs become more overtly partisan. Nearly three-quarters of Republicans surveyed (72 percent) view Fox News Channel positively, with 43 percent of Democrats feeling that way, Pew said. CNN had th e opposite results: 75 percent of Democrats view the network favorably, while 44 percent of Republicans do. MSNBC, which has become more overtly liberal in prim etime over the past year, has 60 percent approval from Democrats, with only 34 p ercent from Republicans. Television is the dominant news source, while over the past year the Internet ha s surpassed newspapers as a dominant news source for national and international news. Newspapers still have a significant advantage over the Internet as a local news source, Pew said. Seventy-eight percent of Republicans said the press was politically biased, comp ared with 50 percent of Democrats and 62 percent of independents, Pew said. In 1 985, less than half of Republicans, Democrats and independent believed the press was politically biased.

A majority of people who say they get most of their news from Fox News Channel s ay that the media is too critical of America (59 percent) and immoral (51 percen t), Pew said. Despite the negative attitudes, a majority of those surveyed said it would be an important loss if news outlets are shut down, because of the economy or other r easons. Oddly, though fewer young people cite TV news or newspapers as primary s ources, a higher percentage of them than of older respondents say it would be im portant if they were lost. Pew surveyed 1,506 adults by landline telephones and cell phones from July 22 to 26. The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Read more: http://www.askmen.com/money/money-news_100/106_can-the-media-be-trust ed.html#ixzz2UQ3HDy2s

People believe in the media. It is considered a way to obtain A"truthful" inform ation, unbiased, and unprejudiced. The media shapes political, social, and even moral viewpoints. So, it is unfortunate that the media is often very unfair in p resenting different religions and different cultures, especially those in the Mi ddle East. Have you ever heard the terms, "Arab Terrorist," "Islam vs. The West," or the ev er-popular "Islamic Fundamentalists?" I bet you can find many more examples of t his in the media. Let's clear up some of the misconceptions that the media often instills in many people about Muslims and/or Arabs. Often, the media classifies terrorists as Mus lims before it even mentions the crimes committed. This was made obvious in the World Trade Center bombing in New York. I think I heard the names "Muslim," "Ara b," "Islamic Fundamentalists" and "Arab Terrorist" more than I heard the word "c rime" mentioned. During the Oklahoma City bombing, the media reported (from reliable sources) tha t the bombing was most likely committed by Muslim or Arab Fundamentalists even b efore preliminary investigations were completed. This caused much prejudice in t his country. Many mosques (Islamic places of worship) were destroyed and many Ar abs were threatened. Later it was discovered that the perpetrators weren't Musli ms (or from the Middle East), but were part of an American organization. What do es being Muslim or Arab have to do with committing heinous crimes? Why does the media make it seem that Arabs or Muslims have a connection to crime or injustice ? In fact, most of the one billion Muslims worldwide are not even Arabs, which i s another point the media fails to make clear. Is this proper journalism? In addition, the term "fundamentalist" is used incorrectly. A religious fundamen talist is one who believes in the fundamental, orthodox principles of religion. So why are people who are crazy enough to commit heinous crimes such as bombings or killings considered religious fundamentalists, when they are actually doing the opposite of what religion guides them to do? Labeling killers or terrorists as religious fundamentalists implies that their very religion engenders violent hate and injustice. This is untrue.

As a Muslim, a follower of Islam, and a human being, I feel disheartened that th e media does such a poor job providing unbiased news. ?

Can we trust the media telling us the truth? The media, like any industry, is driven by profit making.This is often achieved by creating sensational and attention grabbing news at the price of exaggerating or distorting the truth behind the news stories. What do you think?

The Media' is not one thing. It is many many different organisations. Some are g ood, some are bad. Some try very hard to be objective. Some happily mislead the public.

I believe that the media can no longer be trusted to report the truth. The media decides how they want the story to be told and then manipulate the facts to rep ort it the way they want. They have lost all objectivity.