How much do you trust the media in your country?

[noname223]

Germany

One of the biggest mistakes from German media is to take US broadcast stations as respectable sources for their reporting. NBC, MSNBC, CNN. There are pundits that just copy these talking points. The analysis of US politics is often very superficial. Usually it is better to read American sources. Certain newspapers or newsmagazines.

I think German media is in general stronger in how they report about wealth disparity and the connection between extreme wealth accumulation and fasicsm/ring-wing extreme ideology.

In general I think in the media landscape in Germany is healthier than in some other countries. But there is a lot of pro-Israel propaganda. And it is almost impossible to escape that. The interesting thing is in elite circles and journals they are even more in favor of Israel. This lesson baffled me. But the Springer Company (the one that bought Politico) commits their staff to be in favor of Israel which is insane. The publicly funded broadcast is probably still better than the counterpart from UK/the US. The aforementioned are too obsessed with the two side approach.

 

[jw_sisyphus97]

As someone living in the US, you really hit the nail on the head with that two sides critique. Trust isn't even the right word for how I look at our media. Its more about how the whole system is fundamentally built to flatten nuance. Dealing with historical research every day, it's incredibly frusterating to watch complex issues get stripped of all context and turned into a commodified spectacle. Mainstream media here doesn't exist to encourage critical thought. It just monetizes people's anxiety. It's hard to place trust in an industry that just acts like anesthesia.