# The News Media Lies **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 20, 2006, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118 "2006-11-20T08:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BeachMountainQQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@BeachMountainQQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeachMountainQQ)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/1 "2006-11-20T08:05:30Z")
watch the news at 10:00 PM on one chanel then watch it at 11:00 PM on another chanel and they are totally diffrent even for the same story. Major facts changes and stuff like that not to mention the spin on if from the reporters opion ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/2 "2006-11-20T10:35:49Z")
I think you’re posting in the wrong forum (perhaps this belongs in the BBQ Pit) – but it would be nice if you gave an example or two. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/3 "2006-11-20T10:47:07Z")
An example? Our guest didn’t stay long enough to finish the last sentence! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/4 "2006-11-20T12:08:09Z")
Since there is no Question here, let’s put your rant in the Pit. Moved. **samclem** ---
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/5 "2006-11-20T13:39:37Z")
[QUOTE=BeachMountainQQ] watch the news at 10:00 PM on one chanel then watch it at 11:00 PM on another chanel and they are totally diffrent even for the same story. Major facts changes and stuff like that not to mention the spin on if from the reporters opion [/QUOTE] Does Coco know about this? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/6 "2006-11-20T13:42:22Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] An example? Our guest didn’t stay long enough to finish the last sentence! 🙂 [/QUOTE] His tin-hat slipped off at that particular moment, enabling the black helicopters to beam their mind control rays at him and stop him from typing. Luckily, he was still able to hit the submit button. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/7 "2006-11-20T13:43:47Z")
Is someone being mean to O.J. again? ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/8 "2006-11-20T13:46:16Z")
OP: What’s an “opion”? ---
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/9 "2006-11-20T14:19:03Z")
[QUOTE=Mayo Speaks!] OP: What’s an “opion”? [/QUOTE] It’s an opinion not worth a nickel. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/10 "2006-11-20T14:54:31Z")
[QUOTE=Mayo Speaks!] OP: What’s an “opion”? [/QUOTE] Opion, by L’Oreal… “Mass Media lies…but eternity is forever.” Video: _waves roll up on a beach_ Cut to a Heroine Addict with pretty face (who has never spent 2 seconds pregnant) frolicking with somebody else’s kids in the sand. Cut to male model decked out in this season’s styles yet bare-foot, spotlessly/sand-lessly lying in the middle of the beach and staring lustfully at the Heroine Addict (or the photographer behind her). “Opion…time passes as subtle as a vapor…Opion…” Now available at Macys. And during ‘gift days’, with your $149.95 purchase, recieve a luxury ‘drag yo Ho Ass back home bitch’ over-night bag by Le Gauche, perfect for re-gifting… ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/11 "2006-11-20T14:55:49Z")
The news media is the opion of the masses. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/12 "2006-11-20T15:02:22Z")
[QUOTE=Mellivora capensis] It’s an opinion not worth a nickel. [/QUOTE] Nice, very nice. Took me a few seconds, but perfect wordplay. At least that is my opion. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/13 "2006-11-20T15:40:43Z")
Wow, this guy makes **diggleblop** look like a neurosurgeon. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/14 "2006-11-20T15:41:42Z")
He’s the guy who has just advised people to Google their SSN. Brilliant. Not. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/15 "2006-11-20T16:17:23Z")
[QUOTE=Turek] His tin-hat slipped off at that particular moment, enabling the black helicopters to beam their mind control rays at him and stop him from typing. Luckily, he was still able to hit the submit button. [/QUOTE] Actually, research has shown that tinfoil hats tend to amplify radio signals in the UHF range, which is widely used by the military and government agencies. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/16 "2006-11-20T16:54:46Z")
When come back, bring opion. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/17 "2006-11-20T17:20:33Z")
**Wildfire** MM\*\*? Is that you? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/18 "2006-11-20T17:51:23Z")
C’mon, whatzamatta you guys? Sheriff Andy, Deputy Barney, Aunt Bea and Opion? ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/19 "2006-11-20T17:59:08Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] Opion, by L’Oreal… [/QUOTE] Huh. And here I thought we were talking about one chanel or another. The perfume ads are sure thick this time of year… ---
**Author:** ![Li\_l\_Pluck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee59a6/32.png) [@Li\_l\_Pluck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Li_l_Pluck)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118/20 "2006-11-20T20:19:05Z")
[QUOTE=Count Blucher] Opion, by L’Oreal… “Mass Media lies…but eternity is forever.” Video: _waves roll up on a beach_ Cut to a \*\*Heroine Addict with pretty face \*\* (who has never spent 2 seconds pregnant) frolicking with somebody else’s kids in the sand. Cut to male model decked out in this season’s styles yet bare-foot, spotlessly/sand-lessly lying in the middle of the beach and staring lustfully at the Heroine Addict ( **or the photographer behind her** ). **“Opion…time passes as subtle as a vapor…Opion…”** Now available at Macys. **And during ‘gift days’, with your $149.95 purchase, recieve a luxury ‘drag yo Ho Ass back home bitch’ over-night bag by Le Gauche, perfect for re-gifting..**. [/QUOTE] (Bolding mine.) **Count Blucher** , that was simply…priceless. This makes the whatever-the-fuck-I-paid cost for this thing \*\*totally \*\* worth it! Sick. You’re just sick! 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-news-media-lies/381118.md?page=2)