Do you believe in our press to bring us the factual news or has journalism slipped into a different plane entirely?

I'm a Public Affairs Officer and I don't trust/believe the media. Media is business and spins what they need to for their benefit.

I've answered this question countless times without being asked. Asking it opens you to a long explanation. However, I think I'll cut to the chase this time. Hell, no

Unless you grew up under a rock.... In the '70s, the accuracy of major newspapers and the big 3 TV types was pegged at 14-17% through various studies. The WSJ typically had a higher rating primarily due to the specific topics (business, financial, market, some technology) emphasis. The Vietnam War drove a lot of the change from the '60s. Much of what took it down so low related to what was not being presented. In other words, cherry picking. So my guesstimate with today's heavily biased lens and the rise of "fake news" aka propaganda prominence, the accuracy percentage is likely half or 7%. It's nearing the point where the only factual is "something happened yesterday". The actual "what" is heavily tailored, hence making the "why" an open canvas for ideological pontificating.

If you take a look at the uber types pushing PC stuff, it's all about control of you. It's exactly the Maoist Cultural crap that stomped over people for decades, just repackaged for American, European, or whatever consumption. Think about it. You express an opinion (free speech). Rather than discussed, you're a criminal who improperly caused someone to run off to their safe room on the college campus. You can only redeem yourself by self punishment. All out of Chairman Mao's textbook. Seriously.

First step to recovery? Like AA, acknowledge the problem. Call it what it is. Radical Islamic Terrorism and not workplace violence. Propaganda not fake news. Immigration refusal to assimilate not "we're unwelcoming". Since there's such a gap in defining the "it", I don't expect any productive progress any time soon. That's why I don't spend much time on the next step which would be the defining actual negative impacts. People tend to jump to number 2, decide a broad based number 1 is the problem, and then targets a wider population improperly for their scorn. Signed, Disabled Retired Vet Deplorable. Label, label, label. We must get away from labels.