RE: My Response To John Oliver's Attack On EOS & His Hypocrisy. Plus A Comment on Misrepresentation of Reality By TV Shows.
You wrote: "it's not until they focus onto a subject that you yourself know about in depth, that you realise just how biased and wrong they often are."
Yes yes and yes!! And not just TV but corporate media in general. First time we experienced this personally first-hand was over 30 years ago when we came out for Greenham Common "Arms Around the Base"; an unforgettable (rich amazing; people from all walks of life), multi-generational outpouring of humanity for humanity. Our two daughters were just emerging from childhood into teen. They were so excited to stop at the service station on the way home and "see us all" in the big newspapers. It was shocking how every newspaper spun a bias to make the turnout seem totally fringe, a little bunch of weird people that don't represent 'society'. The best thing about that affront was that it was monumental for our young daughters; such disingenuous reporting alerted them to the inherent bias in mainstream media early in life; a media vested in some status quo/monied agenda that proactively works to dissuade the populace away from anything that might undermine business as usual.
Absolutely, yes - in those days before the internet it was far worse than it is now in some ways. Back then police could be used to brutalise large numbers of people who dissented with little or no evidence being recorded that it had occurred. Many terrible evils are completely unrecorded in the human story. While I accept there are major problems with our reliance on technology, it fills some gaps for now which must be filled as a matter of survival as we pull ourselves back together as on into wholeness.