Should we believe the news channels?

A few minutes ago, I was watching a news channel. On it, they came out with the phrase "Lancashire in Rochdale" then a little later "the temperature went down from minus 7C to minus 5C.

Both of those statements are, as most will know, incorrect. Rochdale is not even in Lancashire, and a temperature change from -7C to -5C is a rise.

Which made me think. These are relatively simple things to get wrong. So should we believe what they say in regards to more complicated issues?

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I thought Rochdale was in Lancashire - isn't where 'our Gracie' found the biggest aspidistra in the world ?

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A difficult one FB we can rarely be 100% sure of anything we are told unless we know it to be true for certain ourselves.

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Surely the news channels could be sued for lies?

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When Gracie found her aspidistra, it was...but since the '70's, its been in Greater Manchester. Not only that, Lancashire has never been in Rochdale.

Will admit, I did find it funny...

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If only. But just take a look at the newspapers. I think a huge amount of news reporting should be taken with a pinch of salt and a lot of common sense as there is so much propaganda about.

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They would only issue an apology, then the whole thing woul be forgotten.

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I do think though that they should tell some semblance of truth, in an unbiased manner.

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Shhh! Propaganda only existed in Nazi Germany, not the UK....

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There is a vast difference between a simple mistake and the harm done by deliberate bias and "manipulating" the truth.