DOES THE NEWS MEDIA INTENTIONALLY EXXAGERATE? [+] serious ballot by patch22us ACTIVE Thu Mar 13, 08 - Sun Mar 23, 08 I used to go to this news summary website a few times a day. What I noticed was that the headlines on that summary site, were alarmist. Almost sensational. When I would then read the "real" news story, it was never as bad as the screaming headline on the news summary site. Today, I saw this article: "Retail sales plunge by 0.6 percent" WASHINGTON - Consumers, battered by plunging home prices and a credit crunch, stayed away from the malls in February, pushing retail sales down by a larger-than-expected amount. It was another worrisome sign that the country could be falling into a recession. 0.6 percent and they use the word plunge? Not even 1 percent. 6/10ths of a percent is plunging? I stopped going to that news summary site and I noticed that I am not as stressed out. Does the "news" media exxagerate and create problems and crisises that actually don't really exist? Yes, the News Media is Sensational and Irrational No, the News Meida is Without Question Dramatic Effects SORRY, THIS POLL IS NOW CLOSED. Ballot #124039 : Voting Finished : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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