tinkerdorabelle
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- Mar 7, 2001
I agree with this to a point, but you can't even pretend to have an informed opinion, if all your news comes from one of the heavily slanted/propaganda channels. You have a very one sided view that has a good chance of not even being true. If you don't check out other sources, you don't know, if it's accurate or not. Trusting one heavily slanted source shows you're not really interested in the truth. You're interested in propaganda that fits your agenda. (FWIW, all my references to "you" is a general you. It's not meant to accuse you specifically. I have no idea where you get your news.)
Case in point, when FIL passed away two years ago, I got an up close & personal experience with people who obviously were incapable of thinking for themselves. There was a continuous flow of people visiting us at MIL's house. I sat there for hours hearing the exact same conversation. I'm not even kidding. The large majority of people who came had the same few talking points that they kept bringing up. It got to the point, that I was struggling not to laugh. How many times can you hear the exact same discussion, without finding it humorous? It was like I was experiencing groundhog day over & over. It was obvious they were all watching the same news channel. If your conversation topics exist solely from what you have heard from one of the "propaganda" channels in the past few days, you can't even pretend to have an informed & open mind. If you've gotten to the point that every discussion brings you back to pushing the agenda of your preferred news source, you really need to seek out other news sources, so you don't sound so clueless & lack all credibility.
This very sadly is my world. I have people in my family, particularly my DH's family, who right now are not speaking to us or at least giving us the cold shoulder bc we finally had to confront the hateful crazy propaganda they spew NONSTOP, which we did nicely, intelligently and with facts. But it didn't matter. We must stand up to it also bc I've known these people (and many others, ones I've gone to school, neighbors, etc.) that are saying things that I am in absolute shock that they actually believe. Honestly I sometimes feel hopeless bc of the power and influence that these stations have. Then you top that off with social media, FB, etc. and it is a really serious issue that affects our very democracy. And we've always had differing political views in the past, I've known them for over 20 years, and we got along fine. When we have these infotainment news stations and even people in higher places (I will not name names) putting out really out there propaganda, and these infotainment stations put them on 24 hours a day, that is a SERIOUS SERIOUS issue. Yes I think one is worse, but what you put on as news all day or leave off in some cases, can influence people also. I really believe they should all go off the air bc they are divisive and do not differentiate between when they are putting on news, and when they are conjecturing or putting on opinion talk. Some don't believe science, and for them even "academia" now is used as a bad word. I cannot believe these people I know that I cared for and I never knew to talk like that before, and now I just cannot be around bc of the crazy, hate and insanity they are fed and spew daily. It must end.
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