The Dems are just mailing it in while counting on the MSM to keep them on track. 

CNN & MSNBC are simply a 24/7 infomercial for the Dems, whereas Fox is the same for the GOP.  I personally wish CNN was more neutral and would offer a broader focus on global events as they initially did when they first started broadcasting.

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The Dems are just mailing it in while counting on the MSM to keep them on track. 

CNN & MSNBC are simply a 24/7 infomercial for the Dems, whereas Fox is the same for the GOP.  I personally wish CNN was more neutral and would offer a broader focus on global events as they initially did when they first started broadcasting.

Completely agree. I don’t watch Fox any longer because they’ve gotten so bad. They used to be a voice in the wilderness but now they’re as unabashed as the other side. 

I was really hoping CNN would follow through on their pledge to rebrand back to their old days when they fired Jeff Zucker. CNN has worldwide brand recognition. It’s a shame they continue to squander it for partisanship.

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CNN & MSNBC are simply a 24/7 infomercial for the Dems, whereas Fox is the same for the GOP.  I personally wish CNN was more neutral and would offer a broader focus on global events as they initially did when they first started broadcasting.

Completely agree. I don’t watch Fox any longer because they’ve gotten so bad. They used to be a voice in the wilderness but now they’re as unabashed as the other side. 

I was really hoping CNN would follow through on their pledge to rebrand back to their old days when they fired Jeff Zucker. CNN has worldwide brand recognition. It’s a shame they continue to squander it for partisanship.

The majority of people in "journalism" are left leaning which is fine, I don't care what your politics are if you report fairly, but left leaning now requires activism while subscribing to the philosophy that the ends justify the means to be a part of the club.  It apparently didn't back in the day even though they were predominantly still left leaning philosophically.  The media essentially has a deep state just like government does, where the majority of people who choose non-elected government as a career are also left leaning.   #resist baby! 

You can dislike Fox for doing the same thing in the other direction, but they are still miles better and more fair than the other side or at least have been over the years.  And let's make sure we're not conflating opinion shows with actual news reporting.  I've seen enough headlines on CNN through the years that are written through the lens of a leftist.  I don't have nearly as many examples of such happening at Fox.  That said, I don't watch cable or network news much anymore anyway and haven't in some time so my analysis of Fox's recent behavior if it has changed may be off.

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CNN & MSNBC are simply a 24/7 infomercial for the Dems, whereas Fox is the same for the GOP.  I personally wish CNN was more neutral and would offer a broader focus on global events as they initially did when they first started broadcasting.

Completely agree. I don’t watch Fox any longer because they’ve gotten so bad. They used to be a voice in the wilderness but now they’re as unabashed as the other side. 

I was really hoping CNN would follow through on their pledge to rebrand back to their old days when they fired Jeff Zucker. CNN has worldwide brand recognition. It’s a shame they continue to squander it for partisanship.

We waste time quibbling about sides. The sooner you realize that MSM is representing the side of the elites and nothing else, it will make sense for you. Unless your news station is pointing out political corruption, showing where the money is headed, and breaking down how legislation is affecting major corporations, you're just being fed a different type of bias meant to distract you.

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CNN & MSNBC are simply a 24/7 infomercial for the Dems, whereas Fox is the same for the GOP.  I personally wish CNN was more neutral and would offer a broader focus on global events as they initially did when they first started broadcasting.

Completely agree. I don’t watch Fox any longer because they’ve gotten so bad. They used to be a voice in the wilderness but now they’re as unabashed as the other side. 

I was really hoping CNN would follow through on their pledge to rebrand back to their old days when they fired Jeff Zucker. CNN has worldwide brand recognition. It’s a shame they continue to squander it for partisanship.

Twitter and Instagram are the same.

So many people are posting links to tweets or instagram posts believing they're telling the truth. 

Gotta get off social media if you're using it to get your political information.

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Meh... I like watching FOX programming.  During the day I stick to FOX Business which is a mix of politics and money (stock market).  Yes it does lean right, but they do tend to have guests on from both sides.  In the afternoons I like to watch The Five which is an opinion show, but again they have one person on the panel from the left.  Later in the evening I like watching Jessie Waters, not so much for news, but it is entertaining.  In between you have Special Report with Brett Baier who is balanced and it is pretty much straight news.  I don't watch him as much, but he does do a segment called "common ground" where he has a Republican and a democrat on that agree on certain matters.  After his show you have Laura Ingraham who I really don't care for a whole lot.  I very rarely if ever watch her show.  The same with after Jessie Waters you have Sean Hannity who like Laura Ingraham, I don't really care for a whole lot and very rarely ever watch any of his show.  By that time anyway I am usually headed for bed.

On occasion I'll flip over to CNN or NBC (doesn't matter if it's CNBC, MSNBC, NBC, etc.) to see what kind of blather they have going on.  It's always so bad that I really can't stand a whole lot of it.

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Completely agree. I don’t watch Fox any longer because they’ve gotten so bad. They used to be a voice in the wilderness but now they’re as unabashed as the other side. 

I was really hoping CNN would follow through on their pledge to rebrand back to their old days when they fired Jeff Zucker. CNN has worldwide brand recognition. It’s a shame they continue to squander it for partisanship.

Twitter and Instagram are the same.

So many people are posting links to tweets or instagram posts believing they're telling the truth. 

Gotta get off social media if you're using it to get your political information.

True.

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There are 10 kinds of people in this world.  Those who understand binary and those who don't.

Completely agree. I don’t watch Fox any longer because they’ve gotten so bad. They used to be a voice in the wilderness but now they’re as unabashed as the other side. 

I was really hoping CNN would follow through on their pledge to rebrand back to their old days when they fired Jeff Zucker. CNN has worldwide brand recognition. It’s a shame they continue to squander it for partisanship.

Twitter and Instagram are the same.

So many people are posting links to tweets or instagram posts believing they're telling the truth. 

Gotta get off social media if you're using it to get your political information.

Yes and no. Obviously, social media can be fake, and most certainly there are plenty of demagogues who use peoples' fears to gain fame or power. That said, it's also very real that we are being manipulated by our government and that most of our "voice" is an illusion.

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Twitter and Instagram are the same.

So many people are posting links to tweets or instagram posts believing they're telling the truth. 

Gotta get off social media if you're using it to get your political information.

Yes and no. Obviously, social media can be fake, and most certainly there are plenty of demagogues who use peoples' fears to gain fame or power. That said, it's also very real that we are being manipulated by our government and that most of our "voice" is an illusion.

It's not "Yes and no". It's a yes.

You're being manipulated by the government and by social media. The algorithm is getting so many people. How many times have people posted a tweet on here only to find out it wasn't true and they still don't care? They'll still post something from that same twitter account the next day.

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Look dude. It's always a yes and a no. It's more about a person's ability to sift through what's real and what's fake than it is about the source. The yes is that there are bad actors on social media, too. The no is that you can get information there if you're willing to be critical and source content properly. If you can't agree with that, then you're just burying your head in the sand, and I don't really care to entertain your resignment, other to say you're not entirely correct about it.

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Yes and no. Obviously, social media can be fake, and most certainly there are plenty of demagogues who use peoples' fears to gain fame or power. That said, it's also very real that we are being manipulated by our government and that most of our "voice" is an illusion.

It's not "Yes and no". It's a yes.

You're being manipulated by the government and by social media. The algorithm is getting so many people. How many times have people posted a tweet on here only to find out it wasn't true and they still don't care? They'll still post something from that same twitter account the next day.

This is true. Both parties have been caught now buying influencer's online for positive influence and the major platforms have been caught engaging in disinformation or clearly leaning in one way or another.

You have to take in the bad with the good to the best of your abilities. There's other platforms like Rumble as well and TikTok that give you the idea or vibe that they have non biased talking heads and points, but, they also have some of the most extreme influencers leaning heavily left or right.

Follow the money. That's all I can say really. Vote policies that make sense to you. I think local politics, voting in your own district, state and county is just as important now than the major election cycle's.

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Social media can have good content. Sometimes.
All of the TV stations have good content sometimes.
Most of the text that gets published on the websites of newspapers and TV channels is straight facts, even if most of the video content is exaggerations and punditry.
You just have to learn to tell the difference between charlatans and intelligent people, and between fact and opinion.
Navigating today's political media environment is relatively easy for people like me who can read quickly and don't mind reading a lot. It's really bad for people like my wife who avoids reading and always wants a face on a screen to explain it to her.

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Completely agree. I don’t watch Fox any longer because they’ve gotten so bad. They used to be a voice in the wilderness but now they’re as unabashed as the other side. 

I was really hoping CNN would follow through on their pledge to rebrand back to their old days when they fired Jeff Zucker. CNN has worldwide brand recognition. It’s a shame they continue to squander it for partisanship.

Twitter and Instagram are the same.

So many people are posting links to tweets or instagram posts believing they're telling the truth. 

Gotta get off social media if you're using it to get your political information.

I saw a study not long ago which showed most people under 30 get the majority of their news from social media and want it in bytes less than 30 seconds. And we wonder what happened to critical thinking. 

News Nation. Best place to get broadcast news.

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Completely agree. I don’t watch Fox any longer because they’ve gotten so bad. They used to be a voice in the wilderness but now they’re as unabashed as the other side. 

I was really hoping CNN would follow through on their pledge to rebrand back to their old days when they fired Jeff Zucker. CNN has worldwide brand recognition. It’s a shame they continue to squander it for partisanship.

Twitter and Instagram are the same.

So many people are posting links to tweets or instagram posts believing they're telling the truth. 

Gotta get off social media if you're using it to get your political information.

Not entirely.  OnlyFans is a good source as they bare information from all angles.

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Twitter and Instagram are the same.

So many people are posting links to tweets or instagram posts believing they're telling the truth. 

Gotta get off social media if you're using it to get your political information.

I saw a study not long ago which showed most people under 30 get the majority of their news from social media and want it in bytes less than 30 seconds. And we wonder what happened to critical thinking. 

News Nation. Best place to get broadcast news.

Ritalin and Adderall happened along with helicopter parents and social media. 

I take Adderall for ADD but didn't start until I was around 27-28 years old with a fully formed brain and just as the Internet was becoming more common in homes. And I didn't have helicopter parents, thank God. I probably would've benefitted from a small dose when I was a kid because I had a hard time learning in school due to lack of ability to focus. How even a small dose could've affected my brain development is unknown but it probably wouldn't have been for the better. 

I've never looked to see if there are studies that show how those meds have altered how the brain works over time regardless of the age folks started taking it. Probably because I don't want to know if it's bad news since I've taken it off and off for almost half of my life. 

I went a bit sideways there from my intended thought but like ng story short, I do believe it's a combination of meds, upbringing and social media.

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I saw a study not long ago which showed most people under 30 get the majority of their news from social media and want it in bytes less than 30 seconds. And we wonder what happened to critical thinking. 

News Nation. Best place to get broadcast news.

Ritalin and Adderall happened along with helicopter parents and social media. 

I take Adderall for ADD but didn't start until I was around 27-28 years old with a fully formed brain and just as the Internet was becoming more common in homes. And I didn't have helicopter parents, thank God. I probably would've benefitted from a small dose when I was a kid because I had a hard time learning in school due to lack of ability to focus. How even a small dose could've affected my brain development is unknown but it probably wouldn't have been for the better. 

I've never looked to see if there are studies that show how those meds have altered how the brain works over time regardless of the age folks started taking it. Probably because I don't want to know if it's bad news since I've taken it off and off for almost half of my life. 

I went a bit sideways there from my intended thought but like ng story short, I do believe it's a combination of meds, upbringing and social media.

I suspect that it's smartphones alone.
The brain is easily addicted to being able to change the presentation with a single click and clicking and changing more and more often.  My wife has never taken brain meds and her attention span for phone content is way shorter than mine. Overprescribed meds don't help, but they aren't the main story.
I could share my Ritalin story but it'll be another time.

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Twitter and Instagram are the same.

So many people are posting links to tweets or instagram posts believing they're telling the truth. 

Gotta get off social media if you're using it to get your political information.

I saw a study not long ago which showed most people under 30 get the majority of their news from social media and want it in bytes less than 30 seconds. And we wonder what happened to critical thinking. 

News Nation. Best place to get broadcast news.

We blame young folks for a lot of their problems, but boomers are the one that let education erode under their watch. Gen X is trying to restore some of that, but it's pretty much entrenched now.

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I saw a study not long ago which showed most people under 30 get the majority of their news from social media and want it in bytes less than 30 seconds. And we wonder what happened to critical thinking. 

News Nation. Best place to get broadcast news.

We blame young folks for a lot of their problems, but boomers are the one that let education erode under their watch. Gen X is trying to restore some of that, but it's pretty much entrenched now.

I agree, plus the unstoppable tide of technology. Were cell phones in our hands when we were of that age, we'd have been addicted and dumbed down too.

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I saw a study not long ago which showed most people under 30 get the majority of their news from social media and want it in bytes less than 30 seconds. And we wonder what happened to critical thinking. 

News Nation. Best place to get broadcast news.

We blame young folks for a lot of their problems, but boomers are the one that let education erode under their watch. Gen X is trying to restore some of that, but it's pretty much entrenched now.

I don't think I buy that either.
Each generation after the baby boomers is more educated than the one before.  Education doesn't always fix ignorance, but it definitely doesn't increase ignorance.
Ignorance seems greater with each generation because the barriers to entry into influencer status are lower and lower because there are more and more channels.

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