(03-10-2023, 12:40 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(03-10-2023, 11:59 AM)americus 2.0 Wrote: This is THE problem with the media or any sort of journalism these days. Followers, viewers, readers, or whatever you want to call us, we are fed whatever gets the views, clicks, etc., and it doesn't matter if it's truth or half truth or half baked. Sadly we are part of the problem because we (generally speaking) prefer an echo chamber over hearing something contrary. 

I'll be honest and say I'm a lot less patient with or tolerant of news stories that aren't in line with my views and I think it's because I loathe being told what I must accept or believe. I'd say since 2020 specifically I'm less inclined to want to read or hear something from left wing media. I prefer to be told the facts of a situation and come to my own conclusion. 

Opinion media has taken over much to our detriment.

Right wing media filters the facts just as much as left wing media.   Everyone says they just want to be told the facts, and make up their own mind, but they don't seem to realize, a carefully curated set of facts can guide you to make up your mind in a certain way.  At that point, someone else is making up your mind for you.  

The revelations about the hosts at Fox News, and Trump's own lawyer, not actually believing what they were telling us should be a wake up call.  Not only are there a lot of facts that right-wing media won't tell, they will actually lie to you.  It's in the open now, right in front of you.  But there are a lot of people who will never know about it because they don't want to know about it.  And then there are the people who think this is all just a part of the political battle, and lying is okay as long as it helps achieve the political result they want.

Thank God the only time I hear Fox News is when I'm over at my neighbor's house doing weekly cleaning, laundry, running errands, etc. Dude is hardcore. Lol. Being as I'm being paid well for my services I'm willing to grind through whatever hot mess they're spewing. My neighbor is hard of hearing so that TV is always really loud. Nothing like super hyper Fox News folks at high decibels. Lol. I try to turn it down when possible. 

I don't listen to right wing media exclusively for the bolded reason. I usually read from both sides to try and get both sides of a story but it's getting harder to do. Unless you guys post something here or I see or hear about something specific I feel I need to know about I don't read the news much at all anymore. There's too much being put out that is just noise and I have better/more important things to focus on. 

99.9% of what is being said on either side are things I agree with anymore. The left is forcing an agenda and the right is outright lying. It's all as useful as a soup sandwich.

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