Journalist/News is not what it used to be. Public opinion is driven by perception rather than by fact. The proposition that endless repetition has caused too many of us to mistake ego for wisdom. Better to repeat than to verify.
Authentication costs money. There is rarely balanced reporting anymore, and the news is far removed from its original purpose.
If you want to know how Joe Biden performed in a debate, you will turn to our publicly funded ABC. Conversely, should you want to know how Donald Trump performed, you would turn to Sky News.
Same debate but two completely different reports, proving yet again that most media have an agenda to push and will only tell you the line that fits its agenda, not necessarily the truth. And the fact people don't see this blows my mind!
Liberal posts something from <insert usual leftist website/news channel>
RW: X, Y and Z in that article are wrong. Point number 3, 4 and 7 in that article is hypocritical. This website is biased. Why won’t it talk about A, B and C?
Liberal: Shut up you idiot, don’t do whataboutism.
RW posts something from a right-wing website or news channel.
RW: Hey liberal, see this!
Liberal: LOL! Fake news. F*ck it.
Now, neither side managed to convert anyone, as arguments rarely do. But there is a crucial difference between how a right-winger treats a liberal
website and a liberal treats a right-wing website.
The liberal will dismiss the right-wing website as fake and stupid, without even clicking on it. The right-winger will actually read what the liberal posted, get angry and try to poke holes in it.
And this is why we are so different. But do you see what happened here? The left-wing website got due respect and validation from *both* sides of the aisle. By engaging with it, the right-winger helped make the left-wing website appear like a
genuinely authoritative source of information, providing a viewpoint worthy of respect.
The liberal, on the other hand, treated the right-wing website with outright contempt, refusing to engage with it, dismissing it as fake by definition.
Enjoy these next comical cartoon tweets!
#DemocratsAreTheProblem #DemocratsAreDestroyingAmerica
#media #censorship #bias #news #LiberalsMustGo #LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
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