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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
Seems kind of a simplistic take on the media.
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RIGHT ON.
We do not talk
ISSUES any longer....it seems to be all about assaulting others.
If we really honestly cared bout the
issues in our country, we would not tolerate ignoring our economy, guns, intrusion into our countries basics from outside
Media will play a video from a newsmaker.......newsmaker says, despite the obvious that they never said that.....suddenly the story is the media and the basic beginning of whatever was the point is now lost and we argue over the coverage and simply ignore the basic issue involved.
I guess that ploy is working because discussing the media or trashing those in the media seems to be the mainstay. Instead of issues, we just blame media.
Many months ago, almost all of our leaders in both houses of congress were calling for gun control. There was one sweeping bill passed, two more in the wings depending on the outcome of the first....all about, i think, widening the scope of background checks. THAT was passed right after the first of the year. ALL silent, no vote on the single bill passed. We are guilty, NOT the legislators for allowing this to happen.
YET, we debate only headlines,
NOT NEWS, or perceptions of things not founded in any facts day after day.
This thread was begun with a premise about whether to believe the news, yet we ignore the factual discussion and instead attack headline writers, etc, instead of discussing actual news.
news is fine but it is, as Tal has suggested, we ignore what we want in any case and go for the easy way.