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Maybe you need to rethink your news sources. National sources report national news, you want local then check those channels or your local paper. If you don’t have one, well that is the cost of not supporting local journalism.
What I have noticed is people who have absolutely zero understanding of the news gathering process and would seem to believe the work would be served by publishing PR handouts complaining about facts that don't agree with their worldview.
What I have noticed is people who have absolutely zero understanding of the news gathering process and would seem to believe the work would be served by publishing PR handouts complaining about facts that don't agree with their worldview.
The news sources are creating a worldview that are at odds with the reality that most people live in.
More importantly, it is toxic to the national discourse and people's psychology and well-being.
I don't frequent them often enough, but I think one major American news source that doesn't do these narratives as often as, say Fox or CNN, is the Associated Press.
News organizations have been evolving for decades into just the messy states they are in today.
What started out defined as "news," -- observations of what is happening, neutral reporting of what is happening, and unbiased overview -- has turned into opinion-swaying propaganda pieces, all in the name of profit.
CNN, MSNBC, Fox, and the cable networks report on such hysterics on such a regular basis now, that you don't know what is truth or what is opinion, or what is made up as partial truth/partial lie. It's a mess.
It's a shame what these networks call reporting these days.
Every news source, whether broadcast or written, has become corrupt and 100% propaganda. All the information they produce, without exception, is giving a false view of reality.
News sources have become toxic and dangerous. They are a form of mind control. Liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, it makes no difference.
They have become as dangerous as any authoritarian government or religious institution.
Therefore, I call on everyone to abandon all news sources immediately.
I strongly suggest that people get their real news straight from the horse's mouth only and not from any middle man, interpreter or source.
So, for example, if you want to know Trump's or Pelosi's views on something, ONLY listen directly to what they are saying.
Only read their own words or listen to their speeches on their web site.
Do not listen to anything that is reported or interpreted about what they are saying from a third source.
In other words, avoid "news" sources, channels or publications at all costs.
The answer is simple - pay for journalism. Free "news" organizations do not sell news at all, they sell carefully selected and categorized audiences to advertisers. Next, read critically. What is quote and what is supposition, why was that particular question asked of that person, etc.
But you cannot do without a middleman asking the questions, looking up the facts, finding the discrepancies, knowing the unnamed sources. That's a job, and that calls for compensation. Those in power would love it if we just read their press releases.
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