12-16-2016, 09:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-16-2016, 09:20 PM by Eric the Green.)
Blogs and alt media are no substitute for the MSM. A quick look at the TV News or google news at least gives me basic info on what's going on, though not too much in depth. A lot of folks don't even get that anymore. The first 15 minutes of national network news is good, at least on CBS. For the rest, it's mostly entertainment. But if you boycott it, chances are you may not even know what's going on, and can therefore be deceived by fake news on the internet.
How many people were deceived to believe that the Syrian Civil War was caused by United States intervention and support for terrorists? How many forgot that it was a rising for freedom by the people crushed by their dictator and their Russian and Iranian allies? Lots of folks did, including you Rags. The result of USA inaction in Syria is one of the worst genocidal exterminations of our time.
Neither blogs nor MSM are to be believed without taking huge grains of salt, and much thought. Blogs have no dedication at all to the truth; only the interests and prejudices of the blog owner. They can be interesting, but not to be believed without confirmation. The internet can be used for that.
PBS is not government run. Most government funding has been cut since Reagan. But they do have some corporate donors. The Newshour tries to accomodate and not offend the powers-that-be, because of their power of propaganda that arouses the right wing population to complain. So again, I watch it, but I get upset when they buckle under. Democracy Now can be a good alternative, when it's not boring. Non-profit organizations can supply some good news, although their resources are limited.
I think many people, and "populists" both left and right, are terribly misinformed and deceived by lies and fake news; and that's why we got Donald Trump and GOP control. I'm glad facebook is making some effort to control fake news. As a major purveyor (transmitter, not originator) of it, it is their responsibility to do this. I don't care what they do with my data; at least not so far. But with Trump in office, I might later. He is a potential dictator, while I do not consider Obama or potentially Hillary to have been such, despite some inappropriate stuff they did.
How many people were deceived to believe that the Syrian Civil War was caused by United States intervention and support for terrorists? How many forgot that it was a rising for freedom by the people crushed by their dictator and their Russian and Iranian allies? Lots of folks did, including you Rags. The result of USA inaction in Syria is one of the worst genocidal exterminations of our time.
Neither blogs nor MSM are to be believed without taking huge grains of salt, and much thought. Blogs have no dedication at all to the truth; only the interests and prejudices of the blog owner. They can be interesting, but not to be believed without confirmation. The internet can be used for that.
PBS is not government run. Most government funding has been cut since Reagan. But they do have some corporate donors. The Newshour tries to accomodate and not offend the powers-that-be, because of their power of propaganda that arouses the right wing population to complain. So again, I watch it, but I get upset when they buckle under. Democracy Now can be a good alternative, when it's not boring. Non-profit organizations can supply some good news, although their resources are limited.
I think many people, and "populists" both left and right, are terribly misinformed and deceived by lies and fake news; and that's why we got Donald Trump and GOP control. I'm glad facebook is making some effort to control fake news. As a major purveyor (transmitter, not originator) of it, it is their responsibility to do this. I don't care what they do with my data; at least not so far. But with Trump in office, I might later. He is a potential dictator, while I do not consider Obama or potentially Hillary to have been such, despite some inappropriate stuff they did.