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    Default Re: Fake News is here to stay. Or... is it. ;-)

    Yeah well... it's not like articles come with "Actual news article" or "Opinion stuff" plastered all over them, do they.

    Just being facetious there... but if it was that simple we wouldn't have the whole huge ball of shit we have nowadays... with people believing crap from all extremes of the spectrum.

    I'll only speak for myself, not anybody else I know. I use that magic word called "discernment", coupled with those two magic words called "common sense."

    Sounds simple enough. But judging by what people pass off as real news nowadays, it seems to be in really short supply.

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    I'd say the media was always fake-to a degree. The problem I think is that it was a workable issue-so as long as it isn't (my demographic) being slanted against.


    I'm sure the natives in America felt the media (newspapers) were fake, not relevant to their plight dating back to the arrival of colonists.
    Then came the Africans, news didn't tell their plight.

    The Making of the President is my go to era for the current demographic complaining the media is fake.
    Bush Jr team also pushed that narrative, but wasn't successful like #45.

    He once boarded AirForce with a book in his hand. Bias written by Bernard Goldberg. He was never again seen with a book, front cover showing the title.


    We're polarized returning to tribalism only from a partisan perspective, not so much racial or ethnicity.

    No way to regain the trust because most of the nations have dissected themselves & will show a greater need to find an enemy within the country than outside it.
    Media was the conduit to create the riff -the people obliged.
    All's lost! Everything's going to shit!

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    I'll keep on harping on SENSATIONALISM.

    Why do some people feed off this crap?

    Need for attention? Desire to be the ones to "break the news"?

    It's a psychotic disorder. Sad part is there are plenty of people out there willing to take it all in.

    Sensationalism about EVERYTHING.

    Politics... COVID... the climate... anything deemed newsworthy gets amplified by the factor of infinity. Why?

    Why can't we just let news speak for themselves instead of incurring in all this "the sky is falling" crap?

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    I (think) I understand. When you say sensationalim what comes to mind are a few youtubers I watch sometimes is ROF Ring of Fire the Other is David Pakman.


    All of their titles- tell the story

    Tucker Carlson's Dumbest Guest Ever
    Republican Senator crumbles
    Trump Gives the Dumbest speech ever.


    Headlines like those is what comes to mind when I try to put the word sensationalism with media.

    One doesn't need to watch a minute to know these two guys are pro-liberal, anti conservative.
    One doesn't need to read a single sentence on FOX's website to know they have a position they are pushing as their titles are just as condemning as the progressives.

    Makes it hard for me to take either side seriously.

    Call the article Tucker Carlson's recent speech......and then let me decide if it was the dumbest ever.
    All's lost! Everything's going to shit!

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    Actually Slim, when I refer to "sensationalism" I'm mostly referring to the bending and stretching of actual news to create undue panic or unrest in people. Something along the lines of......

    "New Medical Study Reveals that the COVID-19 Vaccine Makes You Grow a 3rd Arm After Two Years!!"

    or...

    "Deep Cover Sting Operation Reveals Joe Biden is Actually a Member of an International Cartel Which Intends to Annex Mexico as the 51st State... Opening the Border for Limitless Drug Flow!!"

    or even...

    "Research Has Shown that Excessive Use of Facemasks Against COVID-19 Causes Cancer!!"



    Trump and His Minions® don't need sensationalism.

    They come with their own circus tent.

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    Crystal Clear!
    All's lost! Everything's going to shit!

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