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Cuddles said:
I think you minimize the role. People get "dug in" based on what they learn. "Sensible" people form their opinions on sources w/a history of objectivity. The problem with objectivity is that it's neither neutrality nor impartiality. Sources can and often report accurately in a one sided way and we can form biases while having accurate yet incomplete information.

It's how some "centrists" come to believe that the far left and far right in NA are two sides of the same coin when one's asking for M4A/free college while the other asking to overturn elections.
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That’s fair too. I don’t disagree the media has or at least should have an obligation to correct the messages or misinformation that they broadcast.
 
UsualName said:
That’s fair too. I don’t disagree the media has or at least should have an obligation to correct the messages or misinformation that they broadcast.
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I think dissolving the fairness doctrine and centralizing a rich media ecosystem into giant conglomerates to push candidacies as they pleased has done a giant disservice to our discourse. The internet is taking us back to times before this dissolution with the growing pains which that entails (mass disinformation). Attempts at clamping down on "mis/disinformation" have to be observed quite critically and likely avoided as regaining centralization/monopolization will be sold to us with an altruistic veneer.

It's dangerous times w/echo chambers and government intel meddling no doubt but I think if people come out of this w/better media literacy and a more skeptical eye, we might all be better for it.
 
gwb-trading said:
They're eating each other, there's blood everywhere. Don't you just love it?

MAGA Radio Host Says He Threatened GOP Senator Over Border Bill Support
Sen. Lankford said that a “popular commentator” threatened to “destroy” him if any border legislation was passed during a presidential election year.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jesse...mes-lankford-hed-destroy-him-over-border-bill
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Ronny Jackson -- you know the guy "who represents the Texas Panhandle and the Wichita Falls area, previously served in a White House physician role under Trump, and was accused of having been frequently intoxicated while in that job, as well as sexually harassing staff, mishandling drugs, and crashing a government vehicle while drunk." He's now the tough man.

GOP lawmaker says fellow Republican colleague should get a 'code red beat down': report
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/maxwell-roy-gop-beef-2667195545


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