29 May 2021 7:53 pm
Is the news too slanted one way or the other?
First, shouldn't the news be constructed as just true honest journalism without any slant either way?
It seems like we are led down a rabbit hole when we watch or read about the news as though it either condemns or avows our own views.
Maybe it should be labeled differently, the news that is completely factual is just the news - bare bone fact, and then, a thought process of a different angle,
whereby we say, this is a progressive viewpoint, and this is as conservative viewpoint. Viewpoints are not factual, they are opinions.
Propaganda is not news, nor is it new, it's been with us for generations. It was created to fool folks into believing something that perhaps they would easily wish to believe. Propaganda is cheap, well worth the money that is spent to perpetuate half-truths since it works. It does what it was intended to do which is to divide.
Life is short and for most it is hard. All our best collective actions often fall short. Large macro societal mechanisms are difficult to ever fully explain, let alone figure out how to improve.
We are not all collectively in one boat. I think that fact is important to understand.
You hear about people divided a lot these days. Families divided, and not just some odd ball crazy uncle, but siblings who grew up close, suddenly separated so much they cannot even just be themselves when they are together, like the should be, like they once were. What's that Dylan song, Tangled Up in Blue, where he says, we always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different view.
You strive as much as you can, to make an honest life, and the best thing you can do is help anyone you can. And if you succeed at doing this, you know you'll
die feeling satisfied.
First, shouldn't the news be constructed as just true honest journalism without any slant either way?
It seems like we are led down a rabbit hole when we watch or read about the news as though it either condemns or avows our own views.
Maybe it should be labeled differently, the news that is completely factual is just the news - bare bone fact, and then, a thought process of a different angle,
whereby we say, this is a progressive viewpoint, and this is as conservative viewpoint. Viewpoints are not factual, they are opinions.
Propaganda is not news, nor is it new, it's been with us for generations. It was created to fool folks into believing something that perhaps they would easily wish to believe. Propaganda is cheap, well worth the money that is spent to perpetuate half-truths since it works. It does what it was intended to do which is to divide.
Life is short and for most it is hard. All our best collective actions often fall short. Large macro societal mechanisms are difficult to ever fully explain, let alone figure out how to improve.
We are not all collectively in one boat. I think that fact is important to understand.
You hear about people divided a lot these days. Families divided, and not just some odd ball crazy uncle, but siblings who grew up close, suddenly separated so much they cannot even just be themselves when they are together, like the should be, like they once were. What's that Dylan song, Tangled Up in Blue, where he says, we always did feel the same, we just saw it from a different view.
You strive as much as you can, to make an honest life, and the best thing you can do is help anyone you can. And if you succeed at doing this, you know you'll
die feeling satisfied.