Re: Ove Interest?

On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 04:01:53 -0500, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:04:50 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:
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I wonder whether the below is of interest to anyone?
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/5/25/how-alternative-facts-threaten-us-democracy
It seems to provide a very sad state for the U.S. political system.

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I read a wee bit of it, but generally, no, political "analysis" of any
kind, from any point of view is of no interest to me.
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Regarding news, I only want to know what has happened. I have no
interest in someone's opinions of why it happened or what might happen
next.
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It's almost impossible to find "hard news." If I want to know what
happened, I have to look through several news sources and filter out
the new sources' agendas. Popular mass media is well down the list of
where I'll be looking.
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If the question is, "who do you trust?"
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As for me, I only trust the people who I've gotten to know close up
and have proven themselves to be trustworthy.
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If the question is, "who do you believe?"
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As for me, in regards to people I haven't established as trustworthy,
I seldom believe what they say, only what they do.
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I pay almost zero attention to speeches, political, religious, or
commercial.

Ah,but's true news? Most of the excuses for the revolutionary war were
lies. The tea dumped in Boston harbor would have, due to a change in
English tax laws, sold for a cheaper price then the illegal tea
smuggled in illegally by Boston ship owners.

The Spanish American War was certainly, partially due to a fight for
readers by the New York Journal and the New York World who were
involved in their own battle to sell the most newspapers - war would
be just what they need to boost sales.

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Cheers,

John B.