Re: PING! Michael

On 2024-11-29, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:51:03 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
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On 2024-11-29, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
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 Trump told the whole world exactly why he's targeting
tariffs on all imports from  Mexico, Canada, China.
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 Do you never read any American news?

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Fox News doesn't report that kind of thing.
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Let's see what the headlines at foxnews.com are today:
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"Top 5 biggest political turkeys ripped by conservatives this year"
"Explosive report exposes Biden-Harris admin's targeting of Christians"
"Far-left Joy Reid goes on unhinged rant against millions of Americans"

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And for so many Americans this is all the news they get. Can't they
open their mind a bit and watch other news sources as well, or are
they too brainwashed?

Some of it is "too brainwashed".  There's another corporation, Sinclair,
that AIUI is even more right-wing than Fox.  They own a bunch of local
television stations.

And then there's the people who get all their news from social media,
whose algorithms re-inforce their bubble.

I'm left wing but, for practical reasons, I see more right wing Dutch
news than left wing. It's good to hear opinions that you don't already
have.

I try to mix it up, but there are "news" sources I just won't look at.
Infowars, OAN, stuff like that.

I find that the right-wingers here and on alt.home.repair provide
a fascinating look into the Zeitgeist.

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Cindy Hamilton