Re: PING! Michael

On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:19:53 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

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

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.

Lovely.

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.

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

I don't know those, but I agree that not every news source is worth
any attention.

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

Yes, it helps me understand how they can vote for an asshole like
Trump and then, in many cases, call themselves Christians.

--
Bruce
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