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ZCanadian · 04-29-2020, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ZontheRocks

I’m all for the First Amendment.

But using propaganda to spin opinion as fact is the issue. This is why there is confusion when Trump speaks and follows up saying that he was being sarcastic. Many people are looking to him to be serious and his words and meanings to be based on facts. And especially when Fox News works so hard to convey the meaning of the president when he speaks, to only have him follow up and contradict.

But how many “news stories” from the prime time talking heads start with “It is my/our opinion that...”

At least the good ones preface their opinions with an explanation that they are such!

Too many don't.

EDIT or is that what you meant?

ZontheRocks · 04-29-2020, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ZCanadian

At least the good ones preface their opinions with an explanation that they are such!

Too many don't.

EDIT or is that what you meant?

Yes. It’s called an opinion piece and should be blatantly labeled as such. I’m thinking the way they “get around” this is by naming the show after the person:

Hannity
Tucker Carlson Tonight
Rachel Maddow Show
Coumo Primetime
The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson
Lou Dobbs Tonight
America’s Newsroom with Sandra Smith and Ed Henry
The Ingraham Angle
Anderson Cooper 360

Both sides do it.

When that becomes your go to source for all information on a given subject, we run into education and information problems.

cossie1600 · 04-29-2020, 07:00 PM

The sad part some people think they are primary source of information. Once people get on one side, the talking points all become the same. You disagree with them and they think you are on the other side automatically.

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Originally Posted by ZontheRocks

Yes. It’s called an opinion piece and should be blatantly labeled as such. I’m thinking the way they “get around” this is by naming the show after the person:

Hannity
Tucker Carlson Tonight
Rachel Maddow Show
Coumo Primetime
The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson
Lou Dobbs Tonight
America’s Newsroom with Sandra Smith and Ed Henry
The Ingraham Angle
Anderson Cooper 360

Both sides do it.

When that becomes your go to source for all information on a given subject, we run into education and information problems.

ZCanadian · 04-29-2020, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by cossie1600

The sad part some people think they are primary source of information. Once people get on one side, the talking points all become the same. You disagree with them and they think you are on the other side automatically.

Because people are too lazy (or too stupid) to THINK for themselves these days.
It’s far easier to get someone to do it for them.
All packaged up with a neat bow for them.
There’s an “app” for that. It's called (insert any of the names that ZontheRocks listed here).
That way, there is none of that nasty “balance”, or opinions which differ from one’s own (or, rather, the opinions that one has previously allowed oneself to be programmed with).
And oh boy, do politicians (of either stripe) love that.

JARblue · 04-29-2020, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ZCanadian

Because people are too lazy (or too stupid) to THINK for themselves these days.
It’s far easier to get someone to do it for them.
All packaged up with a neat bow for them.

It is an all too prevalent attitude these days. It's one of the biggest things that pisses me off about so many of the new threads on this forum. People just want shít spoon-fed to them. And when they get called out for being fùcking lazy, they get all butthurt and defensive about it

cossie1600 · 04-29-2020, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ZCanadian

Because people are too lazy (or too stupid) to THINK for themselves these days.
It’s far easier to get someone to do it for them.
All packaged up with a neat bow for them.
There’s an “app” for that. It's called (insert any of the names that ZontheRocks listed here).
That way, there is none of that nasty “balance”, or opinions which differ from one’s own (or, rather, the opinions that one has previously allowed oneself to be programmed with).
And oh boy, do politicians (of either stripe) love that.

Definitely, that's why all the political posts are usually like by the same people on the same team.