Posted on 06/05/2018 1:04:01 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Ted Turner thought he was on to something when he started CNN-24 hours of News coverage! Yeah...uh...no.
I never watch TV news. Yesterday I was at my father in law’s house and he has NBC nightly news on and the top story was that Trump thinks he is above the law because he has the power to pardon himself. This is what passes for news these days. And they decry fake news as a problem but not their problem. No.
When did the rule of putting hyphens in every number take effect? You would think highly paid pollsters and writers would know that you don’t say seven-in-ten, you say seven in ten. There are two writers credited and they must have an editor, so at least 3 idiots worked on the article. I think they have nothing to do with their time if they are polling people about whether they are tired of 24/7 We Hate Trump.
Most of us are, that’s why I come to FR. For the News.
For 8 years of Obama and the last year of Bush 43 it’s been non-stop doom & gloom, end-of-the-world headlines. Even more now.
It’s almost as if it’s done on purpose to wear out the conservative population. Like being a soldier on 24/7 Red-Alert status.
The media is exhausting people with their coverage.
Don’t follow the news, just check FreeRepublic once a day or so to stay informed.
Freerepublic is my news. I also check in to Democratic underground on occasion to see what is making them profanely emote. Once the coverage of the Sept 11, 2001 islamist attacks waned I stopped watching any TV news out of the expectation it would just be more ‘Gary Condit’ 24/7.
Journalism is bad news. Journalism is negative. Journalists claim to be objective, knowing that they are negative. This could only be true if “negativity is objectivity.” But the conceit that “negativity is objectivity” is cynicism.Journalists are cynical towards society and (concomitantly, in that flaws in society are the very reason for existence of government) naive towards government. Just like any other socialist.
Anyone who realizes that has “news fatigue” - a “malady” from which I have suffered since the Carter era.
I can’t remember the last time tuned in to a TV or Radio news program, hell I don’t even read the paper anymore. And you know what, I like it!
Hahaha...we ALL have our priorities, eh?
I wonder where freepers fit in that analysis?
I don’t go to a lot of places for news. I got to FR, and see articles from many places. So my search cost for news is not high.
However there is a lot of news and a lot of non-news and a lot of fake news.
For example, how many articles have we seen on Trump’s ability to pardon himself? That’s not news. It’s very unlikely hypothetical musings. If they started in July 2016 it’s been 2 years and they got nada.
SCOTUS ruling on the cake was news, but it took 4 or 5 articles before the implications of the ruling became clear.
That was it.
Heh, I was looking for a political cartoon that illustrated my feelings perfectly (By Eric Allie, who was/is one of the most accomplished political cartoonists alive) and was unable to find it, but I did find this flow chart I had made which showed how I saw the whole thing (I think it might have been made sometime after Patrick Kennedy who was driving drunk and blamed it on Ambien back in 2006)
Ha that flow chart is exactly right. Bu the really depressing thing about it is that they do that garbage to actually affect only around 10% of the voters—the absolute dumbest voters who can be swayed and who supposedly decide all elections. The swing voters.
Freegards
Now THAT is depressing to consider. Their vote cancels out me.
And you.
No matter the result, the dumbest 10% or so supposedly decided it based on who swayed them by political ads and rhetoric. It’s horrific. It isn’t based on the % of folks who can actually describe their political philosophy rationally and base their vote on the candidate who is closest to it. It’s based on folks who can’t do that, and who are swayed because they are stupid.
Freegards
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