[Freee-dame]

Here’s the problem: We know exactly what Reality #1 is and understand it, because the media floods us with it. It’s impossible to avoid. But for Reality #2, there is a HUGE number of Americans that don’t even know it exists, not one bit.

. Very well stated. We definitely live in parallel universes. Many on the left actually believe that they are well-informed by reading the NYTimes, WaPo etc. These FakeNews media know exactly what they are doing with their slanted coverage and even outright lies. They probably smirk among themselves when they get the public to believe a lie before they make a tiny, brief admission of their false statement. It’s frightening.

[BobL]

“They probably smirk among themselves when they get the public to believe a lie before they make a tiny, brief admission of their false statement.”

They sure do. While I saw bits and pieces of the parallel universes prior, the 2004 election, with the fake draft dodging memo was the one that really opened my eyes to everything.

In that case, you had a proven-fake memo designed to take out a candidate (Bush running for re-election). You had Dan Rather, who first reported on it, INSISTING that it was real...all the way to his death bed.

On our side, we thought that was cute and laughable. But to my parents, that memo was TOTALLY REAL, because Dan said so and stuck with that, and the media (mostly) didn’t let them know it was a total fake. So what really happened there wasn’t Dan getting old and losing his grip on reality, but rather that 10s of Millions of voters were at risk of having their entire universe come down, as reality set in - and the media simply WOULD NOT allow it. And they did not. And it damn-near worked.