What If.............

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What if there was no Internet and you had to make your political decisions based on news papers and magazines, or the debates on TV? Here's a step farther back in time. What would you if you base your political stand if there was no TV and powdered wigs were still worn?

Edited February 25, 2017 by ....rob

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Yes, the more sources of news that come along, the more sophisticated methods and opportunities of corrupting and destroying the integrity of journalism. It has become a great competition to create and manipulate news to suit the editorial opinions and political ideologies of each news organization. We are left to believe whatever is stuffed on us regardless of what type of media it is. Somewhere along the line journalist moved from reporting the news to creating the news. They picked up an air of elitism, over-rating their abilities to become a source of guidance for us poor dumb masses. The best example is the annual endorsements of candidates, as though they are uniquely qualified to tell us who to vote for ...... What arrogance!!! They make up the news and then try to dictate what we are to think about it. Journalism has lost its position of integrity, if indeed it ever did have such a thing. 

The media has honed propaganda to a fine art and more news is not necessarily higher quality. More sources of news regardless of where it comes from merely means that there are more sources and opportunities of truth corruption. That is not better. It just allows us to talk ourselves into believing it is better.