POLITICAL HUMOR & SATIRE

[rothschild]

rothschild, I agree with that depiction because I watch/read the news.

You seem to think that just because I disagree with so much on the right that I'm all for other things on the left. I'm actually pretty conservative, but I am socially liberal.

I know that, Duchess, and that is precisely what confirmation bias is. "News" does *not* equal reality. Making conclusions on the basis of "news" empowers the people who make the news and relegates those who follow along to the role of sheep, and that's what has killed our democracy -- which was dead long before Trump showed up. We're supposed to be holding these people accountable, not allowing them to use us as pawns on a 3-D chessboard. No one should be allowed to frame and distort how we see the world, because that's far too much power for any group to safely have, left or right. It's extremely dangerous, and it's why the world is going to hell in a handbasket.

I'm genuinely interested in knowing where you get your current events from so I too can be self righteous and denigrate all opinions that don't line up with my own world view. 

I look forward to seeing your posted links. Thanks!

What I'm saying is based mostly on my understanding of psychology, which is the foundation of public relations, mass media, and economics. With respect to current events, the difference between you and I is, I view them from multiple perspectives, whereas you view them from the perspective of a few sources, all of which are heavily censored and biased -- and yes, Fox News and Newsmax fall into that category, too. All you get from "news reporting" is a snapshot view that provides little or no context, whereas the ideal is a panoramic perspective that provides as much context as possible. "News" is mostly opinion, not factuality. If you really want to be informed, you have to do a whole lot more than watch/read news, which takes a considerable degree of effort. The best advice I can give anyone is to keep an open mind and try not to fall into the trap of thinking you know things that you don't, and be willing to rethink what you think you know.

That's what I do, and it doesn't come down to clicking on the right links. It's a matter of having general knowledge of philosophy, psychology, history, and human nature.

Odd, I don't think I've ever said where I get my news from other to say I get it from a variety of different sources so that I may make an informed opinion and yet, here you are telling me all I get from reporting is a simple snapshot that provides little or no context. Without knowing what I read or listen to you have determined that I have fallen into a trap of thinking I know things I actually don't and that news is opinion rather than facts.

Actually, you have said, on multiple occasions, and with perfect clarity: you won't touch anything that's tagged as "misinformation" with a 60' pole, which means you rely exclusively on "trusted sources" within the corporate ecosystem.

At this point, playing coy isn't serving you too terribly well, but with a repertoire as limited as yours, I suppose it doesn't really matter.