Short and sweet: 1) When did you last vet your sources for news, information, understanding? 2) Why do you believe your source(s) if you haven’t checked them? Vetting of your source(s): Example of a source for many people is CNN. CNN is on television (cable), and gets its money through advertisers paying for views/clicks. In …
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Sources of Information
When your sources of information are limited to CNN, MSNBC, CBS/ABC/NBC/PBS, and the Washington Post/NY Times….. ….then……………………….. …………………………………………………you are a member of the flat earth society circa 1450. Flat earth society members: 2. Dismiss any question, let alone challenge, by categorically denying the question. 3. Belittle and attack Fox News. Never stopping to consider that …
The Media. Why Do You Believe Them?
When did you last vet your sources? If you watch and believe CNN, when did you last ask why CNN tells you how to think? When did you last ask why CNN doesn’t present you with the information and leave it to you to draw your conclusions? When did you last ask why CNN coaches …
Masks REQUIRED…Except for Celebrities, Politicans, and the Rich
Los Angeles has a mask mandate. That seems to be required on regular people. And on school children. But….not on the Mayor of LA. Not on the Governor of California. Not on the rich and famous. NFL Championship game….the Mayor of LA showed how long he could hold his breath. He said when he had …
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CNN..Why Trust Them?
President Jeff Zucker…resigned ostensibly because he violated policy by not disclosing his sexual relationship with a fellow employee. Which he had been violating every day since he hired her, years ago. Which he violated until he was being questioned regarding the violations of ethics by star Cuomo. Yet….if it was such a violation….why is she …
Conflict of Interest, Cuomo Style
Chris Cuomo is getting credit for “standing by his brother”. Yet…as a presenter on the Cable NEWS Network, CNN, he had an ethical obligation to either be neutral regarding his brother, (former) Gov. Andrew Cuomo, ….OR…….RECUSE himself. Judges do it. Lawyers do it. Doctors do it. In many hospitals/systems, doctors can’t order medicine or care …
Freedom of the Press…Where is “The Press”?
Not on cable news. Not in print at the Washington Post, owned by Jeff Bezos, or the New York Times. Freedom of the Press was written down and put into the Constitution in 1789 to ensure that future politicians, government officials, and the people would know it was an unalienable right. Not a privilege granted. …
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Now It Can Be Questioned!?!?
For more than a year, CNN and other “news media” have not only repeated the talking points of the Chinese Communist Party about the C-virus, but they labeled questions about the origins as “conspiracy theories”. They both blindly accepted that what the Chinese Communist Party said was true. And….the actively supported it to further their …
The Cs: CNN, Cruz, and Cuomo
Any difference in how CNN has covered Gov. Cuomo’s disastrous order requiring nursing homes in New York to admit Covid-19 positive patients…given in later March 2020…still in effect at least into May 2020 compared to Sen. Cruz’s decision to go on vacation? One led to infections and deaths of hundreds…thousands. The other led to….wait, he’s …