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[Bowers3]

We haven't had a robust functioning free press in years and it is a huge part of the problems we have. Same information is distributed very differently by "news" organizations that are now manly opinion shows.....coupled with the entrance barrier to distribute information being completely destroyed by the internet. You have segments of the population tuning in to have their biases confirmed. What has always been one of our greatest assets of our society is essentially dead. This crap could kill it altogether.

Yeeeep. I can see both sides on this one. Now I'm sure Trump is going about it the absolutely wrong way. But the press isn't the press anymore. We don't get news. Something should be done.

Unfortunately I think it's just our monkey brains that feed on negativity, in groups and out groups, divisiveness, etc. Is it the media's fault for filling a demand? It might be us.

 

[mugatu]

We haven't had a robust functioning free press in years and it is a huge part of the problems we have.

This isn't how you improve the issue.

But it will definitely end the different views of the same event "issue". It'll only be the pro-Trump view that we see

 

[cowboyinexile]

Yeeeep. I can see both sides on this one. Now I'm sure Trump is going about it the absolutely wrong way. But the press isn't the press anymore. We don't get news. Something should be done.

Unfortunately I think it's just our monkey brains that feed on negativity, in groups and out groups, divisiveness, etc. Is it the media's fault for filling a demand? It might be us.

I don't think there has ever been an unbiased press. Its just human nature to report things through your personal lens.

 

[CowboyJD]

Yeeeep. I can see both sides on this one. Now I'm sure Trump is going about it the absolutely wrong way. But the press isn't the press anymore. We don't get news. Something should be done.

Unfortunately I think it's just our monkey brains that feed on negativity, in groups and out groups, divisiveness, etc. Is it the media's fault for filling a demand? It might be us.

There is no constitutional requirement that the free press be unbiased or objective.

If there is something that should be done, whatever it is, it should be done by someone other than the government.

 

[Bowers3]

There is no constitutional requirement that the free press be unbiased or objective.

If there is something that should be done, whatever it is, it should be done by someone other than the government.

Agree. And again, unfortunately the best fix would be an educated populace that could acknowledge their biases and approach a different opinion with reserve, patience and an open mind....

I almost couldn't type that with a straight face.

 

[Donnyboy]

Agree. And again, unfortunately the best fix would be an educated populace that could acknowledge their biases and approach a different opinion with reserve, patience and an open mind....

I almost couldn't type that with a straight face.

The populace can't be expected to keep up with the world's issues but they should be able to expect the truth from media outlets......particularly networks that are given FCC licenses to broadcast as part of government services such has emergency notifications systems etc. And we do not have that anymore. We don't have anything close to that.

 

[mugatu]

Agree. And again, unfortunately the best fix would be an educated populace that could acknowledge their biases and approach a different opinion with reserve, patience and an open mind....

Sounds super woke. Can't have that

 

[cowboyinexile]

Agree. And again, unfortunately the best fix would be an educated populace that could acknowledge their biases and approach a different opinion with reserve, patience and an open mind....

I almost couldn't type that with a straight face.

People don't want that. Most would rather get news that confirms their personal biases.
We can talk about fair reporting in the media but its hard to fault a business for giving their customers what they want.

 

[mugatu]

People don't want that. Most would rather get news that confirms their personal biases.
We can talk about fair reporting in the media but its hard to fault a business for giving their customers what they want.

Can we at least ask for factual accuracies and no blatant lies?

 

[Bowers3]

Can we at least ask for factual accuracies and no blatant lies?

We absolutely could. It would take a lot of us to ask for that though. If enough people turned off CNN and Fox News, they'd go away or at least change.

Now I'm not saying it's only the demand-side's fault. They know what they're doing too. The folks in DC and the media absolutely use our monkey brains against us to keep us divided because it keeps them more powerful.

As with everything. Little of column A, little of column B.

 

[CowboyJD]

Agree. And again, unfortunately the best fix would be an educated populace that could acknowledge their biases and approach a different opinion with reserve, patience and an open mind....

I almost couldn't type that with a straight face.

I agree.

At some point though….and I’ve pretty much reached that point….there are certain redline, non-negotiable, values that go beyond opinion and when others gleefully support the violation of and stepping on and over them I feel no desire or responsibility to approach that with reserve, patience, respect and open mind.

Popper’s paradox in action, I guess.

 

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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

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KIM: Can you confirm that you understand that any suspension of habeas corpus requires an act of Congress?

NOEM: President Lincoln executed habeas corpus in the past with a retroactive action of Congress

KIM: Do you know what section of the Constitution the suspension clause of habeas corpus is in?

NOEM: I do not. Nope.

KIM: Do you know which article is it in?

NOEM: I do not, sir

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KIM: Can you confirm that you understand that any suspension of habeas corpus requires an act of Congress? NOEM: President Lincoln executed habeas corpus in the past with a retroactive action of Congress KIM: Do you know what section of the Constitution the suspension clause of habeas corpus...

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REPORTER: What do you plan to tell the fiscal hawks?

TRUMP: I'm a fiscal hawk. There's nobody like me as a fiscal hawk

R: Do you think Thomas Massie is correct that this is adding Biden level spending?

TRUMP: I don't think Thomas Massie understands government ... I think he should be voted out of office

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REPORTER: What do you plan to tell the fiscal hawks? TRUMP: I'm a fiscal hawk. There's nobody like me as a fiscal hawk R: Do you think Thomas Massie is correct that this is adding Biden level spending? TRUMP: I don't think Thomas Massie understands government ... I think he should be voted...

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[Polds4OSU]

WARREN: Can POTUS legally tell the IRS to change someone's nonprofit status?

BILLY LONG: I'm not able to answer

WARREN: You can't read these words and tell me what those words say?!

LONG: I can read the statute and I did

WARREN: Then tell me what they mean!

"You shouldn't be within a thousand miles of the directorship of the IRS" -- Elizabeth Warren grilled IRS commissioner nominee Billy Long so hard that he was left stammering and shaking by the end of her questioning

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WARREN: Can POTUS legally tell the IRS to change someone's nonprofit status? BILLY LONG: I'm not able to answer WARREN: You can't read these words and tell me what those words say?! LONG: I can read the statute and I did WARREN: Then tell me what they mean!

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Alex Lawson to Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA): Last time you spoke with us you lied to our face and said you wouldn’t vote for Medicaid cuts, but then you’ve voted for the largest cuts in the history of the country.

Do you have any comment on the health care that 67,000 people in your district are going to lose?

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Alex Lawson to Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA): Last time you spoke with us you lied to our face and said you wouldn’t vote for Medicaid cuts, but then you’ve voted for the largest cuts in the history of the country. Do you have any comment on the health care that 67,000 people in your...

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Reporter: How can you justify cutting food assistance?

Trump: The cut is going to give is going to give everybody much more food because prices are coming down..

Barbara Sobel (@barbaraj.sobel) on Threads

Reporter: How can you justify cutting food assistance? Trump: The cut is going to give is going to give everybody much more food because prices are coming down..

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Tim Kaine: Should refugee status be granted in an even-handed way to both christians and muslims?
Marco Rubio: Our foreign policy doesn't require even-handedness.

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Tim Kaine: Should refugee status be granted in an even-handed way to both christians and muslims? Marco Rubio: Our foreign policy doesn't require even-handedness.

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