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In reply to the discussion: Regarding MSNBC [View all]AceWheeler
(55 posts)Simple fact is, you can yell and scream, moan and groan, weep and wail all you want about the "Realities" that adhere to any corporate news media, all of which are for profit businesses, but if you do, you do so at the risk belaboring the obvious while ignoring the consumer of what's provided by this news media.
Those who seek news and information from ANY source range along a continuum between the rather gullible and those who can and do apply critical thinking skills. In my opinion, Fox news tends to play to the former, while MSNBC plays to the latter.
Whatever the case may be, some may well simply accept the information and "misinformation" disseminated by the various news media, while others will apply critical thinking. And that's what matters.
So I will continue to periodically watch MSNBC and avoid Fox, while sometimes sampling CNN. I know how to think and question. I am not gullible. I am not into confirmation bias. And last, but not least, I am a pragmatist who has moral values, the latter does not dominate the former.
So, William, given I am a critical thinker, I can apply that to what you wrote here and tell you that your message about corporate television news may seem important to you, but stating the obvious has little impact on me.
I'm left to conclude that you assume watchers of MSNBC can be, or are foolish, but I would imagine that, for the most part, they are not.