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In reply to the discussion: Regarding MSNBC [View all]Hulk
(6,699 posts)This is where I'm at. I pretty much gave up on MSNBC. I scan through fox-nonsense just for my curiosity to see how absolute bat-shit crazy the Obama-haters can be. It doesn't take much to wear me out. Maybe two minutes of vannity, about three of bor, and there really isn't much of value to tune into after that. The positive side is that I KNOW what the loonies are spewing, so I can better understand my friends on the right that hate Obama with such passion.
I've really made an attempt to watch NPR and Al Jazeera as my main sources of actual news and keeping up on what is happening in the world. I realize the koch brothers are major contributors to NPR, so I even have to take that with a grain of salt, or figure I am getting "selective news" at best. The news commentators are pretty decent folks there though.
Isn't it a shame, our country has sunk to this? I remember my dad responding to me when I was a young man, that the poor Russians were kept so uninformed of what is really going on with their government and being fed propaganda so that they are in the dark to the evils that exist in their government, and my dad responded quite simply with, "Don't fool yourself. THIS COUNTRY has the best propaganda machine in the world, and don't ever forget it." That was probably back in late 50's or early 60's, and he was right then. It's ten-fold worse today than it was then, or maybe I just realize it more clearly today, as it's so blatant.
!984 is here and then some.