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In reply to the discussion: So, this $400 million thing is looking like a thing. [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)... the media is always looking for a hook, that's not new.
In this case, the CNN claim ... "ransom to state sponsor of terror" ... is questionable on its face. So, most people, like my sister, will realize that it sounds silly, and then never do anything else.
I visited my sister 2 weeks ago. She's smart, college educated, and she's busy. She also knows I follow politics. So, on a number of topics she told me things she's heard, and then asked me what I knew. And in most cases she already new that what she heard was BS. All I did was explain why.
I should mention she is not a die hard liberal. She's rather moderate. Left on social issues, very moderate otherwise.
I find the way to deal with folks like her, who only have a "sense" of what is going on for some political topic, is to let them tell you what they've heard, and then show them the pieces they don't have yet.
And as you note ... she is usually very aware of things like Trump attacking Gold Star families. That is incredibly obvious.