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In reply to the discussion: Met my first Trump voter the other night. [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,856 posts)that he gets his news from.
I'm going to guess Fox news, what people post on FB, and maybe the odd conversation. I'd be willing to bet he never listens to any of the other networks: NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, CNN. And definitely nothing from NPR, which for all its flaws has some decent shows worth listening to. He's probably unaware of the BBC or Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! and I doubt he reads the local newspaper. If he reads any books he only reads three or four a year, and they'll be some sort of escapist fiction (which I'm not criticizing because I read my share of that kind). In short, his notion of getting his news from all over is probably a lot more limited than he realizes. Especially if he's never heard of Citizens United and had no clue that so many of our prisons are privately run.
I hope that this young man does go on to try to educate himself better.