Danny Bateman Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I thought it was gross when Nehlen put out a #It'soktobewhite tweet the other day. I guess he felt the need to go 0 to 60 shortly thereafter on the subject. @Moiraine those are some interesting thoughts on the state of media consumption today. I think you're mostly right. Not only are the aging Boomers (& older) less likely to be skeptical of news they see on TV (or on social media, if they use it, for that matter), they seem to be the biggest Fox News base generation, AFAIK. On the other end of the spectrum, Millennials & Gen Z are less likely to be reliant on cable news as a source of information, but more likely to seek bias-confirming sources online & many still retain the lack of critical thinking necessary to parse through what may be junk reporting or outright fabrications if it suits their worldview. You hit the nail on the head about Trump & Russia. They are active purveyors of misinformation who are actively hostile towards any media reporting anything that is bad for their agenda. So, to recap: too many old folks implicitly trust/love Fox News as real news, too many young people live in a media bubble & lack critical thinking regarding media, & the President/hostile foreign powers attack real media they don't like & promote highly questionable drivel or out-and-out fake news to preserve an agenda & foment tribalism. You're right, this is a toxic brew. Link to comment
commando Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 my guess is that USA today is not on trumps approved list https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/12/27/donald-trump-grand-strategy-foreign-policy-dream-gabriel-schoenfeld-column/981699001/ The man who has boasted about grabbing women by the genitals, who cannot distinguish truth from falsity, whose ignorance is only exceeded by his hatefulness, who disses allies and puffs up dictators, whose daily intelligence briefings have been dumbed down to approach the level of The Cat in the Hat, whose own secretary of State reportedly has called him a "moron," is more of a malevolent Forrest Gump than anything resembling a master statesman. 2 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I typically don’t read the national review. But, this is a great article. 2 Link to comment
NM11046 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Jake is one of the last good guys. Link to comment
commando Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 msnbc must be fake news. they are too busy talking about taxes when the real story is those 3 t-rex fighting in the background Link to comment
commando Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 wow...now on fox news....hillary should be executed!!! Link to comment
NM11046 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 No news I suppose on the Papadopolus news ... you know, how he was bragging about the Russian emails that they had? Fox should be outlawed. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 (edited) This whole Hillary thing is getting real old and it’s so easy to see how republicans are being played on the issue. During the election, all we heard was “lock her up”. Trump even said said in a debate he would throw her in jail. Once elected, Trump proclaims he isn’t going to prosecute her. Now, the heat is getter no turned up on the Russia election, we are back to “lock her up”. They are are so easily played. Edited December 31, 2017 by BigRedBuster 1 Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 4 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: This whole Hillary thing is getting real old and it’s so easy to see how republicans are being played on the issue. During the election, all we heard was “lock her up”. Trump even said said in a debate he would throw her in jail. Once elected, Trump proclaims he isn’t going to prosecute her. Now, the heat is getter no turned up on the Russia election, we are back to “lock her up”. They are are so easily played. BENGHAZI! Link to comment
RedDenver Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 13 hours ago, Nebfanatic said: BENGHAZI! 2 Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 One of the funniest things that's come from this spat Trump & Sarah Sanders have generated with the press is how the press chooses to show them in the photos they publish. These awkward looks on their faces aren't accidents. This is what you get when you act like little children to the people who publish the news. 4 Link to comment
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