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Fake News...A Bad Seed
How has this country, ... the world succumbed to this idea?
Exactly where this term originated is uncertain. It's about our constitution and values. This is about the sowing of a bad seed. One that is growing faster than the COVID-19 virus. It is infecting the moral fabric of what is supposed to be the United States.
Subversion - the undermining of the power and authority of an established system or institution.
Our president uses this subversive tactic, of fake news as a weapon against anyone who does not cower to him, which sets a dangerous precedence.
Example: - Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2020
"I watch and listen to the Fake News, CNN, MSDNC, ABC, NBC, CBS, some of FOX (desperately & foolishly pleading to be politically correct), the [New York Times], & the [Washington Post], and all I see is hatred of me at any cost," Trump said on Twitter.
I suggest that main street America never considered that their choice for receiving their daily news could all be fake. Slanted in one direction or another maybe, but fake? I believe there are often falsehoods and inaccuracies in the reporting of news. But to assert that all news items and sources are fake all the time is prejudicial and harmful to the very foundation of what our nation stands on.
If one is to believe in 'fake' news, then should we also believe that all news from every source must be fake?, None of it should be trusted? Should we just shut down all news sources, and trust and rely solely on one person's interpretation of the news. If the later is the case, then are we to discount the thousands of men and women in the news profession, that are often in harm's way, throughout the world, and put our total trust in one person alone. There are countries where this is the norm. Places like Russia, China, North Korea to name a few.
Are we so gullible to think that just because a person is elected to the highest office in the land, that they are suddenly elevated to that of an all-knowing supreme being? That their word is now gospel, and we should live or die based solely on their word.
News networks such as those quoted and all other media sources do the fact-finding for us. Are they right 100% of the time...NO!. Are they biased and unfair on occasions? YES! They all get it wrong sometimes, just as we all do. We must look to the experts to help keep the subject content factual.
We all have our own beliefs and opinions. And if I'm reasonably correct 'we' all believe, that our opinion is the only one that is correct.....am I right? ...Well sometimes 'we' are wrong!
I am not here to suggest or persuade anyone to watch, not watch, or read any particular news source. I would suggest that each choose their news source, and allow others to do the same. But in making that choice, decide the factualness of the news they are receiving. To verify and establish the credibility of that news against multiple sources. Are the facts reported the same throughout other various news sources?
Finally, to follow one's sense of right or wrong. Not be misled by, or blindly trust, any singular persons, interpretation or opinion without verifying what's accurate, truthful and not fake.… including mine. Our Freedom of Speech depends on it.
How has this country, ... the world succumbed to this idea?
Exactly where this term originated is uncertain. It's about our constitution and values. This is about the sowing of a bad seed. One that is growing faster than the COVID-19 virus. It is infecting the moral fabric of what is supposed to be the United States.
Subversion - the undermining of the power and authority of an established system or institution.
Our president uses this subversive tactic, of fake news as a weapon against anyone who does not cower to him, which sets a dangerous precedence.
Example: - Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2020
"I watch and listen to the Fake News, CNN, MSDNC, ABC, NBC, CBS, some of FOX (desperately & foolishly pleading to be politically correct), the [New York Times], & the [Washington Post], and all I see is hatred of me at any cost," Trump said on Twitter.
I suggest that main street America never considered that their choice for receiving their daily news could all be fake. Slanted in one direction or another maybe, but fake? I believe there are often falsehoods and inaccuracies in the reporting of news. But to assert that all news items and sources are fake all the time is prejudicial and harmful to the very foundation of what our nation stands on.
If one is to believe in 'fake' news, then should we also believe that all news from every source must be fake?, None of it should be trusted? Should we just shut down all news sources, and trust and rely solely on one person's interpretation of the news. If the later is the case, then are we to discount the thousands of men and women in the news profession, that are often in harm's way, throughout the world, and put our total trust in one person alone. There are countries where this is the norm. Places like Russia, China, North Korea to name a few.
Are we so gullible to think that just because a person is elected to the highest office in the land, that they are suddenly elevated to that of an all-knowing supreme being? That their word is now gospel, and we should live or die based solely on their word.
News networks such as those quoted and all other media sources do the fact-finding for us. Are they right 100% of the time...NO!. Are they biased and unfair on occasions? YES! They all get it wrong sometimes, just as we all do. We must look to the experts to help keep the subject content factual.
We all have our own beliefs and opinions. And if I'm reasonably correct 'we' all believe, that our opinion is the only one that is correct.....am I right? ...Well sometimes 'we' are wrong!
I am not here to suggest or persuade anyone to watch, not watch, or read any particular news source. I would suggest that each choose their news source, and allow others to do the same. But in making that choice, decide the factualness of the news they are receiving. To verify and establish the credibility of that news against multiple sources. Are the facts reported the same throughout other various news sources?
Finally, to follow one's sense of right or wrong. Not be misled by, or blindly trust, any singular persons, interpretation or opinion without verifying what's accurate, truthful and not fake.… including mine. Our Freedom of Speech depends on it.