Why Does the Media Keep Insulting our Intelligence

Why won't the media on both sides of the aisle do some real investigative journalism and start to actually uncover truths. Are we to believe the hit on Judge Salas' family is coincidental, and that the perpetrator disguised himself as a FedEx deliveryboy only to later "commit suicide". Let's start with interviewing every person that took a flight with Epstein to his Orgy Island(Google a picture of the flight log, it will surprise you). The collective power and influence of these elites and politicians involved rivals that of the President of the United States. Priority #1: Covid-19 Priority #2: ^

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  1. the media is designed to entertain, not inform in an unbiased way
  2. in order for entertainment to be profitable, you need advertisers
  3. advertisers want the most eyeballs, and salacious simple stories are what sells - covid, BLM, Trump, Biden, etc.

take responsibility for what you allow to enter your mind instead of wishing the media would change their ways. one of those, you have control over, the other you do not. is it a shame? sure it is. can you do anything about it? well, let me know if WaPo, CNN, and Fox News return a letter from you. in the meantime, if you really care about the news, spend 30 minutes watching each side and maybe pay for an independent news source, and be done with it.

OR, if you really want to see "truth" and think people will like it, become an independent reporter and charge people for your stuff.

 
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Correct across the board - I would say that we as a society are culpable as well. While sports talk radio is often the worst, I do think Cowherd gets it right when he yells about people who 'Want to be right, not get it right'.

I listen to Neil D. Tyson's podcasts, Startalk, and he has a recent one with a guy who runs skeptic magazine - and they talked about how we teach science with such 'authority' in school, where we only see the outcomes. Our prism doesn't see the 50 iterations of Thomas Edison failing or Marie Curie getting it wrong - we just see the success. Same with the pandemic - we see what 'worked' with prior pandemics or health issues but rarely see all the failed attempts along the way. We don't accept that 'science' is literally guessing at something, and trying until it works (or doesn't work).

Moreover, I think we've simply gotten intellectually lazy. We want to know what we need to - and get back to our lives. I really do think that drives most people. We don't want to be challenged - we don't want to go outside our comfort zone. This isn't political, I think it's cultural at this point.

i'm rambling - but regardless - good content as always brofessor.

 

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