Most US media have a self understanding as brain washing machines. Their disagreement is not about whether brains should be washed, but about the brand, smell and tint of the detergent. And don't get me started about schools.
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Replying to @DeanSHorak
Don't hold me responsible for German media and schools. They are mostly terrible, in slightly different ways.
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Replying to @Plinz
The problem is not our media. It is the inability of people to be able to distinguish news from opinion. The main culprit in this devolution is the right-wing outlets which label themselves “news”, when they are really propagandists.
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Replying to @DeanSHorak
What makes you think that this applies only to the right?
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Replying to @Plinz
Because before Fox News, news was actually “news”, and the few opinion shows (eg Crossfire) we’re clearly opinion shows - With both sides represented. When the news got it wrong, they quickly retracted or corrected their reports - That’s so with fox.
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Replying to @DeanSHorak
Because the raison d'être for the left is the fight for truth and integrity? If not, I am not interested.
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Replying to @Plinz
I could care less about left or right - it doesn’t even mean anything anymore. The right is no longer conservative and the left is no longer liberal. They’re just different tribes. I’m independent and vote issues - right now I oppose trump because he’s a crook.
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To me, the difference is whether I aim at the benefit of everyone (universalism) vs. my ingroup. But my own version of liberal leftism is outdated. Identity politics looks like rightism to me: Some animals are more equal than others.
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