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Chelfi
Lv 7
Chelfi asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Is it time for patriotic Americans on both sides to stop giving cable news so much power?

We're allowing ourselves to be manipulated in the interest of ratings, and it's hurting America.

Are you willing to stop buying manufactured "facts" on either side and try to get down to what's actually going? Personally, I'm embarrassed that this nation has turned into a bunch of manipulated fools on both sides of the aisle.

Update:

It's not whether or not we hate cable news. It's whether we believe them. There are better sources -- original documents, original interviews, etc. Make up your own mind without being told what to think.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    It's time people learned how to think critically, but that's too hard. Laziness, anti-intellectual sentiment, and a crappy, under-funded school system make that near impossible.

  • Irv S
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    It's time for 'patriotic americans' to stop accepting the abuses of broadcast news

    as they are.

    That is supposed to be 'public service time' and is subject to periodic review,

    and public comment is invited.

    If nobody complains, nothing gets done.

  • 1 decade ago

    I quit in the late 80s when I quit watching TV or listening to the radio.

  • 1 decade ago

    wow, yes, you did not know that everyone who watches Faux, CNN, and MSNBC hate cable news?

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