It just goes on and on and on and there is no end in sight. To be all-around well informed these days means to go to numerous independent sites and making it a full time job. I am retired, so I can afford to do that, but I feel sorry for people with full-time jobs.
All of this must be another ploy by the billionaire class, to keep more people uninformed and making them ignorant. It's the only way to keep their fascist order takers in power.
So true. I recently had to go through all of my many independent news subscriptions and determine which were giving me the best information and insights into the nightmare of today. You can see I am still at this one. And I made a decision to keep subscribing to 5 tiny independent newspapers, of which 2 are in my state of Arizona. One in a deep red county on the Mexican border, who stay alive so far and cost me a lot. But wow. And my favorite is The Mississippi Free Press. Practically my least favorite state since I was 14, where on a family trip back from Florida to Arizona in 1966 we got caught in a civil rights battle with a mile long line of Black Mississippians chained together along the side of the main road and White Mississippians on the other side of the road screaming obscenities for all they were worth. That has been a driving force in my lifelong attitudes about mean angry white people. But this little newspaper is just awesome and does some fantastic research. Gives me a more balanced look at Mississippi.
I admire you for that. What a great example of being proactive in staying informed. None of this democracy stuff is easy anymore. I accept the challenge.
While the number of people who access local news content on line is growing, it turns out that most people still watch local news on TV. Either way. the source of the information is declining as more newsrooms close down.
It just goes on and on and on and there is no end in sight. To be all-around well informed these days means to go to numerous independent sites and making it a full time job. I am retired, so I can afford to do that, but I feel sorry for people with full-time jobs.
All of this must be another ploy by the billionaire class, to keep more people uninformed and making them ignorant. It's the only way to keep their fascist order takers in power.
So true. I recently had to go through all of my many independent news subscriptions and determine which were giving me the best information and insights into the nightmare of today. You can see I am still at this one. And I made a decision to keep subscribing to 5 tiny independent newspapers, of which 2 are in my state of Arizona. One in a deep red county on the Mexican border, who stay alive so far and cost me a lot. But wow. And my favorite is The Mississippi Free Press. Practically my least favorite state since I was 14, where on a family trip back from Florida to Arizona in 1966 we got caught in a civil rights battle with a mile long line of Black Mississippians chained together along the side of the main road and White Mississippians on the other side of the road screaming obscenities for all they were worth. That has been a driving force in my lifelong attitudes about mean angry white people. But this little newspaper is just awesome and does some fantastic research. Gives me a more balanced look at Mississippi.
I admire you for that. What a great example of being proactive in staying informed. None of this democracy stuff is easy anymore. I accept the challenge.
You are right. It is not easy anymore. And just weeding out lies and nonsense from all sides is so much work. Best of luck to you!
No one i know watches any legacy news on TV. No one has cable. I'm 80 yo, and that first sentence made me laugh. Local news is online, too.
While the number of people who access local news content on line is growing, it turns out that most people still watch local news on TV. Either way. the source of the information is declining as more newsrooms close down.
It’s still important to have honest news - real news - on the television.
We have cable TV which includes 2 local news and weather stations, recently down from 3.
One of our local news stations has changed hands more than once over a four year span. They fired two of the anchors and their ratings have dropped.
UGH
The question of the day is, “What can we do about it?”
supporting local news is key. watch/read/ support the local news outlets doing work that you admire.
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