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From: skeeterweed@photonmail.com
In article ,
governor.swill@gmail.com says...
>
> On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:55:01 -0600, John Doe wrote:
>
> >On 8/23/2024 12:03 PM, Governor Swill wrote:
> >> On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:49:44 -0600, John Doe wrote:
> >>
> >>> Exactly. God save us from the partisans who think their party is pure
> >>> good and the other party is pure evil. The vast majority of people in
> >>> both parties are patriots. And working together to get things done is
> >>> not weakness.
> >>>
> >>> In my view, the biggest obstacle to unity is that we have some
> >>> for-profit news organizations who are dividing the country for profit
> >>> and to benefit the ultra-rich. Their damage would be limited if more
> >>> people consumed a variety of news sources and thought critically about
> >>> what they are being told.
> >>
> >> It's because Reagan abolished the Fairness Doctrine. Under that rule,
media was
> >> required to provide equal time to both sides of any political discussion.
> >>
> >> This situation made the media self fact checking because if Joe said the
sky was
> >> green, John was sitting in the next chair over to argue the point.
> >>
> >> As a result, media tended to be very, very careful to get their facts
straight
> >> or to issue disclaimers when there was doubt. Also, opinion was clearly
labeled
> >> as such and kept very separated from the actual news desk.
> >>
> >> When the FD went away, news became a free for all. Basically, it was
legal for
> >> anybody to say anything without the slightest fear of contradiction. The
power
> >> grab in Washington led to distortion and omission of facts and finally to
> >> outright lies. That's how Fox made their money. They figured out what
lies
> >> folks wanted to hear, and then told them.
> >>
> >> Reinstating the Fairness doctrine would bring to an end this habit
extremists
> >> have of lying.
> >>
> >
> >I hadn't thought about that recently, but you're right. Restoring it
> >would be a great step.
> >
> >The media with the biggest history of lying would likely be the biggest
> >objector, but truth should outweigh profits.
>
> Since we're on the topic of bias, so to speak, I ran into a heavily biased
> survey as a popunder in my browser recently.
>
> At what point does the bias of this survey become apparent to you?
>
> 1. Do you agree or disagree with this statement??We should continue to elect
our
> president through the Electoral College as devised by the Framers of our
> Constitution.
>
You cried about Trump winning the electoral but now you want to keep it.
>
> 2. Do you believe that young Americans receive a proper education in American
> civics, including how the Constitution works and its importance to liberty?
>
>
> ---No
>
> 3. Do you think that most Americans understand how the Electoral College
works
> and its role in preserving free and representative government?
>
>
> ---No
>
>
> 4. Do you think eliminating the Electoral College will disenfranchise
citizens
> in large parts of the U.S. and increase the intense partisanship already
> dividing our nation?
>
> ---Yes
>
> 5. Do you agree or disagree with this statement??The Electoral College
requires
> candidates and parties to form broad coalitions that represent the interests
of
> many Americans rather than just those of particular regions or urban areas.
>
Huh?
> 6. Do you think the ongoing effort to do away with the Electoral College by
> ?progressive? politicians, academics, and the mainstream media is politically
> motivated??motivated, in other words, by a desire to give an advantage to one
> political party over another?
>
> ---Yes
>
> 7. Are you aware that lawmakers in Washington, D.C. have introduced
legislation
> to abolish the Electoral College and that more than a dozen states and the
> District of Columbia have already voted to do away with the Electoral
College as
> devised by the Framers of our Constitution?
>
>
> ---No
>
>
> 8. Why do you think the movement to do away with the Electoral College is as
> successful as it is?
> (Check ALL that apply.)
>
>
> ---Left-wing domination of the media, as shown by The New York Times? ?1619
> Project,? undermines informed patriotism by promoting a biased distortion of
our
> nation?s history and our Constitution.
>
>
> 9. Hillsdale promotes informed patriotism by educating increasing millions of
> Americans about our nation?s great heritage of liberty. Which of Hillsdale?s
> educational outreach efforts do you consider most effective at educating for
> liberty? (Check ALL that apply.)
>
> ---Imprimis, Hillsdale?s digest of liberty, reaching over six million
households
> and businesses free of charge, ten times each year .
>
> ---Hillsdale?s free online courses on topics including the Constitution,
> American history, and free-market economics, in which more than four million
> Americans have enrolled.
>
> ---Hillsdale?s social media outreach, which reaches hundreds of thousands of
> young people each month, with videos and articles on the Constitution and its
> underlying principles of liberty.
>
> ---Hillsdale?s project to send pocket-size copies of the Declaration of
> Independence and the Constitution to millions of citizens and K-12 schools
> across America.Hillsdale?s work to launch and provide ongoing guidance to
> classical K-12 schools nationwide.
>
All of the above.
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