We have replaced journalists with opinion(ists),
and we only tune into the opinion(ist) we like, as a result I expect to see the continuing
rise in what Scott Adams refers to as Cognitive Dissonance, where the world
does not match your expectations, so you create illusions. Little that I say here
will be new, but I’ve nothing better to do so let's recap.
For better or worse we have been set on a path where identity
politics is the fashion of the day. We’ve
forsaken even the most meager attempts for balance in our discussion of the
issues. The ideas of compromise and persuasion
have been replaced by blunt force use of the media and its celebrities to shove
ideas forward without concern or consideration for opposing views.
To illustrate, we can look at the idea of universal health
care as a right guaranteed by the government.
The Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act in 2008, with nary a
Republican supporter. In the years since
its implementation individual costs have sky rocketed, insurance exchanges have
faltered, and court cases have risen to the Supreme Court where they found this
was really a legal tax scheme.
After 8-years of complaints and condemnations from the
Republicans, when it came time to do something they failed miserably because
they never had a real vision to move to.
Of course, there is the usual finger pointing and condemnation, for it
appears that is all they are capable of.
It is much the same these days with the Democratic
leadership and the vilification of the President. Rather than concentrate on the positives, finding
places they can persuade the President towards their views, the voices we hear
from them are shrill and self-serving.
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I am reading (listening to) former CBS Reporter Sharyl Adkisson's Book, The Smear, and it is fascinating so far. The Internet Age has created paid groups in Washington which "sell" canned stories and data to media outlets to allow them to get stories out fast and skip the nug work and time required to do quality reporting. Millions are being made, and anybody who gets in the way seeking real truth is "fingered" to keep the profits rolling for the "new corporations." They planted classified material on Adkisson's personal computer to try and get her discredited! I highly recommend a read!
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