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Not "my words", I asked you a question. Oh, I am not claiming I have answers! A lot of things can be explained by people not having time and just rolling with

Not "my words", I asked you a question. Oh, I am not claiming I have answers! A lot of things can be explained by people not having time and just rolling with whatever other people have strong opinions on (ever been in an organizing committee, or in a group trying to figure out what to watch on Netflix - at some point you just want this to be over). I think another aspect is simply vanity. It makes some feel special when you have "inside information", and you're "not a sheep" (TM), when in reality, all you do, is run after some other leader. Edit: Systematic misinformation. Have you compared FoxNews and CNN during the Trump presidency? It's like they were reporting about different planets. One group has a significantly better outcome when it comes to COVID, for example (the motivation behind this is, however, a complete mystery to me).

beckman466 5y ago
> Systematic misinformation. Have you compared FoxNews and CNN during the Trump presidency? It's like they were reporting about different planets. One group has a significantly better outcome when it comes to COVID, for example (the motivation behind this is, however, a complete mystery to me). Agreed. I fear that deeply traumatized people like Tucker Carlson aren't able to care much about people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E0NcmcGdSI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E0NcmcGdSI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQwP0XRBjq4&t=37s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQwP0XRBjq4&t=37s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzUC4FUTKII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzUC4FUTKII > Have you compared FoxNews and CNN or is there more? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--TsGaNyr0U&t=1785s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--TsGaNyr0U&t=1785s
naasking 5y ago
Systematic misinformation follows from motivated reasoning. MSNBC, CNN and Fox all had plenty of it under Trump. MSNBC basically did to Trump what Fox did to Obama. Plenty of studies have shown that liberals and conservatives can read the same studies, and both come away thinking the data supported their positions. And they were both wrong. Nuance is dead.
- nautilius 5y ago
  I agree with 'Nuance is dead' - it's horrible and I'm not sure how that can be fixed. I started reading Reuters to actually get information. I think CNN did themselves a big disservice by including too many opinion pieces and polemics.

beckman466 5y ago

> Systematic misinformation. Have you compared FoxNews and CNN during the Trump presidency? It's like they were reporting about different planets. One group has a significantly better outcome when it comes to COVID, for example (the motivation behind this is, however, a complete mystery to me). Agreed. I fear that deeply traumatized people like Tucker Carlson aren't able to care much about people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E0NcmcGdSI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E0NcmcGdSI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQwP0XRBjq4&t=37s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQwP0XRBjq4&t=37s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzUC4FUTKII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzUC4FUTKII > Have you compared FoxNews and CNN or is there more? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--TsGaNyr0U&t=1785s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--TsGaNyr0U&t=1785s

naasking 5y ago

Systematic misinformation follows from motivated reasoning. MSNBC, CNN and Fox all had plenty of it under Trump. MSNBC basically did to Trump what Fox did to Obama. Plenty of studies have shown that liberals and conservatives can read the same studies, and both come away thinking the data supported their positions. And they were both wrong. Nuance is dead.

nautilius 5y ago
I agree with 'Nuance is dead' - it's horrible and I'm not sure how that can be fixed. I started reading Reuters to actually get information. I think CNN did themselves a big disservice by including too many opinion pieces and polemics.