The difficulty people face today is how hard it is to pierce the veil of the multiple layers of deceit. At one point, even gently suggesting that all was not a

The difficulty people face today is how hard it is to pierce the veil of the multiple layers of deceit. At one point, even gently suggesting that all was not as it seemed with the Covid numbers (remember when it was reported to have a 10% mortality rate in Italy?) would get you banned/blacklisted/downvoted etc... Even today, pointing out the risk/reward issues with child vaccination for Covid will get a mob attacking you, and anti-vaxxer etc... labels applied. Whether it's racism, covid, gun control, abortion or any other politically charged "wedge" issue, it's nearly impossible to get to a reasonable discussion of the issue. Neither "side" wants that. They want demonization, othering and disgust reaction in order to gain and consolidate power. Partisan media organizations outright lie, and face basically no accountability for it. In order to try to hunt down some semblance of truth, you have to constantly read opposing publications, and it's a lot of work. I prefer to read media that doesn't pretend to hide their bias, Huffington Post, Breitbart, The Atlantic, etc... Over the claimed "impartial" media like NYT, Fox, MSNBC that pretend at objective journalism but have a clear political agenda.