Fox News
There’s a set of people here who all seem to have the same strongly held opinions on the same set of issues. Guns, Muslims, Trump, Hillary Clinton, abortion, to name a few favourites. It’s not like some of their views happen to coincide, but rather, they all seem to think the same about everything. Another thing all these people seem to have in common is their propensity for posting videos, and something a lot of these videos have in common is that they have “Fox News” written in the bottom left hand corner. Well I’m no genius but I don’t need to be one to put two and two together.Half an hour spent looking at Fox News clips on Youtube doesn’t amount to extensive research, I admit that, but it is enough to make it obvious that Fox News is far more propaganda than news. I always thought the purpose of news programmes was to inform people of the facts, not to tell them what to think. I know we all have our prejudices and preferences and like to be told what we prefer to hear, but what is the point of news if it’s biased? We all get things wrong sometimes but if we are never presented with an impartial account of what is going on, how are we supposed to make an informed decision when we vote?
I find the idea of people preferring having their prejudices reinforced, to hearing the truth, amazing.
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