If we didn't have the internet then we wouldn't have news. Mainstream is unreliable at best. I don't trust anything from the big players. What kills me about commentators are that they don't have a clue about what they are saying and never did but try to appear as if they know something about what they are talking about. Notice the difference on CSPAN when a caller gives an opinion and then waits for a reply from the commenator - CSPAN hosts say "Thanks for the call" and go on to the next caller because they know not to offer an opinion; they are just providing information not opinion. The really important fact concerning internet sources is that one can check sources from several viewpoints and then make an educated decision. I like that! I wish someone would start a commercial network based on that idea. Instead of brainwashing we could have "information".
My name is Matthew Murrey and I'm from Florida, but have been living in the Midwest since 1984. I started this blog because no one else was blogging NPR's drift toward the right - and it made more sense than yelling at the radio.
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If we didn't have the internet then we wouldn't have news. Mainstream is unreliable at best. I don't trust anything from the big players. What kills me about commentators are that they don't have a clue about what they are saying and never did but try to appear as if they know something about what they are talking about. Notice the difference on CSPAN when a caller gives an opinion and then waits for a reply from the commenator - CSPAN hosts say "Thanks for the call" and go on to the next caller because they know not to offer an opinion; they are just providing information not opinion. The really important fact concerning internet sources is that one can check sources from several viewpoints and then make an educated decision. I like that! I wish someone would start a commercial network based on that idea. Instead of brainwashing we could have "information".
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