What do you think of this description of mainstream media and it's consumer ?

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"The mainstream media consumer is inundated with a firehose of falsehoods to the point where he eventually gives up trying to separate fact from fiction. Out of sheer exhaustion he accepts the desired conclusion against his better instincts..."

- Robert Bridge

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splishsplash

I think we all have a responsibility - to ourselves - to go to various news outlets to ascertain fact from fiction. Stop being so lazy. Would it be nice to be able to go to one news outlet and trust their reporting? Yes. However, many news outlets have found a way to make their money NOT by reporting the truth (which at times can be boring) but rather to feed our emotional/primitive lizard brains with hyperbole. For some it is much easier to accept hyperbole than to search for the truth - it's like eating fast food rather than cooking a well balanced meal.

Which may account for America's obesity problem.

RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M

@splishsplash 'Fat , drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.'

Wraithorn · 51-55, M

@splishsplash Nicely said. Diplomatic and true.