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To: Eric who wrote (1516443)	1/26/2025 2:30:43 PM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 1570343

i believe we learned several things from edward r murrow. i had a public speaking type course or it was part of a required english course. I believe he was expressing how tv was a great way to manipulate the public or your subject. the point was people just believed what was presented over the tv. It was a course around 1962. It was not one of his books just a chapter in one of the books required for the course quoting him?

To: Eric who wrote (1516443)	1/26/2025 2:36:05 PM
From: Broken_Clock	1 Recommendation Recommended By longz Respond to of 1570343

I'm assuming you ditched Journalism after the you got your scores back. “A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.” ? Edward R. Murrow

To: Eric who wrote (1516443)	1/26/2025 11:07:06 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By longz Respond to of 1570343

>> X is again "social media" that has to be taken with a grain of salt. Actually, I find X to be more balanced than any other social media platform I participate on. Intuitively, it would be -- who would ever expect something like a social media platform to divide up into Reds and Blues? But what I found after Musk took over was that people on both sides tended to comment with without hesitation. It isn't 100% balanced, but it is closer. I wish there were more participation amongst the left, but I've noticed one side or the other is usually tuned out because of the haggling. My opinion is the country has bottomed out with regard to partisan aggravation. I hope so, anyway.

To: Eric who wrote (1516443)	1/26/2025 11:24:35 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By longz Respond to of 1570343

>> How do you evaluate news or events and ultimately the truth. That is a good question. On many stories -- those I don't really care about -- I won't bother. If I didn't see the story on X, I'll go there and see if I can find it, and look through the comments. That usually provides a good overview where the two sides are and I look at a few to see if there is consensus, and if so, is it one-sided politically. I used to then proceed to Google news, however, that is no longer reliable. If it is a big story and I care about it, I will usually take a few minutes and sample Fox News Channel, CNN and maybe one more station. And some think it is dumb, but I enjoy Agenda-Free TV, which I started watching when it first appeared. It is sort of goofy at times, but the guy tries hard to get it right based on internet news sources. He leans left, but tries extremely to prevent that coming out in his broadcasts. In reality, I stay very far behind on news, and if something isn't a top story I'm likely to miss it. Also, there are wide-ranging topics I don't care about much (like the war in Ukraine) and I will only look at things I see as major stories out of that.