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Originally Posted by Ohio
Last January I visited family. One young lady is a mental health counselor. She had made herself sick over the presidential election. She had a hard time even looking at me since she knew, "I voted for Trump." But several months prior I specifically told her that I did not even vote in the primaries because of the concerns I had. I went there with the intention not to discuss politics.
As a mental health counselor she has been trained to identify her biases and keep them at a distance, yet due to the current toxic political and social climate, she is frankly unable. This is concerning. Since she lives in the liberal NYC area, her bias is not so evident, but here in the midwest, she definitely could not practice.
This is why main stream media is so dangerous. They are stirring social unrest. They are no longer journalists caring for accurate reporting. They are strictly purveyors of liberal opinions designed to create tension in America. They purposely use inflammatory rhetoric to incite their audience, e.g. like the recent connection of Trump to Charles Manson.
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That's no more of a problem on the Left then it is in Right-wing media. Plus, now we have the new problem of the Russians intentionally pumping Fake News into social media in order to foster distrust. One has to be able to think critically to thread one's way through the mine-field of information and disinformation that's out there every day. Often that means withholding judgment on issues because you recognize that you JUST DON'T KNOW. People often don't like to do that.