Posted on 12/18/2018 3:08:56 PM PST by vannrox
Have you ever wondered why some people think the way that they do? I mean, why is it “common knowledge” that Trump followers are “Deplorable” Nazi “Red-Necks” who are High School dropouts and uneducated bumbletons? Why is it “common knowledge” that Universities and Colleges are the perfect routes for success in today’s’ modern world? Why is it “common knowledge” that we need to pay income taxes or else our bridges would collapse and our telephones would explode?
The News Media told us.
Have you ever really wondered about this? This absolute disconnect between the reality that we experience every day, and the reality that is presented to us on the news. Have you ever thought about it?
I mean it. The United States is currently fighting seven …SEVEN… S-E-V-E-N wars! Not a single one of them is a threat to the United States in any direct way. Why are we there? Why are we fighting and our soldiers are dying there? Why?
Because the media tell us that we MUST be there.
it’s not only news about the United States, culture and society. But it is everything. How do we know what China is like? How do we know about how dogs are treated in China? Why do we think that dogs are considered more delicious than a fine juicy sirloin or T-bone steak in China?
Because the media tells us, that’s how we know.
How do we know that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 2016? How do we know that the 2016 election was corrupted by Russian spies ...
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Nah, you can just post it.
It's only a blog.
pay income taxes or else our bridges would collapse
Fuel taxes and freight taxes are supposed to be used to maintain the roads etc., not income taxes.
Not impressed.
Even though his heart is in the right place, I think.
Around here (metro NYC) bridge tolls are used to fund other things (e.g. subways, skyscrapers), chump.
Originally bridge tolls were instituted to pay off the bonds issued to build the respective bridges. After that the tolls were supposed to be removed. (Ha, Ha.) But you friendly pols just couldn't part with all that money coming in. The bridges are just roadways that need to be maintained just like Fifth Avenue and the Brooklyn Bridge. And we have gasoline taxes to maintain old roads and build new ones. Bridges like the Throgs Neck Bridge (built early 60s) between the Bronx and Queens cost 25 cents each way when it opened. Now it's $8.50 each way now that those bonds have been paid off.
ML/NJ
The media is the deep state.
It would be much easier to list the truths. The list would be very much shorter.
>>Because the media tells us, that’s how we know.<<
I’ve been telling people that for years, and most of them just shrug and yawn, but the sad fact is that almost everyone who reads the papers and watches the news programs simply assumes that what they’re reading and hearing is true and beyond question. My view may be considered seriously jaundiced but I tend to doubt the truthfulness of damn near everything the news media reports.
95% of so called Journalists are self admitted Democrats, Liberals, Progressives and / or Socialists.
Of the remaining 5%, four out of five are Liars.
Well, 99% of Journalists already are Liars anyway, but you get the point. #8^)>}{
Much worse since 1996, unthanks to Clinton.
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