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Initech

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Wed Feb 15, 2023, 12:32 AM Feb 2023

Differences Between Left Wing Media And Right Wing Media 101: [View all]

This is for Marjorie Greene, Lauren Boebert, Ronny Jackson, Matt Gaetz, Paul Gosar, and others in Congress who are outraged by the fact that DirecTV canceled OAN and Newsmax. Let's go over the differences between left wing media and right wing media.

Left wing media reports real news using things like "facts" and "logic". Left wing media reports news and facts without using outrage and fearmongering.

Right wing media reports the news through heavily manufactured and choreographed talking points, excessive fearmongering and fake outrage which is then filtered through what's called an "echo chamber". And it's called an "echo chamber" because there are literally thousands of shows and hundreds of networks out there that are all selling the exact same product. It's what economists refer to as a "perfectly competitive" industry.

Now let's go over what a fact is, vs what an opinion is.

A fact is something like "There have been 102 mass shootings since January 1st, 2023." Or: "Average global temperatures have increased by 1 degree Fahrenheit."

An opinion is something like: "The department of education is evil and corrupt and must be abolished". Or: "Rhianna's Super Bowl halftime show was demonic in nature".

Fox News, Newsmax, and OAN engage in the latter. They actively engage with the viewers and listeners through graphic imagery and outrageous headlines, which are designed to keep viewers afraid, docile and ignorant, while their nightly talk show hosts and guest stars tell you how to feel and what to think about given issues. That is not reporting the news. That is reporting opinions. This is active brainwashing and mental conditioning. The right wing does not want a well informed population that's capable of critical thinking. They want to keep people uneducated, ill informed, docile, and ignorant. Left wing media does not do that. But then again this is what happens when their favorite president brags about how he loves the poorly educated.

So right wing Congress people - some of which barely passed high school and didn't go to college - you don't need to investigate any further. You're not being silenced because you're a conservative. You're being "silenced" because your opinion channels are the voices of hate, racism, sexism, and division in this country. It's been like this since Rush Limbaugh and even dating back to when Joseph McCarthy was the house speaker.

Fox News, and other channels like it (and that includes streaming sources on the dark corners of the internet like Lindell TV and Infowars), keep people fighting with each other over bullshit culture war issues like M&Ms and Rhianna's half time show, while the right wing consolidates all the wealth and power in this country. It's how they were able to steal two presidential elections, Texas, Florida, and the Supreme Court from us. And they're gearing up to steal 2024.

People are tired of the hate and we want a massive change. This isn't 2016 anymore and your social media shit posting and trolling is so old that it can vote. No one wants to hear the hate and racism that you keep spewing. Turn down the fear mongering.

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