Some time in the 1990s my husband and I stopped reading the Oregonian, the largest newspaper in Oregon because it was merely continual Democrat propaganda.
I too stopped Oregonian reading. I loved reading the Sports page for Blazers and Seahawks news. But the leftist propaganda from it was disheartening. Then same happened to USA Today. Luckily net news allowed for replacing. Maybe editors should think why low readership maybe has to deal with their bias
Yup. I experienced the same here in Hopkins, MN, a close suburb of Minne-hopeless. Our local paper is called the "Sun Sailor", and whenever the topic is political, it is predictably filled with Left-leaning content. In 12 years of living here it never once published a single letter of mine, despite often having the space to do so. Last year the paper went subscription-only, and we didn't subscribe. It's been wonderful simply not reading the stuff they publish rather than feeling compelled to pointlessly respond to it.
Our problem, I've finally realized, is that most people aren't very bright. It doesn't matter how many degrees they have; as genius physicist Richard Feynman famously said, “Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.” The Minne-hopeless suburbs are full of highly educated fools who seem to have no problem with the fact that the terrorists who burned down the city five years ago have escaped largely unpunished, and that nobody is looking for them. But on Nextdoor this week I see them organizing their little "No Kings" protests for this weekend, apparently in defense of keeping violent foreign criminals embedded within our communities. "You betcha", as the average Minnesotan might say.
Our reality is that the typical person is a dolt who believes whatever is put in front of him. I've spoken to MANY such people here in social situations. They keep tuning in "The View" and watching NBC News or whatever; no matter how patently asinine the content, they keep watching. They have no critical thinking skills whatsoever; they simply parrot whatever they've seen on their TVs lately. If the "news" tells them to get an injection, they get the injection. If the "news" says Trump is Hitler, then Trump is Hitler. If the "news" says George Floyd was murdered, George Floyd was murdered. If the "news" says the protests are peaceful, then the protests are peaceful. I could go on all day. It has taken me a long time to realize how little the average person actually thinks about anything: "THE HERD: A warning against false hope": https://daveziffer.substack.com/p/the-herd
Dave: I would like to make this a short article to be published tomorrow or Saturday in conjunction with the asinine No Kings riots on Saturday. What do you think?
Propaganda is how fascists and democratic socialists and communists control the people. "News" organizations that don't toe the line aren't allowed to exist. Your local newspaper reflects the majority opinion in your town.
NO! THAT is the problem! The problem is the fact that most small town newspapers are NO LONGER owned by people who live in the community. They are owned by Big Corporations hundreds or thousands of miles away. The Custer paper is owned by real people. The other two papers are in PURPLE communities so the papers are NOT serving the entire communities.
Hoax news lol
I too stopped Oregonian reading. I loved reading the Sports page for Blazers and Seahawks news. But the leftist propaganda from it was disheartening. Then same happened to USA Today. Luckily net news allowed for replacing. Maybe editors should think why low readership maybe has to deal with their bias
Search Occupy Minnesota Portland etc
Capital research center.com
Influencewatch.org archives of NGOs 3 letter agencies etc
Yup. I experienced the same here in Hopkins, MN, a close suburb of Minne-hopeless. Our local paper is called the "Sun Sailor", and whenever the topic is political, it is predictably filled with Left-leaning content. In 12 years of living here it never once published a single letter of mine, despite often having the space to do so. Last year the paper went subscription-only, and we didn't subscribe. It's been wonderful simply not reading the stuff they publish rather than feeling compelled to pointlessly respond to it.
Our problem, I've finally realized, is that most people aren't very bright. It doesn't matter how many degrees they have; as genius physicist Richard Feynman famously said, “Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.” The Minne-hopeless suburbs are full of highly educated fools who seem to have no problem with the fact that the terrorists who burned down the city five years ago have escaped largely unpunished, and that nobody is looking for them. But on Nextdoor this week I see them organizing their little "No Kings" protests for this weekend, apparently in defense of keeping violent foreign criminals embedded within our communities. "You betcha", as the average Minnesotan might say.
Our reality is that the typical person is a dolt who believes whatever is put in front of him. I've spoken to MANY such people here in social situations. They keep tuning in "The View" and watching NBC News or whatever; no matter how patently asinine the content, they keep watching. They have no critical thinking skills whatsoever; they simply parrot whatever they've seen on their TVs lately. If the "news" tells them to get an injection, they get the injection. If the "news" says Trump is Hitler, then Trump is Hitler. If the "news" says George Floyd was murdered, George Floyd was murdered. If the "news" says the protests are peaceful, then the protests are peaceful. I could go on all day. It has taken me a long time to realize how little the average person actually thinks about anything: "THE HERD: A warning against false hope": https://daveziffer.substack.com/p/the-herd
Dave: I would like to make this a short article to be published tomorrow or Saturday in conjunction with the asinine No Kings riots on Saturday. What do you think?
Sure go ahead. You are generally free to use anything I post publicly.
Am I free to link your Substack newsletter, or should I call you another name? No Kings thugs are being paid in major cities.
Sure!
Propaganda is how fascists and democratic socialists and communists control the people. "News" organizations that don't toe the line aren't allowed to exist. Your local newspaper reflects the majority opinion in your town.
NO! THAT is the problem! The problem is the fact that most small town newspapers are NO LONGER owned by people who live in the community. They are owned by Big Corporations hundreds or thousands of miles away. The Custer paper is owned by real people. The other two papers are in PURPLE communities so the papers are NOT serving the entire communities.