caryking said:
Pacfanweb said:
caryking said:
Why, then, would I accept the MSM as being anything near factual?
Do I watch them? Yes, however, with skepticism
That's totally fair, and honestly, a good way to go about it.
The problem is, the part about disbelieving everything in the MSM, and thinking there's some coordinated, "communist" effort.
You know, I have a lot skepticism about... well, really, too much stuff. I tend to find some of the alternative media does more due-diligence than MSM.
Really, how do we know what's truth? Everyone is communicating with a narrative. That's why I have stated previously that we all have different "world views".
How do we know? I guess we have to go with what makes it to court and the outcomes.
I have faith in the court system, at least for large matters like this. For smaller things like drug offenses and traffic violations....maybe not so much.
But IMO the courts got it right. They were brought absolutely zero evidence, other than affidavits that said various folks "felt like there was a problem"...but no actual evidence. And they said basically "Get that mess out of here".
And I trust that judgement. Esp. since many of the judges were Republican and some even Trump-appointed.
That eliminates any MSM, either party, etc....it comes down to, Trump claimed fraud, he had his day in court over 50 times and never brought any evidence, his claims were dismissed. Not sure what else can be said about that. A pretty definitive statement by the courts, which again....I believe are above any of the "narrative" stuff.
Pretty much agree with all the "narrative" stuff after the snip, good points there.