Packchem91 said:
PackFansXL said:
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-ever-expanding-group-therapy-for-liberals/
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Ari Fleischer, the former Bush-era White House press secretary and a current contributor to Fox News, has a new book out titled Suppression, Deception, Snobbery and Bias: Why the Press Gets So Much Wrong, and Just Doesn't Care. What separates this book from a lot of other books by conservatives ripping into the media is how much Fleischer emphasizes that he wants the media to do better work and put out a better product, and the way he lays out how biased media exacerbates American divisions. Fleischer contends that liberal groupthink in the ranks of the media outrages the Right and encourages the Left to embrace its fringe and lose touch with the rest of the country:
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If you are conservative or independent in America, you know the media is not fair. However, conservatives often get this conflict wrong. We misread what they media is trying to do, and we misinterpret why they are doing it. There is no secret meeting where liberals decide how to pervert the news. There is no central source of propaganda. It comes naturally to the media because they're too much alike. They have a diversity problem. . . .
Journalism has a great weakness, an original sin. The people who go into journalism do not represent the breadth and depth of the United States of America. They don't look like America, nor do they sound or think like America. They are overwhelmingly cut from the same cloth, a fabric that is largely liberal, like-minded, and way too unfamiliar with the circumstances and needs of many Americans, especially those without college degrees, those who come from rural areas, and those who are conservative or Republican. It's no wonder the media has a hard time understanding 74 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump's 2020 reelection.
I think Ari Fleischer is right. They need to learn to be contrarians with their likewise liberal colleagues. The media needs to recruit alternative voices and listen to them too. They say they want diversity but they absolutely abhor political diversity.
He would know better than i....but i think a contributing factor has to be "survival mode"? Meaning....if 80% of your employer base is left-leaning, exactly how many employees are going to rise thru the ranks as counter to that?
Two, i think youve said you don't do twitter....but go follow 20 reporters -- national, local, news, sports -- on there....the group think, everyone gotta fit in, circle jerk mode is in full affect.
I think the group think, tribalism, and other names given to people needs to be very careful. I've been accused (I think) of having tribal thinking and feel as if it is a miscategorization.
I have very strong personal opinions; however, my goal (not always successful) is to link issues back to the original intent of our founding and how the issue should be viewed by "our" government. Example: I have strong feelings on Roe V. Wade; however, I did my best to not let my personal feelings get in the way on a constitutional ruling. Yes, I know…. It went my way, so that makes it easier…
Regarding 20 reporter on Twitter… well, I would rather have a toe cut off. None of the those 20 people would have anything worth listening and/or reading. Everything (most) is stated from an emotional stance. That is completely unbearable, for me. So, I'd rather ***** and complain with everyone here!
On the illegal or criminal immigrants…
“they built the country, the reason our economy is growing”
Joe Biden
