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hunter

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8. Television is the worst possible medium for "news."

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Mon Feb 25, 2019, 05:16 PM

Feb 2019

The lizard part of the human brain is unable to distinguish television news, accurate or not, from reality.

Thankfully the lizard brain can't read, and can be dismissed by critical thinking.

The television in our house is a movie player. Netflix and DVDs is all it does. No broadcast, no satellite, no cable. Especially not "news."

Any video I happen to be exposed to might as well be CGI fantasy and propaganda until otherwise confirmed.

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Cable TV news: A mere shadow of what it could and should be [View all] Sherman A1 Feb 2019 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #1

Did you know that the earth is flat? brooklynite Feb 2019 #2

Some people think news has to pay the bills. mwooldri Feb 2019 #3

The cost of running a top-notch newsroom procon Feb 2019 #7

It starts at school. procon Feb 2019 #4

In the beginning.... SoCalDem Feb 2019 #5

Precisely Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #6

Television is the worst possible medium for "news." hunter Feb 2019 #8