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In reply to the discussion: We Bid Adieu to Al Jazeera America and I Have a Sad.... [View all]slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)are you calling me old?
I am guilty of not always following my own advice! I first learned that Al Jazeera America would disappear from my 25 year old son, the story among some of his generation was because 'Americans cannot handle the truth.'
We need to try and break away from the old comforts of corporate media. While phone banking to NY tonight for Sanders one man said, well I was planning on voting for Clinton, I have only heard of Sanders recently. Tell me more ... I suggested he not get all his info from the corporate media, said that I lived in a neighboring state and we probably watch some of the same channels which do not always give an accurate view.
If we want to hear what CM is saying we can, unfortunately, read DU. But it was not always that way, when I first joined attention was paid to what was going on in Congress, posts to call Congress on one bill or another, links to how members voted etc. But that slowly changed.
My hope is that people will take a critical look at issues and think for themselves.