The alternative news lie [View all]
I posted an article on Facebook about how social media is increasing stress levels of Americans (it wasn't even a political article). One of my Facebook friends commented on my post about how the Press Herald is "alternative news". Portland Press Herald out of Portland, ME has been around for a long time. I try to be pretty understanding of different view points, but this really got to me. The commentor isn't even a conservative. He is some sort of weird independent, but he buys into some of the bs that the Republicans have been peddling... like he believed the lies about Hillary Clinton. Now I find out that he has no respect of the good newspapers in the area. This really bothered me and I unfriended him immediately and deleted his comments. I'm not going to argue with this guy anymore if he is going to trash good newspapers as alternative news. I'm not sure why this put me over the edge, but I just am getting really bothered by people claiming that all these respectable news sources are garbage. They have no respect for good journalism, writing, or even education in general. These people are wearing me down. I'm tired of having to deal with them.
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