One of the things that I find annoying and funny at the same time is
all of these people on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter
who seem to think they are experts on a subject just because they can
parrot back all of the excrement being shoveled at them through
various sources. I am disturbed by all of the so-called Citizen
Reporters funneling through the sewers of the Web who think that they
are being objective when all they do is seek out like minded websites
and sources that agree with their narrow ideas and then regurgitate
it back to the public. Even more disturbing to me and indicative of
exactly what is wrong with our country is the millions of people that
read this tripe and consider it to be news.
Pick a subject you don't like. Anything from Obamacare to Llama
Farming in Detroit will do. Then do a web search for “news”
about your chosen dislike. I promise you that you will find dozens
or more so called news pieces on the subject that support your
viewpoint because odds are you are not the only one enraged over
Llama poo in the Motor City. Odds are also pretty good that most of
the sites you find are no more done by real reporters than I am a
talented Tango Dancer. Still people latch onto these jokes instead
of actually finding sites that carry facts and information because
they agree with them.
And to me that is the main problem facing us today. No one wants the
actual facts. Hardly anyone wants real hard data that can prove or
disprove any controversial subject. They just want to hear things
that reassure them that they are right and everyone else is wrong.
When they discover any sort of data that can disprove what they
believe, they promptly dismiss it as misinformation or even a
conspiracy of some kind.
I have lost count of how many times I have seen people post crap on
Facebook and other places that is supposedly news, but has no actual
facts or data to back any of it up. Sorry folks but if you or the
site you are quoting cannot or will not give corroborating evidence
to support its claims then it isn't even remotely news. At best it
is an opinion piece from a loud mouth with a blog (Points at self)
and at worst it is regurgitated propaganda.
I always tell people to like or dislike any durned thing you want.
Hells, you don't even have to have a logical reason for it. That is
your right and Gods knows it is one I exercise on a fairly regular
basis. However, your opinions are not facts and quoting the opinions
of other people who agree with you doesn't make them facts. Quoting
half truths and distortions over and over again does not make them
facts, it just makes you look stupid.
Of course, this is still a free country (Well at least for the time
being) so if you don't mind looking like a micro brained moron,
please feel free to keep posting “News” stories about how Al Gore
is using orbiting heat rays to fool people into believing Global
Warming is real or How Ted Cruz is secretly the love child of Tickle
Me Elmo and Miss Piggy. I need all the laughs I can get.
End of Rant
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