Do you know what "the other side" thinks, or do you believe they think what your "side" says they think? How could you find out what they think? Well, I suppose you could watch their channels, and read their press.
But it very often seems to me that people, having once decided where they stand politically, restrict all of their information gathering to sources that tell them what they've already decided on. No true "liberal" would watch Fox News, would they? (I do.) No true "conservative" could stand more than 11 seconds of CNN. (I'm a liberal, and I admit I find it hard, too, but I listen anyway.)
I read 3 newspapers in my home town -- two of them consistently conservative, one consistently liberal. There's another, but it's so rabidly left-wing that I don't read it, in fact.
So, how about you? Do you really know what "they" think -- before you decide that "they" are wrong?
The News I read is mostly internet articles that appear in Microsoft Edge toolbar link on the bottom right of a Windows computer at work. I will also read the top 4-6 articles at FOX. I will spend much more time at MSN, because the pop up has more variety of opinions, from a wider range of News and Opinion sources.
Fox is much different now, from a few years ago, leading its web page more with human interest stories; Murdock Trial. It also presents a few Right leaning stories about the Republican Committees in the House and the Liberal city and state problem; crime, the Mayor of Chicago being recalled, to businesses fleeing the expensive Left leaning cities and states. MSN is more politically orientated, in comparison to FOX. But it does present about 25% Right leaning articles, often from the reporters at FOX.
What I notice is the Left opinion articles, tend to blow the most hot air up the skirts of its hard core base. it is more opinion that fact. The Right is in better times and the Left is more on defense. MSN also seems to avoid articles such as the Republican House Committees grilling members of the left. AG Garland is being interviewed about going after Conservatives and the Catholic Church with the FBI, but not investigating and prosecuting even single Lefty for attacking churches or family clinics. You need to go to FOX to see that. This is important, but the Left is on radio silence. Big Brother is watching. There is also Fauci news about the origins of COVID, connected to China. Both FOX and MSN are presenting this. but MNS is maintaining doubt.
MSN, sometimes gives me the feel; vibe, of too much damage control, and not enough about objective reporting. The exception is the Ukraine War, the bad weather, and some opinion pieces about inflation and the economy, and some good articles on science topics.
When the Democrats controlled the committees, there was much better reporting on MSN, about the Jan 6, trials, with FOX being more balanced. FOX would not be there all day, but would report the days activity, while also presenting opinion counter points. This is not how MSN is dealing with the shoe on the other foot. They seem to have marching orders for radio silence.
One interesting story is how Speaker McCarthy gave FOX News Super Star; Tucker Carlson, the video feed from the Jan 6 riots, so he and his team, can look at the video with fresh eyes; Conservative cherry picking to balance Liberal Cherry picking. On both FOX and MSN, articles tell how the Left is up in arms about this video release revealing Capital security secrets.
This claim of revealing security secrets makes no sense, since that old security did not work, when these videos were made. Dah, we had riots and an invasion of the Capital with that security under Pelosi. I would have to assume the boneheads, have already learned from their security mistakes, and have updated the entire security to something newer and much better, that will not be on any old video, that was given to Tucker. This tells me the Left is doing damage control, since there may be some things on the video, they have not shown to the public that ma be damming to them. Kangaroo courts do better in the dark.
I watched Tucker last night, but he is not yet presenting his findings, since he is trying to do it right, and not run short term propaganda for ratings, to to feed the hungry mob. I had not seen his show in months since I have stayed away from TV news. Running too fast and loose, was more like what the Left did, before all the evidence was in.
Tucker must have something and is waiting to create one of his mini-series, of the best video content, and not just go fast out of the blocks for quickie political propaganda. I wonder if Tucker will get a Pulitzer Prize or is that prize still based on the best propaganda; prize for the best support of the collusion coup? Tucker has a chance to bring back good old fashion investigative reporting. This may be why he was chosen.
