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Originally Posted by VaporPunk
Nice post. Opinion ain't news and I think too many of us Yanks have forgotten that. But the trend in Europe (well, Belgium anyway) is moving the same way. Hard News is boring but informative, Opinion News is conflict and taps into anger. One makes money the other doesn't. I find it ironic, as an American, that state-sponsored news has become more accurate and balanced than the corporate news.
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Well maybe...
I dipped slightly and hopefully very quickly into the issues of different news sources before, and along the way indicated that I used a variety of sources across the spectrum. I take what I get from all of them and try to understand the "whole" truth. The so called facts aren't necessarily true and aren't necessarily "everything."
Remember that saying "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." There is a reason they say that.
An advantage of "OPINION PROGRAMS" is that you get to hear either side arguing and bashing with each other. Then I believe that you can get a little closer to that elusive quality called truth.
I kind of like that other saying "... and in this corner wearing the
red, white and
blue stripped trunks is ..."