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4. I Posted This The Other Day About The Media Constantly Trying To Divide Us.....
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 03:34 PM
Jan 2013

Here's what I said:

I think a lot of how we've come to where we are on agreeing/disagreeing - winning/losing should be attributed to the 24/7 cable news and radio shows that continually pit there guests against each other and their emphasis of making it a point as to who won and won lost.

This 'fiscal cliff' debacle we've just come through is a perfect example. For months they were scaring the American People with it and talking about winning/losing - agreeing/disagreeing - and what either outcome means for us.

I think it was interesting that after the vote - they still talked about the winner and loser and both Parties and the People lined up on both sides of the issue. We had Dems saying we won and Dems saying we lost in the process. We had Repugs saying we won and Repugs saying we lost in the process. Bottom line - in my opinion - that was a good compromise - if we had people lining up on both sides of the results. That to me says - nobody got exactly what they wanted - but they got something.

Immediately after this vote - the talk turned to winning and losing on the debt ceiling issue. We've come through 2 years of winning and losing primaries and elections and what happened immediately after the election and we got the results - well talked turned to 2014 and 2016 immediately.

This constant, incessant and repetitive ramblings on these news programs - have conditioned us all to look for winners and losers - agree-r's and disagree-r's - that in my opinion as to how we've come to where we are on this ability to agree or disagree and how the media contributes to dividing and polarizing the country.

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