[–] 15727084? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
You need news. You just don't need "The News"
Curated news is necessary. Just like your brain cuts out most of the information your senses make available, a dependable curated source of news that can filter irrelevancy and enhance and explain in depth events as the develop is critical to having an educated populace.
We just don't have such a dependable news curator anymore so we're all stuck in little self-reinforcing filter-bubbles that are maximized to sell us ads and not to inform us so we become ever more tribalistic and easy to manipulate.
[–] 15730047? 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
The newspapers and even TV news have been bankrupt for many years except for the money paid by those parties who want to use propaganda and to control the "narrative." Remember when Newsweek sold for a dollar? Washington Post has not been profitable so what's his name bought it and it is a propaganda outlet for the CIA/CFR/deep state. Otherwise, they'd have to close their doors and they don't even employ journalists anymore. I remember where I used to live and the big Newspaper was Gannett owned. There was a huge incident outside of where I worked and it was on the main street of that city so I called the newspaper to tell them about the incident. They told me they didn't employ journalists any more and bought stories off the wire like AP for example. So then I called all three network television stations and was told the same thing. No journalists. So I found the number for AP and called them and they told me they didn't respond to events or stories any longer unless they were scheduled in advance. So this means, only stories that have been planned in advance by an agent and orchestrated (propaganda) is the only thing reported on.
[–] 15727108? 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
This is the clearest, most basic and straight forward question/proposition that I have heard since joining voat. Thank you All news is fake, bought and paid for by those desperate to maintain their power - we really don't need it and would be better off with out it.
[–] 15727924? 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
"The News". What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. The news has never enriched your life, not even once. All it ever did, all it will ever do, is cause you fear, uncertainty and doubt.
You do not need to know what is going on in the middle east, and even if you did need to know, why would you get it from "The News"?
it's not like you can double check anything. "The News" could be feeding you fictional story after fictional story, calling it real, and you'd never know any better.
Switch it off, focus on your family, your friends, your neighbors. Fuck "The News", you DON'T need it.
[–] 15729837? 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Yes but as I said in my OP, the real issue is people listening to the MSM figure heads and not looking for themselves. They take C-SPANs opinion on POTUS speaking instead of listening to Trump himself. With the internet we can communicate with Trump directly.
God bless.
[–] 15727211? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
" are actually really good people who care deeply about the country "
Bollocks.