Your examples - a politician's speeches, press conferences, and tweets - are all also programmed communication.
Politicians bullshit in their speeches, press conferences, and tweets. Anyone naive enough to take what they say at face value should never have fallen put of their mammy's ass.
Your point does have some merit, though. We can look at primary sources on a politician's actions and voting record rather than relying on programmed communication about them.
[–] 15728788? 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago (edited ago)
When I converse with someone that appears to be programmed to LOVE the president by the right wing media, I directly ask "Have you listened to any of his speeches? Have you seen any of his press conferences? Have you read any of his tweets? Or are you getting your instruction second hand? More so than not, the people who are programmed to support the president are actually really good people who care deeply about the country and if they just heard the POTUS speak directly and looked at what he's doing, they would probably disagree with him.
That analogy swings both ways.
Cognitive skills include the ability to learn, to process and apply knowledge, to analyze and reason, and to evaluate and decide what is the intellectually disciplined process of understanding the world and conditions around oneself. Information generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to our own beliefs and actions.
There are many, many right leaning people who voted and supported the president I have spoken with that are totally appalled by the words the president tweets and what he has said during his speeches at rallies and what he says in interviews.
The morality of humankind [choosing right from wrong], is based on the concept of our own personal truth. Truth to one is not necessarily truth to another. Truth is contingent upon our individual critical thinking skills.
I praise Jesus and the Father. No man.
John 12:43 - For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Colossians 3:23 - And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
1 Thessalonians 2:4 - But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
Galatians 1:10 - For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
[–] 15728689? 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Yeah. We don't need the news, we can just make shit up that fits our dumb world view and makes us feel superior to others (family, friends, & coworkers). Merry Xmas to the dumbest people on the internet! You kept me laughing all year long! Keep it up in 2019!
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Amen to that Anon.