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Is paying attention to the news a waste of time?

Author: Curly1918 (17015 Posts - Joined: Aug 30, 2017)

Posted at 9:04 am on Oct 30, 2025
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I regularly log onto Real Clear Politics to get the broadest possible perspective on what is going on in the world.

This site provides links to pairs of articles/opinions that are diametrically opposed.

If you only read one point of view because it makes you feel comfortable you are deliberately blinding yourself.

On the other hand if you read the opposing positions you begin to feel that we are hopelessly divided.

It's kinda frustrating.


Link: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/

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RealClearShite? Far right media with an occasional kernel of truth.

Author: ND521 (9665 Posts - Joined: May 10, 2016)

Posted at 2:47 pm on Oct 30, 2025
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God may not care who wins, but His mother does
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The media is vitally important to democracy. They told us about this, for instance:

Author: Chris94 (37566 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 11:58 am on Oct 30, 2025
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Were it not for the Wall Street Journal (hardly the liberal media), we might not know that the Trump family made $5 billion in ONE DAY because of its crypto scam.

Of course MAGA is cool with this because whatabout Hunter Biden or some shit.


Link: https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-family-amasses-6-billion-fortune-after-crypto-launch-567faec5?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfrLBCCxQ0OeUg-G7vZ5Stsyh7ib6_26neHXKEGAOu7nGL4YfmXS6y9CLw9Gyo%3D&gaa_ts=69037871&gaa_sig=UzuO9bqTvPCvNRIx2YTIbNzSCKzqVOdetjm

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An unbiased media objectively reporting the truth is vitally important to Democracy.

Author: TakethetrainKnute (34096 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 3:02 pm on Oct 30, 2025
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Tass and Pravda were "media" and they were vitally important to...something...alright.

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So who's covering the Jack Smith subpoenapalooza?

Author: Curly1918 (17015 Posts - Joined: Aug 30, 2017)

Posted at 1:09 pm on Oct 30, 2025
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The real story here is how any court allow this abuse of the discovery process?

Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jack-smith-issued-subpoenas-targeting-more-than-400-republicans-in-arctic-frost-case-grassley-says/ar-AA1PrF40?ocid=BingNewsVerp

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You mean Grassley said so so it must be true.

Author: jimbasil (53471 Posts - Joined: Nov 15, 2007)

Posted at 2:03 pm on Oct 30, 2025
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Jack, he is a banker
and Jane, she is a clerk
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Go.watch the twitter files testimony.

Author: iairishcheeks (28577 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 12:36 pm on Oct 30, 2025
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The MSM also gave us the Pee Pee tape lie. The Russian hoax lie. The Covid lies.

Author: ELP (10367 Posts - Joined: Oct 18, 2020)

Posted at 12:05 pm on Oct 30, 2025
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Protected Sleepy Joe. Lied about the George Floyd mostly peaceful protests. Continue to lie about what ICE is trying to accomplish. Keep vital info away from the public with these tranny shooters. No investigative follow up on the DJT shooter or the Charlie Kirk murder. That's your American MSM. Local media ain't much better.

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You've got it all wrong...and a $787M settlement by FOX proves it...as well as a GOP-led

Author: TyroneIrish (22301 Posts - Joined: Oct 8, 2020)

Posted at 1:20 pm on Oct 30, 2025
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Senate Intelligence Committee finding that the Trump campaign actively worked with Putin's Russia to win the 2016 election...i.e. no Hoax.

For whatever reason, you avoid proof that the MSM is right...and your sources are the ones who are knowingly lying to you.


Link: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/02/tucker-carlson-text-messages-dominion-lawsuit-fox-news.html

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I think we’ve established over the last couple of decades R’s don’t like truth and facts. This is a

Author: jimbasil (53471 Posts - Joined: Nov 15, 2007)

Posted at 2:10 pm on Oct 30, 2025
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perfect example of MAGAhats choosing to sidestep reality for Cult spin.

Jack, he is a banker
and Jane, she is a clerk
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Then you should stick with FOXTV and newsmax. You’re not looking for facts, you’re looking for

Author: jimbasil (53471 Posts - Joined: Nov 15, 2007)

Posted at 12:33 pm on Oct 30, 2025
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something that makes you feel better about your poor choices.

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Jack, he is a banker
and Jane, she is a clerk
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Or this, from today, about how that guy purchased a pardon

Author: Chris94 (37566 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 12:01 pm on Oct 30, 2025
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Straight-up corruption, cheered on by MAGA.

Link: https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/binance-trump-crypto-pardon-cz-changpeng-zhao-1007fde9?mod=hp_lead_pos7&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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RCP started off politically un-aligned, but that changed in 2017...now it has content that would

Author: TyroneIrish (22301 Posts - Joined: Oct 8, 2020)

Posted at 11:42 am on Oct 30, 2025
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appeal to a conservative audience...hence, your preference for news.

Here's an excerpt from a Wiki review of the firm...
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2017 to present
In November 2020, The New York Times published an article alleging that since 2017, when many of its "straight-news" reporting journalists were laid off, RealClearPolitics showed a pro-Trump turn with donations to its affiliated nonprofit increasing from entities supported by wealthy conservatives.[28] RCP executive editor Carl Cannon disputed the newspaper's allegations of a rightward turn, saying that he had solicited donations from both conservative and liberal donors, without them "buying coverage".[29] Several journalists who talked to The New York Times in 2020 said they never felt any pressure from the site's founders to bias their stories.[28] Cannon stated that RCP regularly publishes perspectives from both liberal and conservative publications, saying that "the simple fact is that the amount of liberal material published in RCP every week dwarfs the annual conservative content in The New York Times".[29] However, in 2016, the final RealClearPolitics national polling average before Election Day showed Hillary Clinton ahead by about 3 points (Clinton 46.8%, Trump 43.6%).[30]

The New York Times also said that "Real Clear became one of the most prominent platforms for elevating unverified and reckless stories about the president's political opponents, through a mix of its own content and articles from across conservative media..." and that for days after the election, "Real Clear Politics gave top billing to stories that reinforced the false narrative that the president could still somehow eke out a win."[28] Cannon responded by highlighting two articles suggesting that "Trump could somehow eke out a win" on RCP's front page by noting that 374 articles had been covered on its front page between the time of the election and The New York Times' article, including 16 articles from The New York Times itself.[29]

In 2016, RealClearInvestigations was launched,[31] backed by foundations associated with conservative causes, such as the Ed Uihlein Family Foundation and Sarah Scaife Foundation.[32] In 2019, the site published an article by a conservative author, Paul Sperry, containing the supposed name of a U.S. intelligence officer who blew the whistle on the Trump–Ukraine scandal.[32] The article's publication came as part of a month-long effort by Trump allies on media and social media to "unmask" the whistleblower, whose identity was kept confidential by the U.S. government, in accordance with whistleblower protection (anti-retaliation) laws.[32] Most publications declined to reveal the whistleblower's identity; Tom Kuntz, editor of RealClearInvestigations, defended the site's decision to publish the article.[32] Cannon stated that whistleblower protections did not ensure anonymity from journalism, instead guaranteeing protection from firing, prosecution, and professional punishment.[29]
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The NYT and WaPo still publish...and adhere to...their Journalistic Standards. No need to muddy the waters with questionable sources.


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Author: TyroneIrish (22301 Posts - Joined: Oct 8, 2020)

Posted at 1:32 pm on Oct 30, 2025
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Thank you for making my point. Thos who only digest one side are blind.

Author: Curly1918 (17015 Posts - Joined: Aug 30, 2017)

Posted at 1:06 pm on Oct 30, 2025
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So, you're good with a publication that supports Trump's "Quid Pro Quo" attempt to ensnare

Author: TyroneIrish (22301 Posts - Joined: Oct 8, 2020)

Posted at 1:34 pm on Oct 30, 2025
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Ukraine's President?...you make poor choices. There is such a thing as "Right and Wrong"...

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I look at it as entertainment, what is today’s propaganda

Author: holybull101 (10616 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 10:53 am on Oct 30, 2025
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Well I do listen to Trump as if he's doing a standup routine at an open mike comedy show.

Author: Curly1918 (17015 Posts - Joined: Aug 30, 2017)

Posted at 11:06 am on Oct 30, 2025
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Comedians don't get to send U.S. Troops into our cities for partisan political purposes...how do you

Author: TyroneIrish (22301 Posts - Joined: Oct 8, 2020)

Posted at 3:31 pm on Oct 30, 2025
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