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Originally Posted by FRPLG
It's all fine and dandy to say "people need to think for themselves" but the reality is that good journalism is a key component of a successful and enduring democracy. Once our society loses its only tool for keeping our elected officials and unelected bureaucrats in check then we've lost democracy. I think it's pretty ironic that in some ways, during this age of information overload, many people operate within our democracy with even less information than ever before. i suspect you'll find very few people who wouldn't agree that the state of journalism in our country is at an all time low.
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One guy at my work, not a sharp cookie to start with, was going on and on about Trump's wall. No big deal right, I mean everyone agrees that the basic concept is not really going to happen. BUT, then he says something to the effect of "Yeah, he wants to be a dictator like Hitler" and I asked what that had to do with the wall. "Well Hitler built his wall in Germany"
We are doomed...