Trying to find non-partisan political information is becoming harder and harder each day. Between what partisan politicians are saying and what the news media decides to print or broadcast, it is difficult for people who want to know what is going on. The endangered species that is fact is disappearing faster than many of the animals that are actually on that list, which is also extremely partisan.
The large news agencies used to safeguard their reputations by making sure their hard news items, such as what was happening in the political field, were backed up by facts. This was made easier by having a commentary section where they could exercise their tin hat thoughts in a way that did not distract from their main purpose. The two of these sections have merged over the last 30 years.
By only being informed by the thoughts and beliefs of one party and mimicking the other party, the press does not present informative news. The departure from the hard questions creates a media that will support one party over another, regardless of issue. Many people do like this type of partisan reporting and way of looking at things, however, it leaves others wanting true non-partisan political information.
Debates are in places and conducted in such ways as to prevent this type of information from getting the people. There is more heat than light in any debate and the reporting of same is treated as a way of promoting one side over the other. This is accomplished with countless discussions about who won or lost. Without factual information, the people lose.
Politicians, of all stripes, will present their talking points and hammer on them. This will rarely be fact based and none of those facts will find their ways to the voters as the media is not interested in them. Asking an elected official a direct question, unlike the press unless they are in the other party, will generate a jumble of words that means little to thinking people.
As an example of the two sides, a report on gun violence will talk about the fact that many people owning guns presents a danger that more violence will be done. The fact is that, as more guns are purchased and used by lawful Americans, gun violence goes down. The need for the scare tactics, from the press, does not present facts, only emotion. Emotion is always partisan.
The news about immigration will always present legal and illegal immigrants as being one class. The facts present a true representation of what is going on. Emotion, again, proscribes what must be thought about in this issue according to the unbalanced thoughts presented in the media. They must both be looked at as being in the same group because we do not want to deprive immigrants entry to the country. No differentiation is allowed.
No politician wants to be accused of standing in the way of people understanding what those same politicians are doing to or for the American people. They will tell all, far and wide, what they want the people to know and it will not be what they are actually doing. All they have to present is what they are supposed to tell their audiences because non-partisan political information will not assist them in making themselves look good.
The large news agencies used to safeguard their reputations by making sure their hard news items, such as what was happening in the political field, were backed up by facts. This was made easier by having a commentary section where they could exercise their tin hat thoughts in a way that did not distract from their main purpose. The two of these sections have merged over the last 30 years.
By only being informed by the thoughts and beliefs of one party and mimicking the other party, the press does not present informative news. The departure from the hard questions creates a media that will support one party over another, regardless of issue. Many people do like this type of partisan reporting and way of looking at things, however, it leaves others wanting true non-partisan political information.
Debates are in places and conducted in such ways as to prevent this type of information from getting the people. There is more heat than light in any debate and the reporting of same is treated as a way of promoting one side over the other. This is accomplished with countless discussions about who won or lost. Without factual information, the people lose.
Politicians, of all stripes, will present their talking points and hammer on them. This will rarely be fact based and none of those facts will find their ways to the voters as the media is not interested in them. Asking an elected official a direct question, unlike the press unless they are in the other party, will generate a jumble of words that means little to thinking people.
As an example of the two sides, a report on gun violence will talk about the fact that many people owning guns presents a danger that more violence will be done. The fact is that, as more guns are purchased and used by lawful Americans, gun violence goes down. The need for the scare tactics, from the press, does not present facts, only emotion. Emotion is always partisan.
The news about immigration will always present legal and illegal immigrants as being one class. The facts present a true representation of what is going on. Emotion, again, proscribes what must be thought about in this issue according to the unbalanced thoughts presented in the media. They must both be looked at as being in the same group because we do not want to deprive immigrants entry to the country. No differentiation is allowed.
No politician wants to be accused of standing in the way of people understanding what those same politicians are doing to or for the American people. They will tell all, far and wide, what they want the people to know and it will not be what they are actually doing. All they have to present is what they are supposed to tell their audiences because non-partisan political information will not assist them in making themselves look good.
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