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Originally Posted by cacophony
i just think it's far too easy to point at media and cry, "YOU'RE THE SOURCE OF ALL OUR PROBLEMS!" it's easier than admitting that we're the source of our problems, too.
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I'm annoyed with the media - such as CNN - because they made themselves unwatchable to me, and misinformed millions of people thereby causing damage to multiple industries and lives. That's a legitimae gripe. Can't exactly say I was feeding the problem since I stopped watching once I heard them report the "tens of millions" hysteria, but I feel justified in pointing out how opportunistic and destructive their "reporting" was. I don't argue a single point you've made about the organizations that were putting out legitimate updates. I have no problem with them. But let's face it, a lot of people are out there living their lives, watching the television news after dinner as they've always done - like many of our parents - to get their basic updates on what's going on in the world. It's a problem how irresponsible those outlets have become. They're not the source of
all our problems by a long shot, but they're definitely one of them, and calling that out shouldn't be off limits.