Friday, May 29, 2015

Where do people get their news?


http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/05/29/schieffer-we-now-dont-know-where-people-get-their-news/

There  are two issues addressed in this article which answers Mr. Schieffer's question.  In the last paragraph he ponders he will miss most not being in the center of things.  In more simple words he wants to be part of the news and further defines his job as sifting for the truth.  Trouble is whose definition of truth or wrong are you using.  The culture of the U.S. was based on a common belief system and set of values which no longer exist.  What was will never be entropy has taken a strong hold.

Now where do people get their news?  People who own or work in businesses and those interested for intellectual purposes read source documents, government reports, financial reports, IRS tax law, local and state regulations, federal regulations, and civil laws and codes and are much smarter and more Informed. We have to be or we will be fined or go to jail. 

Therefore when what we experience is different from what is reported we grow circumspect. During the Vietnam war reporters were imbedded without restrictions and what they saw was different than what the government reported. People were aghast when the real news hit radio and television.  What you report is not what we are experiencing.  Debt, lawlessness, war, executions, Unraveling of our constitution, unfair regulation and confiscation and reporters want to talk about the weather, lbgt issues, and how unfair the world is.  Guess that all depends on what your definition of is is!