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 propensity for the dominant media to listen only to one side of every issue makes the idea of a free press less attractive to many. The politicians that are listened to will have all of the say, in this way, for those who only get their news this way. There used to be hard news and commentary, both of them separate from each other, editorially. Now that distinction has been all but eliminated for the past 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.
Simply repeating the words of a politician as being the news fit to print makes the exercise of a First Amendment protected entity a dangerous element of the body politic. This does not matter whether it is a right or left wing elected or appointed person. Politics, for all of its necessity in the debates of the day, do not require the press to bolster one side or the other.
No press member will ask a direct question of a politician except in one case. That case is when they are interviewing a candidate or elected person of the other party. Since they rarely associate with these individuals, the news is simply filled with what the reporter gets from what their favorite candidate thinks the other will say. Since this is not from the horses mouth, so to speak, it is not news.
The inability to get a clear idea about things are especially important as we discuss gun violence. One side will say that guns are dangerous and, by having more weapons on the street, the violence is expanding. This contributes to the idea that everyone who buys a gun is going to become a crime statistic. The fact, on the other side is that, as gun ownership is more wide spread, gun crimes have gone down.
Not being able to contend with all of the facts that are available when you think about it, immigration, for one side, is simply emotional. They will say that we need to make sure they can all partake of the American dream. They will not allow the fact that the illegal immigrants are not following the law and are, thus, illegal to be here. They must emotionalize the issue so there is no rel facts being considered.
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 propensity for the dominant media to listen only to one side of every issue makes the idea of a free press less attractive to many. The politicians that are listened to will have all of the say, in this way, for those who only get their news this way. There used to be hard news and commentary, both of them separate from each other, editorially. Now that distinction has been all but eliminated for the past 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.
Simply repeating the words of a politician as being the news fit to print makes the exercise of a First Amendment protected entity a dangerous element of the body politic. This does not matter whether it is a right or left wing elected or appointed person. Politics, for all of its necessity in the debates of the day, do not require the press to bolster one side or the other.
No press member will ask a direct question of a politician except in one case. That case is when they are interviewing a candidate or elected person of the other party. Since they rarely associate with these individuals, the news is simply filled with what the reporter gets from what their favorite candidate thinks the other will say. Since this is not from the horses mouth, so to speak, it is not news.
The inability to get a clear idea about things are especially important as we discuss gun violence. One side will say that guns are dangerous and, by having more weapons on the street, the violence is expanding. This contributes to the idea that everyone who buys a gun is going to become a crime statistic. The fact, on the other side is that, as gun ownership is more wide spread, gun crimes have gone down.
Not being able to contend with all of the facts that are available when you think about it, immigration, for one side, is simply emotional. They will say that we need to make sure they can all partake of the American dream. They will not allow the fact that the illegal immigrants are not following the law and are, thus, illegal to be here. They must emotionalize the issue so there is no rel facts being considered.
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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