The Constitutional Crisis is Here!

[Belsnickel]

(05-23-2018, 09:15 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Not trying to "prove" anything, as much as just illustrating that plenty of people don't agree with Mr. Robinson's point of view on the matter.  Both sides are trying to lure the reader or viewer into making an opinion that agrees with theirs, it should not be that way.  A simple telling of the facts is suffice, the reader should be allowed to form their own opinion.

This isn't a new thing, though. Opinion pieces have been around for a long time. How long have newspapers been endorsing candidates in elections? the RTD in Virginia has been endorsing almost exclusively conservative candidates since its inception. Others endorse liberal candidates. Their opinion pages line up with that usually with the majority of their contributors having a bent in line with the endorsement.

I really don't understand why anyone is up in arms about this happening. My concern with it isn't that there are differing opinions being offered, my concern is that people aren't reading differing points of view. They aren't actively seeking information. They are conflating news with opinion. They don't know when what they are watching is intended to entertain versus inform. Media literacy is up to the consumer to learn more about. Complaining about the opinion pieces out there from these slanted points of view is just lazy.