On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 9:30:21 AM UTC-10, Graham wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 10:48:27 -0800 (PST), GM wrote:
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> > Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >> On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 11:29:34 AM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:07:43 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > On 1/28/2021 9:23 AM, Leo wrote:
> >>> >> On 2021 Jan 28, , Cindy Hamilton wrote
> >>> >> (in >):
> >>> >>
> >>> >>> Disgruntled, uneducated whites have a nearly constant stream of Fox News
> >>> >>> on televisions in salons, bars, and other workplaces. In the car they have
> >>> >>> talk radio, which is where the right-wing media really got its start. Their
> >>> >>> local television station is likely owned by Sinclair, so they get another dose
> >>> >>> if they watch the evening news.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> While the cognoscenti listen to ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC and CNN. And they´re
> >>> >> more believable because...
> >>> >>
> >>> >> leo
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> > You left out this line
> >>> > Take your pick. Fox News, OANN, Newsmax, Breitbart, ad infinitum.
> >>> >
> >>> > There is no doubt the ones you mention are left leaning.
> >>> Only if you are a right-winger! To the rest of the world, CNN, the NYT and
> >>> WaPo are to the right of centre.
> >> Since we're talking about the U.S. and U.S. media, we might as well use
> >> U.S. left/right conventions. Otherwise, we'd have to talk about right,
> >> far right, and so far right it has an event horizon.
> >
> >
> >
> > Good point - we are not "the rest of the world", we are the US...otherwise the conversation pointlessly "wanders"...
> As it does when USians inevitably use the terms "socialist", "Marxist" or
> "Communist" without having a clue what those terms really mean.

The labels don't mean a thing to me - that's just PR. The only thing I know for sure is that the Democrats are somewhat less interested in overthrowing the US of A than the Republicans. That gives them a good amount of brownie points in my book. Don't hate me for voting for anybody that is intent on keeping America together. MAWA - Make America Whole Again.