Mass media as the great American divide!

It's not secret that the ideological division Congress is merely a reflection of the growing and bitter divide among Americans that, unless mended soon, could threaten to topple the Republic at some point in time.

When two adults have become so entrenched with their version of political reality, that they can no longer work together, even on simple tasks, I have to wonder if the end is getting near. In my opinion, that is precisely what's going on today. Like oil and water, Liberals and Conservatives no longer mix very well! I believe that each group has willfully allowed outside forces to mold them into a systemic belief system that will be hard to ever break out of. Who, you ask, are these 'outside forces'? – Why, the media of course. I feel strongly that the media has long since stopped reporting the news in an unbiased manner. Rather, they have switched to the tried and true mechanism of spreading propaganda – a word defined as 'information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.' And, if I may speak frankly, these media outlets (both left and right leaning) depend heavily on the common man and woman, 'eating' what they are being 'fed' without any thought or research. (Sort of the way a simple-minded cow eats grass).

When I see these 'cows' parroting what they've heard on the news as gospel, I often smile. For the people behind media stations like Fox, ABC, CBS and MSNBC, must be very proud to think that with just a slight twist or turn of a phrase, they've been able to sway millions into believing the political BS they spread. (How many of us have actually gone to respected sources like FactCheck to verify what we've heard in the news)? How many won't, only because they've been told by a media outlet that this is just another phony leftist or rightist site? Sort of a Catch-22 thing.

Q: Have there been 74 school shootings since the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Connecticut?

A: No. The group making this claim uses a broad definition that more than doubles the number of school shootings. [source: http://www.factcheck.org/]

Here's how Everytown for Gun Safety (which was the original source of the story) stated it - “Incidents were classified as school shootings when a firearm was discharged inside a school building or on school or campus grounds, as documented in publicly reported news accounts. This includes assaults, homicides, suicides, and accidental shootings. Incidents in which guns were brought into schools but not fired there, or were fired off school grounds after having been possessed in schools, were not included.” Hmm... and who is a big supporter of this site that recently contributed 50 million bucks? – Why Bloomberg, of course! [source: http://everytown.org/press/new-gun-violence-prevention-group-everytown-for-gun-safety-unites-mayors-moms-and-millions-of-americans-on-new-paths-to-victory-state-capitols-corporate-responsibility-voter-activation/]

Now, I could also make the same case for supposed 'facts' stated by the Right which would also be proven wrong IF PROPERLY RESEARCHED. The thing is, very few people bother to fact check anything of what they hear spewing from some media speaker on their TV sets! And, that allows them, (you and me) to be quietly lead down a political chute to be eventually butchered!

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