1/15/2024 0 Comments Serenity springs twitter![]() Whether it’s Macedonian teenagers, Russian fabulists and spam-bots, or hard-line American partisans, “news” from such sources should be taken with a whole salt mine. But what about all that liberal satire, conservatives counter-that’s fake news, isn’t it? Yes, but satire (at least the actually funny stuff like The Onion or Andy Borowitz) is designed to make the audience laugh, not batten down the hatches and burrow underground to await the apocalypse. However, what responsible people mean when talking of fake news is propaganda, sometimes spun from whole cloth and sometimes with a tiny kernel of truth embedded in it, that is deliberately designed to mislead the audience. This term is overly broad, which means it’s perfect for ideologues to dismiss anything that doesn’t make them look good. Someone who’s about to become responsible for leading the country should too, rather than surrender to the compulsion to fight back against each and every perceived affront.Īnd if it’s about someone I hate, it’s definitely true!Įditorial cartoon by Dave Granlund, .Īnd no, “fake news” is not whatever you don’t agree with. However, it serves no one (except detractors) to get into a public shouting match over something that’s ultimately inconsequential (but my feelings were hurt!!!). ![]() I know that since I’ve put myself out in the public eye a little, I’ll be criticized as much as I am applauded. Yes, it hurts when someone says something critical about me, but I try to learn from that rather than go off half-cocked in a fit of pique because someone brought up something I said, or more likely tweeted (because you know, I may have said it, but I surely didn’t mean it, and do I really have to say who I’m talking about?), and pointed out glaring hypocrisy. ![]() Because dogs and cats are for poor people and those who care about something other than themselves.Įditorial cartoon by Nate Beeler, Columbus Dispatch.
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