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grumpyduck

(6,235 posts)
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 03:08 PM Aug 2018

Are we all becoming more gullible by the day?

I started to say "Are Americans... " but a lot of people living here are not Americans. In any case, why do we tend to jump at anything DJT says and turn it into a talking point? The MSM does it, but that's just to fill up space and get advertising revenue... but we (most of us, anyway) don't get paid that way.

There have been lots of news clips about him tweeting, within a few minutes, about something Fox said... and then it turns into a talking point. And we pick up on it.

Really?

At one time, it was believed the worst insult you could lob at Americans was to ask if they believed everything they read in the papers. Nowadays we may not believe it, but we talk about it, on and on, anyway. Geez, what a waste of breath and fingertips.

Do we all just need to get a life?

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Are we all becoming more gullible by the day? (Original Post) grumpyduck Aug 2018 OP
Nope. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2018 #1
The Russian-Republican PsyOps machine has kicked into high gear TheRealNorth Aug 2018 #2
Personally, northoftheborder Aug 2018 #3
That's why I can't stand Brian Williams TheRealNorth Aug 2018 #4
That's what the lizard people at Comet Ping Pong *WANT* you to think. scheming daemons Aug 2018 #5

northoftheborder

(7,572 posts)
3. Personally,
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 03:21 PM
Aug 2018

I have been sickened for a LONG time at the repeat of every single DT Tweet by the Media. One of the reasons my TV remains off most of the day.

TheRealNorth

(9,481 posts)
4. That's why I can't stand Brian Williams
Fri Aug 31, 2018, 03:24 PM
Aug 2018

Of the MSNBC shows, his is the worse offender (at least in the evening)

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