I have a morning routine. So do many of us. Mine includes coffee. I admit to being kind of cranky until I am well caffeinated. I have long suspected that my kids don't call me until I have had time to consume at least two cups. :)
While getting my caffeine intake up to acceptable levels, I generally turn on the computer and scan the news headlines. And this is where the lesson in how to lie and politicize begins.
I am old enough to remember when news reports actually contained real news. Today...not so much. Seems like mainstream media is incapable of honesty. Wouldn't recognize the truth if it bit them on the bum.
And have you noticed that it doesn't matter what happens in our world, it is the fault of the current administration? I am convinced that if the current president found the cure for cancer, the left leaning news outlets would spin that into something awful.
I'm not saying that our side never stretches the truth. It does. All too frequently. But anyone keeping score knows which way the news outlets lean.
What really chaps my hide is that those who believe themselves to be better than we are actually believe that we are so stupid that we believe everything we are told. Apparently, the recent election didn't teach them anything.
When my kids were young, there was a house rule. That was if they did something bad, there were consequences. If they lied to me about it, the consequences doubled.
Too bad that rule can't be applied to news outlets or to politicians.
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