(01-18-2019 09:00 PM)Shrack Wrote:  

(01-18-2019 08:28 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(01-18-2019 07:09 PM)Shrack Wrote:  

(01-18-2019 02:33 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(01-18-2019 01:45 PM)bullet Wrote:  Mach doesn't trust anything that doesn't fit his point of view. Its the standard leftist meme. The WSJ is the only objective American source out there. Its pro business, but has few biases other than that.

Anything else you have to read very closely. Its amazing how often I read leftist media when the headlines say one thing and the details in the article say something else. Mach doesn't read past the headlines.

They do this because most people, especially those 30 and under only see the headline. I would bet my home that if a poll was taken on the story: "Cohen Rigged Polls" 70% of those democrats 30 or under would say it had something to do with the election and Russia

And older people (65+) are about 4x as likely to read, believe, and share actual fake news articles than those under 30 according to studies. Older Republicans are the most likely to share fake news articles, at least during this last election cycle.








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So Republicans 65 or over believe fake news but Democrats in that age range dont? In my experience older people tend to read the whole article instead of the headline and first paragraph. Fake or not they tend to base a opinion off what they read.."the whole article". Than just a headline

You can go on Yahoo and find 10 articles (headlines) that are negative to the President and I bet 50% of those dont match what the title/headline stated . Young people sees the headline and just repeats it and believes it.

Older people in general believe and share more fake news. Older Republicans just do it more than older Democrats. Democrats still do it. Young people still share fake news. Older people just do it a lot more often.

Have you ever seen a young person think they won the lottery because some flashing popup ad on the internet told them they had? No, other than maybe very, very young children. Old people fall for this kind of clickbait advertisement all the time because a vast majority didn't grow up with the internet. They didn't grow up with incredibly far right and left wing websites trying to steer popular opinion and feed into people's fears. There is little to no consequence for this kind of "reporting" and there is a boatload of money to be gained.

Humans simply become more trusting as they age. People in general tend to not fact check when they're sharing something they agree with.

But yes with all that aside, I agree that we are living in a complete "click bait" news time. Headlines are very often misleading these days. Many websites are so far leaning one direction with their obvious bias language it is frightening. Many of these websites are sponsored and driven by foreign enemies whether people want to believe it or not. They're low cost, subtle, and very effective due to social media.



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Its not just the obscure flaky left and right that have overwhelming bias in their headlines. Look at the New York Times. Go to RealClearPolitics which has an assortment from right and left. The vast majority of the headlines are inflammatory and are written to only encourage people from their side to read.

(01-18-2019 11:46 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(01-18-2019 11:47 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  I'm continually amazed that the whole FBI being out to get trump for no apparent reason other than they just don't like him (I guess) is totally plausible, but trump colluding with Russia to help win election is a bridge too far.

Whoever said the whole FBI is out to get Trump? The vast majority of the FBA and virtually all the rank and file are not involved. Its just a handful of high ranking guys in the leadership. Its amazing how the same names keep popping up whether it be the Hillary email scandal, the origins of the FISA application, looking into the Clinton Tarmac meeting, or the Mueller investigation. Its the same half dozen people over and over---was there nobody else at the FBI? Well--I guess its prudent to keep a coup circle small.

Ohr really smelled bad at the start of this, but he has been open. He brought the garbage to the leadership, but was open that it was probably garbage. He probably had an obligation to at least bring it to their attention. He has been open with Congress unlike much of the rest of the leadership which has been trying to hide their bad behavior (or are too arrogant and stupid like Comey to hide it).

I tend to believe the line of thinking that the upper tier of the Hussein administration holdovers over estimated their power to get rid of Trump. They figured he would quit at the first pressure they brought to bear on him. He didn’t and what we have now is the disgraced and fired former FBI Director begging the country to elect a democrat. Any democrat. That is sad and very well could be an indication of guilt.