SirWasabi posted:
Chill out! Nobody is saying politicians don't lie. Nobody's that stupid. What I did say was "Republicans spread more fake news". Up until Ronald Reagan, the media was required to provide honest, equitable, and balanced coverage of controversial issues. The Fairness Doctrine. It was designed to introduce people to contrasting viewpoints instead of polarized broadcasting, continually. Another of those horrid regulatory issues. Here we are, 30 years later, reaping the benefits. Republicans and Democrats don't view the same views. They watch separate news. Separate realities. As such, the 'great divide' will only widen. Republicans are guilty of 'sharing' more fake news. Proven fact. Google it.
Fair enough, I'll CHILL and desist was just being too critical for my own good but once I got started it was just too easy to find link after link and post it. Unfortunately Politics IS a sleazy business which is why so many "good" qualified people often choose not to run knowing what surely awaits them.