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Response to Friday the 13th’s Thanksgiving post

Keeping it real. The first post of this blog is meant to be satire on journalism and spark thought. It's funny how media sources that are supposed to be objectively sharing the news of what happened, have become story crafters pushing their narrative while minimizing everyone else's voice. Now it's not just media doing it, it's large social media conglomerates entering the picture and misguiding their users through increasingly subjective censorship.

Using the first item ‘Number 13’ as an example (refer to previous post).  Yes, the one that starts with good ol' Bill Gates. Yes that part is conspiracy theory despite circumstantial evidence. Yes, he is the founder of Microsoft a big tech company that has lots to lose in the new Trade Deal. And Yes he has connections to a virology lab in Wuhan. But we have no proof that the virus was released from that lab or that Bill Gates had any involvement in such a release.  My hope is that he is a well-meaning citizen of the United States trying to protect and heal the world not hurt it.  The Fact however, is that the the virus began in China and resulted in a global pandemic.


What is interesting is that media sources do this mixing of fact and fiction every day. I think instead of police reform, we as a culture and society should be talking about journalism reform. It's interesting, most articles today should be placed in the opinion section, so that everyone will know that it's full of conjecture, twisted tidbits of truth, contrived stories to compel it's readers (targets, according to the Associated Press) to accept its perspective as truth.


It's also funny that today's opinion section probably shares more truth and honest conversation than the rest of the news all together.

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