How we react and respond to broadcast and published news reports have a lot to do with us, and not necessarily with what the story is about or how it's presented (that said, you can see HUGE differences in the treatment of the same story when channel surfing among any and all of the cable news operations and then (a real eye-opener) look at that same story on an over the air TV news show)). Talk about 'your mileage may vary.'
The Beige Bozo at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue calls coverage of stories he doesn't like 'fake news' but that, like so much else spewing from his lips, is a facile oversimplification. In truth, we each shape what we see as much even when we look at the same thing, object, or event.
At the inter-personal relationship level, the song remains the same.
If your significant other, business partner, golf buddy, or employer were only as reasonable as you and I, they would do what we want, because when we say 'be reasonable' we mean 'do it my way.' In theory, the purpose of language is to better define differences and distinctions but every day and every way we get better and better at using language to obscure and diffuse.
Sometimes fewer words can equal more meaning, ask Alice.
-bill kenny
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