Fake News At It Again

Social media ABOUNDS with liberal views. Not exactly sure why that is. Perhaps it says something about social media in general and the clientele it attracts? I don't know. I hate to make inferences like that because it tends to feel like the low that most liberals are comfortable resorting to.

@porwest The Gutfeld monologues say it funny and entertainingly. You sound a bit like him. I like his shows.

@everwonderwhy Reading back on this comment I clearly missed, I appreciate the comparison. Not everyone always takes me that way, but I am often a bit tongue in cheek when I write and comment. lol

Apparently they did miss handing out their tax money and watching the economy crumble. Funny how these old posts somehow catch up to some people as we now have to sit through the disaster of Joe Biden. Life is funny like that sometimes. The question is, do people get it now? Based on discussion after discussion...I think not. People are dumber than ever since this post was originally written.

News here isn't even news anymore. It's just narratives with stories made to fit the narrative. If you want to find the truth nowadays you have to do quite a lot more research, and the sad part is most people are too lazy to do that research and fall into the category of being duped by what the media spews at them as truth.

@porwest It reminds me of the movie, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington with Jimmy Stewart. It showed how slanted the press was, and they freely admitted it.

@just4him Great movie, and great truth.

Someone has to. Look, if Trump screws something up I will call him out just like I would call anyone out. But IF I call anyone out, democrat or republican, I am going to do it with the facts, not distorted truths or conveniently leaving an important detail out of the discussion. I cited an example of how the news slants the truth on someone else's discussion on the same topic...fake news. The example was, it was reported that before Trump took office his approval rating among blacks was 19%. It is now over 40%. That means that blacks are liking what he is doing and his approval among blacks has doubled. BUT the fake news media will only cite this by saying what SOUNDS negative. They will say, 60% of blacks disapprove of Trump's performance. Sounds way more negative even if the stat is TRUE, it does not TELL the WHOLE TRUTH. And that's how the news becomes if not totally fake...certainly disingenuine. And people hang on the slant without researching further what the rest of the story is.

@myklj999 He talked about this several times during the campaign. He basically said business MUST operate in the environment that is best suited to making a profit. OTHER politicians in the past made it more compatible for business to operate in a way that left jobs outside of the country. NAFTA, CAFTA, the proposed Asian Pacific deal, high corporate taxes, loads of regulations...all things he is now working to FIX to level the playing field, restore fairness, and restore jobs. And it is working. Including taxes, when Hillary said "You paid virtually no taxes," Trump responded, "You WROTE the laws. I only followed them." And there was nothing illegal about the way he handled his taxes. His clothes and products are made overseas BECAUSE of the environment he was working in. Change comes slow. But if he can make policy changes to change the environment, that is what he is working on. No smart business man will work to lose money for purpose just because. That just makes no sense. Change the environment so that it is more favorable to American labor, and so long as a businessman can make money in that environment, that's how he will operate. He has been crystal clear on this, but so many people fail to see that in business, using your heart will drive you OUT of business. So if you want to stay in business, you deal with the cards that are dealt you.

@myklj999 Because he is trying to tell them, "Work with me. We are fixing this. This is a new era for business. Let's talk." Even when it comes to the tariffs, it's NOT about tariffs. It's about negotiation. I have never been FOR tariffs. But when I see what his purpose is for suggesting them...I get it, and I approve. He is saying we can either go two ways with this. Either we impose tariffs or we talk. Anyone smart realizes talking will produce better results than a tariff. They know it, and Trump knows it. Somewhere along the line some businesses have been conditioned to believe the current environment IS the only environment. Trump is saying no to that. And when companies fail to understand or see what the new environment is going to be, he fairly calls them out.

@myklj999 He's not doing that at all. He is saying, "We are under a new set of rules. Trust me." He's not been in office for two full years. It takes time to change the mindset. That being said I think companies are getting it. This is economy is on fire.