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Originally Posted by Izzle
I agree, the media is largely to blame.
I do want to point out that the vast majority of people in rural areas (more importantly, areas that have a disproportionate EC advantage) get their information from Fox News. Now you can agree, that at this point, Fox News is basically a propoganda arm for the GOP. How do you convince those guys to seek out alternative news sources? Furthermore, how do you make them understand that hey, news sources are supposed to deliver facts, no matter how uncomfortable they make you feel. How do you avoid them looking at sources that only confirm their bias?
But educate them you say! This is a group of people that would rather home school their kids rather than send them to public schools. And even in public schools, the GOP aims to strip them of funding. Heck, DeVos believes in charter schools rather than public schools!
How can you make such blind people see?
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Media literacy is where to begin. This needs to be taught at all levels of education. The ones that watch Fox news are already lost. Fortunately that set is dying out quickly. If you really want to reach them, you need to make it law that media must present the facts and start telling the truth again. They must present balance. Basically reinstate the Fairness Doctrine and then entrench it in law. Tie it to the 1st amendment and protect it as sacred in the function of our democracy.