ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FOX NEWS VIEWER? HOW ABOUT A CNN VIEWER? Thomas Jefferson believed the safest repository for the powers of government was a citizenry that possessed a well-founded understanding of the days events. If that is true then logic would seem to indicate that intentionally diminishing that level of understanding would be the same thing as intentionally undermining a system of government as created by our Founder Fathers. But many of our information streams have become heavily polluted with propaganda programs, which are much more financially rewarding than straight up news reporting. Fox News; MSNBC; CNN; other network news; newspapers, public broadcasting; conservative propaganda...liberal media...hows a person to know who to trust? To find out which news provider is more supportive of the practice of democracy as envisioned by Jefferson, do an internet search for the article, using the title as posted above. You can find out which audience makes for the more knowledgeable voter, and test your own level of knowledge as well, The article was published by the Christian Science Monitor. You can also cut and paste this address to find the story: csmonitor/USA/2010/1221/Are-you-smarter-than-a-Fox-News-viewer-How-about-a-CNN-viewer-Take-our-quiz-to-find-out/Are-you-smarter-than-a-Fox-News-viewer-How-about-a-CNN-viewer-Take-our-quiz-to-find-out In a democracy we get the government we deserve
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:02:03 +0000
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