Dramatic Shitposter@discuss.tchncs.de to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoThe Right Is Passing Bills That Ban the Teaching of Empathy and Care in Schoolstruthout.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down13cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1104arrow-down1external-linkThe Right Is Passing Bills That Ban the Teaching of Empathy and Care in Schoolstruthout.orgDramatic Shitposter@discuss.tchncs.de to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squarescorpious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoAnd outlets like this happily trot out flame bait, promoting less and less actual listening to the “other side.” This is how you hand the election to psychofascists who cynically play on fear.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoExactly. The media’s role should be to inform in order to dispel that fear, not fan the flames.
And outlets like this happily trot out flame bait, promoting less and less actual listening to the “other side.”
This is how you hand the election to psychofascists who cynically play on fear.
Exactly. The media’s role should be to inform in order to dispel that fear, not fan the flames.