@DanRather I decided to rewatch the film "Good Night And Good Luck". Edward R. Murrow halted Mccarthy's influence from causing anything like this back then. With Trump too many people went along, partly thanks to the drop in standards of journalistic integrity and the rise of media bubbles.
Men now comprise only 40.5% of college students and are failing in high school at much higher rates. There’s a crisis among American boys and men that is too often ignored and is definitely going unaddressed.
@NorfordThomas @hangry_p@SwipeWright Those are hauntingly appropriate words for what is happening today. And just a great quote in general as a warning message!
@uber_miguel@SwipeWright Yes that was actually the most disturbing part to me as well. That she is supposedly "educating" and then positioning herself to ideologically influence future generations.
@WendellPierce Glad you mentioned the PBS NewsHour as it is what I default to when I want to tune in to a major occurrence. I generally don't watch the news, but I've been a PBS supporter since 1999 and admire their independent stance.
@simonsinek Reminds me of a definition that I heard I think from a congress person years back stating that being ethical means doing the right thing when no one is looking.
Those who complain about “cancel culture” sure have a lot of lucrative mass media platforms from which to do so. And somehow their words spread around the globe.