Posts Tagged ‘Culture of Lies’
Proof Our Nation Is Desperately Sick
Pedophiles, infanticide, real and fake hate-crimes, voter fraud, corruption, violence, sexual abuse within the church, promiscuity, mass shootings, anti-Semitism, government gridlock, incentivizing criminality, and more dominated our nation’s news cycle over the course of little more than one week. But because we become distracted and forget these reports after a matter of days…
Read MoreRush to Judgment Spreads National Division … Again
Even as reporters who had been caught up in the BuzzFeed fake news fiasco were concluding that journalists need to take more time to verify the facts before reporting and rushing to judgment, the news media was already attacking a group of high school boys from a Catholic school in Covington, Kentucky based upon a viral video clip selectively ripped from nearly two hours of footage….
Read MoreThe Fake News Epidemic Is Growing
In the waning hours of the anniversary of the president’s 2018 fake news awards, we were reminded that the problem of fake news persists today. Moreover, it seems to be growing, as is evidenced by BuzzFeed’s now debunked bombshell report which triggered an avalanche of frenzied analysis and reporting by nearly all major news outlets…
Read MoreWhat Did We Learn from Kavanaugh vs. Ford?
Far too often we find ourselves whipped into a national frenzy because of some narrative dominating the news cycle, only to set it aside weeks later and nearly forget about it. Whether it be the separation of families at the border, the opioid epidemic, net neutrality, tensions with North Korea, voter fraud, or any number of other examples, it seems as if there is always some new “national crisis” that demands our full attention, prompting us to forget about the previous emergency. And since one crisis is immediately followed by another, we never seem to stop and process what we should have learned through these nationally shared experiences…
Read MoreIs Voter Fraud a Myth?
Controversial races in Florida, Georgia, Arizona, and Mississippi have fueled concerns of possible voter fraud in the 2018 midterm elections. All-the-while, the media continues to assure us that rampant voter fraud is a myth. Is this true?
Read MoreFord’s Fight: When “Your Truth” Is Presented as “the Truth”
Throughout the nation, ordinary people from every walk of life were glued to televisions, radios, and mobile devices, listening in as the Senate Judiciary Committee heard two emotional testimonies on the charge of sexual assault. Christine Blasey Ford was given opportunity to share “her truth.”
Read MoreKavanaugh’s Fight: When Idealistic Belief Is Dangerous
Today, we are told that all women must be believed on principle. However, this implicit faith in the infallible testimony of allegedly victimized women inherently undermines two of our nation’s most valued tenets: the presumption of innocence and due process.
Read MoreMainstream Media Decline Grants Opportunities for You
Increasingly, the playing field of information is being leveled. With little technical know-how and financial investment, anyone can make their voice heard at a time when people are abandoning the biggest names in news in search of alternative news sources.
Read MoreWhy Christians Should Engage in the Fight against Censorship
When the standards of “hate speech” and “dehumanizing language” are inconsistently used to suppress the voice of some and not others, we have a problem. Truth has become relative, and the concept of hate speech is the new Billy club of those who wish to suppress certain views.
Read MoreWhy the Censorship of Alex Jones Should Concern Christians
Considering that Google and its platforms, such as YouTube, accounted for 34% of all time spent on digital media in June of 2018, we should be greatly concerned that Google is taking the initiative to determine what content is and is not appropriate for the social conversation. Freedom of speech is under assault by corporations.
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