Reply #10: huge issue though [View All]

[sui generis]

you and I have the capacity and curiosity to seek and accept multiple input, but most of America in the few seconds of idle curiosity they may have about the world can't be bothered not to go to ESPN.com for their "news".

Even DU can take a "tack" that I don't always agree with specifically because we come from all over the political spectrum. As an example, a year ago a poll was given here that asked what minority rights we as a party should be willing to sacrifice if it would guarantee a political victory for Democrats, and over 39% of the respondents answered that gay issues should be shelved.

If you were just poking around that day, you would have believed that four out of ten progressives believed that giving up gay issues was the best strategy for winning an election - and we know that's fallacious.

If you have to give them up to win you have to give them up to stay in office, gay, immigrant, any civil right and legal human decency for any human.

We really do need unbiased, and uninfluencible news desks, and that means NOT endorsing political candidates and NOT following a clear pattern of bias and disinformation or partial information intended to influence your audience one way or another. It's the first step.

After that it's up to people to continue to expand their understanding of a topic through personal research and sharing information, for those of use who need that like air to breathe.