ZRX1200 wrote:By your statement you're implying people that consume news from Infowars or people from the right are loons. In this thread I specifically was speaking to dailykos.
The media's job used to be one of a watchdog. Dailykos is a conservative watchdog that's all they watch. Then they complain when the left does not go left enough. Yes I have quoted from stories that info wars has done had you looked to see if that particular one was corroborated with an approved mainstream media source?
That's irrelevant. I'm sure plenty of dailykos stories are corroborated as well.
As for the republicans being loons... you'll notice my use of the words "further to" implying the far right is loony, not the "right" in total. You'll see many posts of mine lamenting the loss of a viable republican party.
As for watch-dogs... you're half right. When Daily Kos acts as a conservative watchdog, they're being a watchdog. Why do you then think they aren't being a watchdog when they complain about the left not being left enough? They're legitimately being a watchdog for their constituents by pointing out things the democrats have failed to do for them.
Same with infowars. When they complain about the democrats, they're being watchdogs. When they complain about republicans, they're being watchdogs for the far right by pointing out how the republicans have failed them.
As I said earlier, this is all fine. AS LONG AS IT IS ACCURATE INFORMATION.
Many of these sites are incorrect. Infowars and their constant benghazi crap, giving us information that's either factually inaccurate or contextually inaccurate (this is as important as factually) or just plain irrelevant.
Now, I am forced to read less Daily Kos crap, because I don't have people around me constantly posting it and screaming at the top of their capital letters about it... so I don't know what its track record is in comparison to infowars, but I bet someone out there has done a comparison.