How Can We Get People to STOP Relying on Television News and START Searching the Internet?

a reply to: Terpene

Yes, you can, if you are a genuine, smart, person speaking from the heart about first-hand experience. That's why I like whistleblowers.

I have a LOT of faith in the common sense of the average person to intuit truth when they hear it if given a chance.

originally posted by: Terpene
a reply to: olaru12

What do you think they are doing in....

Things they probably shouldn't do.

But I've been seeing the weirdest experiments conducted broad daylight. 9.11 really kicked it of, financial crisis, occupy, Las Vegas shooting, Obama, Trump, civid, Brandon, to name a few.

All very odd, my fave, Jan6 and "Q"....perhaps prepping us for the CRISIS DevotedResearcher was talking about. I'm about to pee my pants in anticipation. Addicted to adrenalin!! I'm old and probably won't last long in the confusion and carnage. What a long strange trip it's been....Buy the ticket, take the ride.

a reply to: DevotedResearcher

Maybe someone can pull off a global "Max Headroom" truth bomb....
but what if they don't trust the source? It's al about the source these days...

a reply to: olaru12

Things will get tighter but people still have plenty to loose.
Carnage and confusion, maybe some confusion as this "truth" might be a bit upsetting. But I wouldn't hold my breath, it's not healthy at your age

Just enjoy the ride...

a reply to: olaru12

I expose myself to testimony from whistleblowers on the platforms Bitchute, Brighteon, and Rumble.

To introduce ex-TV watchers to these platforms is the challenge.

Perhaps that can be done by word of mouth, perhaps leaflets, or some other way to communicate.

We the people who are awake need to lead by example and do whatever we're called to do to help.

That's an individual choice.

IF someone on this thread posts a GOOD IDEA others can take the ball and run with it.

a reply to: olaru12

You don't sound like a person with your head in the sand.

You're not the target.

a reply to: gortex

What's the distinction between a fact and a truth?

The sky is blue, for instance. Is it a fact? Or a truth?

Can one conclude two or more diffrent truths from the same facts?

a reply to: Annee

The POINT is humanity is in BIG TROUBLE and we'd best not wait for someone else to make a difference.

Making excuses and stating the status quo accomplishes NOTHING.

a reply to: olaru12

We're in a slow burn toward becoming just like Communist China—that's where we're headed. Slowly but SURELY unless we the people don't allow it.

We need to be passive aggressive toward the government.

But to our fellow human we need to reach out.

originally posted by: DevotedResearcher
a reply to: Annee

The POINT is humanity is in BIG TROUBLE and we'd best not wait for someone else to make a difference.

Making excuses and stating the status quo accomplishes NOTHING.

Why is humanity in big trouble?

I don't think you can...people have their free wills and they are going to use their freedom of choice.

a reply to: Annee

I'm going to quote Montauk Project survivor Stewart Swerdlow, who maintains that humans have a victim mentality, which attracts tyrants. (He's referred to non-human species who are programmed to dominate when he has said that.)

We the people have to grow up and accept that we're in charge of our own destiny. It's up to us whether or not we continue on the path toward total and complete domination, or whether we change course.

originally posted by: DevotedResearcher
a reply to: olaru12

We're in a slow burn toward becoming just like Communist China—that's where we're headed. Slowly but SURELY unless we the people don't allow it.

We need to be passive aggressive toward the government.

But to our fellow human we need to reach out.

I have to call cheeze on this. America being a corporate Oligarchy will never be like Communist China. Greed and Commercialism will save us from what you fear. Our future will turn into a Fascist Evangelical Theocracy and their propaganda; that's what we the people need to aware of,

As dangerous as you think TV news is, sites like Q, Gab, Blaze Media, Gateway, infowars, OAN, Breitbart, Daily Caller etc. the far rightwing propaganda are what will tear this great Nation down with their hatred of anyone not MAGA.

Jan6 was just a dry run for the real Crisis...imo.

a reply to: DevotedResearcher

I turned off mainstream news nearly a decade ago when the fake news onslaught became too intolerable.

originally posted by: DevotedResearcher
a reply to: network dude

What do you accomplish by saying that?

To me that's an easy answer. It has nothing to do with television, so for you to blame television is sort of silly. The Internet is as rife with disinformation as television. Indeed, when you "search the Internet" you find places--like ATS, hardly a paragon of truth and insight. Your opening statement is a good example of that.

originally posted by: olaru12

I work in media, both internet and mainstream; It's a business used to hang advertisements on for products and services; "News" is just part of the package. There are rooms full of people with cutting edge technology looking for trends so the products and service ad are targeted to separate demographics. Programming is determined by what people click on their internet devices and with the advent of streaming "smart" TV is an internet device. Recording all your clicks of the remote.

So...tell me then if you can, what do the cutting edge
technocrats do when one of them starts saying hey, don't
buy anything right now, save your money?

Doesn't that kind of not equate?

a reply to: DevotedResearcher

This may be true, but when you have a certain amount of the
population that has been transfixed on hating, and in crept a
tyrant, what happens then?

Tyrant installed, wearing sheep clothing.

a reply to: DevotedResearcher

Frankly, you may be right.

originally posted by: Annee

originally posted by: DevotedResearcher

originally posted by: Annee
Many people crave sensationalism.

An addiction can be broken if something comes along to serve as step one.

Why would you call that an addiction?

People are just different. Their brains are wired differently.

In my experience -- most people are emotional -- and are drawn to things that make them feel.

I run into very few logical people.

How unfortunately true .

and I would amend your previous statement and say " People are drawn to things that make them feel comfortable " going against the grain is very uncomfortable no one likes to be the odd man out.

Logic is rare , Logic is non-existent in politics ESPECIALLY on the Left.

I could write out something quite long.
But to simply it.
People dont have time to do the research then verify the things they find are legit.
Not only have people told me this, but since I do my own research and know how long it takes to dig, verify, dig, verify so on and so forth......I know that people with full time jobs, families, etc.... They just don't have the time.
I have told tons of people to come here... "Id love to, I just dont have time to sit down at a computer and read...cannot even find time in my day to read a book".