Fake News Warning 4
Political Correctness and Politics

Media, Economist, Politicians and Professionals
often provide inadequate, bias information enhancing their personal ideology
rather than appropriate information and analysis.

1. Preface    2. Causes    3. Examples

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Preface

Individuals need self-authenticity, autonomy, choices, social identity and a
collectivity based on nationalism and or religion.

Alienation drives a massive need for Community, Acceptance, Dignity as
observed during the Protestant Reformation, Hitler's Fascism and Now the Rise of China.
Revolutions are not the Radicalization of a Belief but a Belief Being Radicalized.
Understanding of these complex events are not explained
by Mass Media and result in Fake News.
Protestant Reformation improved Western Culture.
 Fascism tried to Destroy Western Culture.
Will China's Far Eastern Culture Peacefully Coexist with Western Culture

Many years ago the NY times reacted to the massive competition they faced by giving both sides of the story.
 It won the battle, Yellow Journalism had crested and began falling. 
It bottomed in 1969 when the fairness doctrine for broadcast media was eliminated.
Talk Radio and Identity Politics Flourished.

Causes

Ease of Audience Acceptance Creates a Political Correctness
concerned With Party and Personality, Not Policy

Bias Quantitative Information Considered Appropriate
 by Many Media, Economist, and Politician

Examples

1. Bush 2's War on Terror and Nixon's War on Drugs
  are political hyperbole that too quickly become politically correct.

 Soon after 9/11, media critics asserted that the term "war" was not appropriate
because there is no identifiable enemy.
Once the money flowed, prejudice for safety dominated.
The other side of best use of funds was ignored.

2. A Look at History
 Many years ago, the NY times reacted to massive competition
by giving both sides of the story.
 It won the battle, Yellow Journalism Crested, and then fell for 100 years. 
It Bottomed in 1969 when the fairness doctrine for the broadcast media was eliminated.
Talk Radio and Identity Politics Flourished.

3. Society is Trying to Adjust
 Individuals need self-authenticity, autonomy, choices, social identity
 and a collectivity based of nationalism and or religion.

Alienation drives a massive need for Community, Acceptance, and Dignity as
observed in the populism of the Protestant Reformation, Hitler's Fascism,
and Now the Rise of China.
Revolutions are not the Radicalization of a Belief but a Belief Being Radicalized.
Understanding of these complex events are not provided by Mass Media
 and the result is Fake News.

Protestant Reformation improved Western Culture.
 Fascism tried to Destroy Western Culture and lost.

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