...where has Alan been for the past week? Well, I decided to take a break from blogging while taking a well-deserved rest in arid Las Vegas. Activities whilst in that hub of hubris include sitting at poker tables for hours, drinking yard-long drinks and watching cable news networks.
Watching the likes of CNN and Fox News isn't something I do while in Columbus, so I consider myself a bit of a cypher when it comes to the norm. Here's what I learned: The only worthy channel is CSPAN, when they point a camera at the well of the House or Senate and let it roll. Everything else is either shameless spin, people shouting at each other or the repetition of talking points that have already been drilled into everyone's collective head. All the same tired stories are repeated endlessly, and each particular network's slant is regurgitated on a timely 10-minute cycle.
So, what to do? As voters, I'd argue we should educate ourselves instead of letting talking heads do it for us. We can discover how a particular candidate votes, what his or her policies are and how they would affect us. We don't need a biased station telling us half truths or untruths. We get enough of that already.
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