Dismantling of America

by Linda Habeck, Corvallis

I believe that the media (especially social media) is working hard to dismantle America as I once knew it.

With one side feeding you their agenda and the other side feeding you their agenda, the truth may lie somewhere in the middle, or not at all. There was a time if a newsworthy event happened, people knew what the event was, but the standard line was, “we’ll report more on this story when we have further information.” Now anyone can get on television or social media and spew whatever falsehoods they want. Social media is no longer fact checking anything posted. Add in AI (artificial insemination) and you don’t know where the bull semen (news) is coming from.

Anything associated with politics is shoved down people’s throats non-stop until the next political incident comes along. All this does is fan the flames and sow more distrust and hatred against those with opposing views. 

As far as being an “average” person, the media needs to pigeonhole everyone. Take your pick: This or that religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, or whatever and give that as the reason these heinous crimes are committed. Bad people are bad people regardless of who they are or what they believe. 

I don’t know what their end goal is. Civil war? At some point people need to stop believing everything they see and read and concentrate on being a decent human being and treat people with respect and civility though their views may differ from yours. 

We need another Walter Cronkite.