I was a follower before of NowThis and NowThis Politics, NOT ANYMORE.
I was really irritated the other day when I saw an edited video shared by a friend from NowThis Politics presenting Florida ‘in the way they wanted to show and highlight’ to the whole ‘social media’ world. They may say that the focus of the video is on the anti-masks people and their ‘stupid’ and ‘irresponsible’ arguments but I see more, their hidden agenda and the liberal propaganda. Too liberal for me though and incomplete, with no proper context and all angles explained so people who actually don’t live here will understand better where those ‘irresponsible’ arguments are coming from. But what can I expect? Political propaganda works better when it is incomplete and misleading.
We live an hour away from Orlando and Tampa, both considered big cities. Around 5-6 hours from the well known Miami. But our small city, the town where we live, where most people are retired and politically conservative, is PEACEFUL and QUITE. We live around 5 minutes from the town center.
Let me say this, everyone I know here and I myself wore mask whenever and wherever it is required and needed. However, we understand that we cant force other people to do so or copy us or what we believe is right. Which is why your health, your responsibility. We can’t control other people, only ourselves, we can only require them to follow our rules if they are inside our house. Businesses and organizations, private and public, made their own rules and people who don’t want to follow are not welcome.
I understand the likes the said video garnered but I hope people will try to ask us, the actual people who live here, on what is our personal experience, observations and opinions about this issue. I hope people who know me will ask and want to know more context. Coming here, and learning U.S. history (and still learning more), I realized and understand why INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, the FREEDOM OF CHOICE is on top of everything here. Their Bill of Rights is a proof of that, their Second Amendment was even made to be sure that the government will always be afraid of the people/their citizens and not vice versa.
I have FB friends, who share my sentiments about issues in the Philippines but we have different opinions about what is happening here in the U.S. and that is ok. If they will read this and still respects me, thank you. I believe that we are all professionals, have the same rational tolerance with other people who don’t share the same mindset.
NowThis News is like the Democrats, the same people here who also called pro abortion as pro choice. Based on history, they were also pro slavery. Sometimes, those who look saviors are villain in disguise. We need to think and know better.
To those who are curious, I just want to share some of these information you might want to read:
1. Overall, we rate NowThis News Questionable based far left bias, promotion of liberal propaganda and five verified failed fact checks. (10/3/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 9/18/2019)
Source: NowThisNews Media Bias/Fact Check
2. In reality, this site has less in common with the Wall Street Journal, which does actual journalism, than it does with the low-level Resistance grift, which relies on social media to distribute viral, hyper-partisan content to eager left-leaning audiences. In fact, the only real difference between the Resistance grifters and NowThis is that the latter is a full-blown organization, as opposed to a single crank with a Twitter account.
Source: NowThis News is not news; it's a straight-up propaganda outlet
3. The fact-checking site Snopes told BBC Trending radio that in the past week, for example, they have debunked many more anti-Republican party stories than pro-Republican ones
Source: The rise of left-wing, anti-Trump fake news
Suggested Read: Propaganda 101
