Confirmation bias applies to adherents of both poles of the political spectrum, the left as well as the right.
I would suggest that a steady diet of CNN and outlets like the New York Times is the worst possible preparation for getting at the "truth", with the understanding, of course, that the actual, objective "truth" is not always easy to ascertain, and that an outlet like Fox News is going to have its own "slant". Still, if anyone actually paid attention to the moderators of the three debates it was glaringly apparent that the only moderator to ask tough, substantive questions of both candidates was Chris Wallace of Fox. The "mainstream", actually left wing moderators, were shockingly ill prepared, failed to ask tough questions, and gave Hillary Clinton a pass on virtually everything. Likewise, if you want to see guests of all political persuasions put through the wringer, give me Megyn Kelly over Wolf Blitzer every day of the week.
I would suggest switching from CNN and FOX and back again. The "truth" is somewhere in between, imo.
As for "honesty", Sparkey provided some real insight, which doesn't seem to have registered on everyone. Yes, politicians, even the best of them, have to "shave" the truth sometimes to get elected. However, there are definitely degrees, with some such behavior being understandable and acceptable to some degree and some definitely not. Isn't anyone reading the Wiki Leaks documents? This is duplicity and corruption on a massive scale. The e-mails reveal her own staff's horror that a Secretary of State could have put the security of her nation at risk for what to them seemed an inexplicable, unknown reason. It reads to me as if having committed the better part of their lives to her they just can't admit, at least in the beginning, that she did it to shield her and her husband's corruption with regard to selling access and influence, both within and without the confines of the Clinton Foundation. She is revealed as a person who cares only for wealth and power, with no real concern for the United States and the well being of its citizens. Speaking professionally, it's also beyond dispute, from my perspective, that any other person guilty of the things she has done would have been indicted and prosecuted. They both, she and her husband, should be indicted for corruption. At the very least she should be disqualified from running for President. I couldn't look at my own eyes in the mirror if I voted for her.
To be clear, I'm an equal opportunity "hatchet man" or "woman".
I don't give a damn about party affiliations where the law is concerned. Mangano, a Republican politician here in my own backyard, was just indicted for corruption. It's paltry stuff by Clinton standards: some vacations, restaurant meals, a no-show job for the wife, in exchange for some influence in the awarding of contracts. I hope they throw the book at him. What offends me is that this dime store crook will go to jail for years while Hillary Clinton will go scot free and become president to boot.
One of the hatchet jobs done on Trump is this often repeated claim that he's a racist. He's many objectionable things, and I would never vote for him, but he's not a racist. He's been a known quantity in my city for 40-50 years, and as is clear he says what's on his mind with no filter, and it's just not true.
He identifies with, and speaks for, working class Americans, the Americans with whom he works every day. I think it's rather condescending and insensitive of professional people whose white collar and professional jobs are secure at least for the present and who live in relatively crime free areas to speak so dismissively of the "fear" which is part of some people's lives. Working class white people have good reason to "fear" the flood of
illegal immigrants which is taking away their jobs, or at least depressing their wages, and also making the streets of our cities less safe. I see it every day, as does he...Construction workers, tradesmen, landscapers, you name it, are getting cut out of jobs because Hispanics will line up at certain pick up spots and work for a minimum day rate, no benefits, no job security, and often no skills either, but the shoddy work they do is another issue.
Or take the effects on crime. We have enough home grown gangs; we don't need to import ones from Central America like MS-13, or drug cartel members from Mexico. Anyone who thinks this is just old fashioned organized criminal activity even on the level of the Mafia or the Irish gangs of the 19th and 20th century is seriously uninformed and mistaken. Also, our porous southern border means a constant flood of heroin into even places as far away and lily white as New Hampshire or places like Suffolk County on Long Island.
It's got to stop.
If some critics of the "fear" gripping a lot of working class Americans had to compete with illegal immigrants willing to work for a pittance, or had to live in more downscale communities devastated by gangs like MS-13, or by a massive inflow of heroin, maybe they'd be afraid too.
Oh, and 30% of Hispanics in Arizona are apparently voting for Trump, and even the black community, joined at the hip with the Democrat party, is giving him more votes than they gave Romney. If he wasn't personally such a jerk, he would be winning.
