Even the most respectable television based news is garbage right-wing propaganda. Our oligarchs only allow subsets of right-wing politics to be seen.
Took me a lot longer than I care to admit to realise this truth. I was probably 32.
You did well to realise it at any point. I think most never will.
No matter how clearly I could explain it to someone, they would only believe it when they think about it and realise it themselves.
I was a bit late to the party too, about 5 years ago I sat down and thought “You know, my current ideas of why everything is broken CLEARLY don’t explain half of the worst stuff that happens with government over-watch” and before I knew it I realised most of it was a curated mess of lies, censorship or corporate conspiracies.
Some examples from wikipedia. I can personally vouch for the following examples basic correctness compared to lies the TV says.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism
Corporate conspiracy example - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel
Time Snow is a notoriously terrible news channel
I don’t think Mr Modi’s supporters can comprehend a pie chart, they might be able to read though.
