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Originally Posted by davidthefat
Well Im not of age yet to vote (18 in 1 year and 2 months) but I have a serious question about voting. How/where do I get the real information about the proposed propositions and cadidates? All you hear on TV and on line is bottom line propaganda. Well you never really know a candidates' real motives but propositions must be easier to interprete. I personally did not like elections; there are too much "mud slinging". I do not know if it is really democracy at work in these elections, but more like "who can appeal to the public better through the media".
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David, you hit upon one of my biggest frustrations. To me it has gotten worse in the last ten years. The misinformation or outright lies some of the politicians tell are quite easily disproven but people believe them anyway. I really think the press is a large part of the problem. The main media mostly reports what both sides say when what they should be doing is figuring out the truth.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan said "Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts"