To follow up on my post from July 9, I’m about ready to give up.
The news about Mitch McConnell is causing me to question the validity of the news source I’ve been trusting during these years of so much misdirection and exaggeration. Last week, McConnell was on his death bed in a hospital somewhere, and his wife was out of the country so as to avoid signing a DNR order.
But this morning’s local paper had what appears to be a recent picture of McConnell and his wife, he looking comfortable, both smiling, and accompanied by an article with quotes from the man himself, talking, apparently, about what really happened a few weeks ago.
So, who does one believe anymore?
Do news outlets just sense the potential for a crazy story and overreact, make stuff up? Or is someone still lying here? Has AI been employed somehow, or is it just difficult for someone who has never respected McConnell (me) to come to terms with the fact that all this talk about death beds and DNRs and the potential upheaval in the Senate is fabricated, or at least irresponsibly covered?
It’s enough to make one want to swear off trying to remain informed and engaged any longer. Then again, isn’t this exactly where Trump and Co. want us to be?
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