I think a large part of our disagreement is a result of conflicting information. Left wing believes the story that these are unaccompanied children who are refugees fleeing from a horrible life, convinced that an unknown life has to be better.
Right wing believes the story that these are adults and/or accompanied by adults who think they have found an easier way to become an illegal immigrant. Many right-wingers also believe that Mr. Obama personally invited them.
Both are depending on “news” sources that are less interested in telling the truth than to further their agendas. And there are so many outlets that are more than willing to tell us just what we want to hear that we gravitate to those and ignore the possibility that our source might not be providing correct information.
I personally see both sides of the issue, primarily because I know enough to know that I can’t trust anyone to tell me the truth. Once truth is unverifiable, the only possible result is chaos. I am sad for the clueless news outlets, like CNN, but I am infuriated by the outlets who intentionally mislead, like Fox and MSNBC. They do no one any favors, not even their own viewers.
I think a large part of our disagreement is a result of conflicting information. Left wing believes the story that these are unaccompanied children who are refugees fleeing from a horrible life, convinced that an unknown life has to be better.
Right wing believes the story that these are adults and/or accompanied by adults who think they have found an easier way to become an illegal immigrant. Many right-wingers also believe that Mr. Obama personally invited them.
Both are depending on “news” sources that are less interested in telling the truth than to further their agendas. And there are so many outlets that are more than willing to tell us just what we want to hear that we gravitate to those and ignore the possibility that our source might not be providing correct information.
I personally see both sides of the issue, primarily because I know enough to know that I can’t trust anyone to tell me the truth. Once truth is unverifiable, the only possible result is chaos. I am sad for the clueless news outlets, like CNN, but I am infuriated by the outlets who intentionally mislead, like Fox and MSNBC. They do no one any favors, not even their own viewers.