True Non-Partisan Political Information Is Difficult To Find

By Nora Jennings


People need facts to become informed about any issue. If there are no facts to bring to bear, or no one is willing to give them the facts that are available, bad decisions are made. It is very telling that some who have, or have access to, the facts do not share them. This is not non-partisan political information but talking points created out of, much too often, whole cloth.

When looking for this type of valuable information, you are often misled into believing something that is not at all in concert with the facts. A politician will tell you what they want you to know or believe, not necessarily what is going on. They do this in an attempt to make themselves or their party look good.

Do not expect the dominant media to help you in the search for this type of non partisan data search. They are held to account for their reporting by the party to whom they pay obeisance. They repeat the lines and present the charts, graphs and references, if any, that they are told to report and nothing else.

When watching a debate, one would think that there would be an exchange of facts. That is not usually the case as talking points make for an emotional answer that drowns out the facts. Moderators helping the party for which they vote, such as was last done in the presidential debate in 2012, will help see to it that emotionalism is more important that facts or valid data.

Political correctness means non communication. With no real communication, emotional partisanship is the order of the day. The yelling that comes from a desire, by these presenters, to make sure everyone is using the proper words is all that people hear. These are heated and not particularly helpful in understanding what is going on.

The need to obscure facts are important in presenting, to the public, things the presenters do not actually want presented. When there are no facts, people have a need for information anyway. They want to trust their government, the media and other authority figures. Most of them want to know the truth, wherever it can be found.

Non partisan means that the facts are used and it is not tilted toward one side or the other, by the presenter. Finding this is difficult as the many websites that say they are right down the middle, rarely are. The need to be as politically correct as they have to be makes it hard to report objectively and still garner any respect from most politicians and major moves and shakers.

Look past the speech correctness, inherent in the vast majority of the media, and look for the emotionalism in most issues. These are the ones without solid facts to back them up. Look for back up material and check those sources. The Internet is good for this as there are partisan as well as non partisan reports out there. You just have to look harder. This process will help you find the facts of any issue.




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