Comments by "SkyRiver" (@SkyRiver1) on "FRONTLINE PBS | Official" channel.

@carynmartin6053 All humans have continual narratives unless they are enlightened in the moment. That being said, and true, and it is: the University of Maryland did a study years ago to find the most accurate source of news that the average person has access to. This study found that those who relied on PBS for their information held the most accurate ideas about what was actually happening in the world. As opposed to those whom relied on Fox cable news (which is one of the, if not the, most watched of all channels): those who relied on Fox as the primary source of their understanding of current events, knew less about what was actually going on than the people who had no interest in current events and did not follow the news. This seems unlikely until one understands that Fox and CNN, and their ilk, are not like the old broadcast news networks that held their news divisions as sacred and entirely isolated from, not only the entertainment divisions of the network, but more importantly from the sales department at the network. While seeming to have the prime directive similar to what the networks use to have, Fox and company are not there to inform you, like most viewers assume, their sole raison d'etre is to sell commercial advertising time. The more viewers they have the more they can sell their commercial time for. So they basically present the narrative that they assume most people want to hear. Even when some of the actual facts are correct on Fox, which is not all as common as you would think, they are embedded, in an entirely false narrative, whose only guide is the effect on the relative value of advertising time sales.
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People have been claiming imminent apocalypse since the advent of human civilization. Few of them realize that the projection of their knowledge of the inevitability of their own demise is the source of this fantasy.
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@ericlane3256 This is a lie. The upper 20% do not pay all of the federal taxes. Not only that but what you are actually misinterpreting as a tax burden is the result of a tremendous increase in wealth inequality between the average worker and the top 20% that has seen tremendous increases, mostly due to capital gains on investments. And many of these recent increases in wealth for the top have come because they stabbed the average American worker in the back and put them in competition with those of desperate poverty in Asia and elsewhere. So due to the coercive manipulation of politicians and regulators the very wealthy have managed to steal the wealth of the middle class, and now you say that the rich are not hate worthy. Hating anyone is a waste of energy, but the present system that led to such drastic inequality is a system by and for the very group you are extolling with your quite juvenile and partial assessment of the situation, and it sucks as much as the spin you give to your totally incorrect statistics.
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Russian removal of rubble at the apartment bombings reminds me of how the USA quickly removed the rubble and all steel from the twin towers, and shipped the steel off to China after keeping it under lock and key until it was. The leaders are the problem, especially those who offer a solution to it. Wake up, get rid of all political leaders beyond the local level. They are all parasites, thieves, and egomaniacs. Bush invaded Iraq with no reason other than personal hatred, and wasted lives and treasure just like Putin is now. USA is not holier than thou, USA is thou. Wake up get rid of the wannabe tyrants worldwide. We do not need them. They have held us back for thousands of years.
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@ericlane3256 I have googled it and you are incorrect.
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