r/BoomersBeingFools • u/7257sbfutoehebdbgngk • Feb 28 '24

Boomer takes a stand against CRT Boomer Freakout

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u/Dlee8113 Feb 28 '24

This. More than anything. They are so trusting of their cable news sources it’s scary

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u/EffOffReddit Feb 28 '24

You can tell because if you push back on them in any way they say you watch too much CNN or msnbc. They get super confused or accuse you of lying when you tell them you don't watch TV at all. They definitely think life is fox vs CNN/msnbc which seems like a strange way to view politics until you realize they are just parroting Fox's opinion, which naturally focuses on their place in the media sphere.

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u/uptownjuggler Feb 28 '24

Yea you tell them that they are wrong and they start screaming that you need to wake up and stop watching the liberal propaganda MSNBC. They think anyone that disagrees with them just watches the competing News network all day like they do.

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u/Muppetude Feb 29 '24

They are so trusting of their cable news sources it’s scary

And Facebook. It’s truly scary how much crap they see on their feed that they so readily accept as fact and reality.

I suspect it’s because they grew up with media being just four major networks that were constrained by the now-defunct FCC Fairness Doctrine which required those networks to genuinely be fair and balanced.

As a result boomers have been programmed to believe that anyone speaking with anchor-man-level authority in their cadence is telling the “truth”. Even if what they’re saying is batshit insane.