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Originally Posted by jimdene  There is little point in giving my impression of Americans that I have met, everybody is different and we each have our own likes and dislikes about individuals.
I gain my impression of Americans by TV news and have to be aware of not forming ideas watching the blatant bias of TV Stations like Fox and that obnoxious O'Reilly.
I tend to get a better overall picture with CNN.
However there is no disputing that you have too much flag waving, and for a country who would like to be world leader, how the hell do you put up with all of that religious bible thumping. |
You have to be careful of our (US)news stations as they are more about entertainment than information and a lot of it is biased towards a perceived core audience. There are very good at hyping a few bad instances, that will make you think the whole country has gone to hell in hand basket, but when you look at the numbers versus the population it just isn't so..even CNN does it. I myself don't watch much of it for this reason, but if I do watch it, it is CNN headline and no I don't work for them, but I will accept a check for advertising
