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The truth: It's almost always in the fine print

The truth: It's almost always in the fine print

Tatiana Prophet
Politics

Not all of us remember Bush vs. Gore in the year 2000. But I do. We the People were confused that Gore conceded before we could get to the bottom of how the people actually voted in Florida. Back then, when Bush was inaugurated, there was a lot of grumbling by Us. We did not feel right about it. But we begrudgingly went along for “continuity of government.”

Twenty years later, and we are going through the same thing. The American people, on all sides, have a sense of unease as far as confidence in the process. So why aren’t our trusted media curious as to how the people actually voted? Better minds than me would know the answer.

But in the meantime, we observe that the court challenges are far from defeated, in spite of our trusted media’s voluminous headlines to the contrary.

The powerful think we're stupid. Let's show them we're not

The powerful think we're stupid. Let's show them we're not

Tatiana Prophet
Politics

Opinion by Tatiana Prophet

On Nov. 3, 2020, we witnessed manipulation in real time on the television screen.

First there were the early calls that candidates had won particular states, but really they were projections. And let’s hope they weren’t deliberate lies. A call should be definitive. It is not supposed to change. But the calls from various “decision desks” changed all evening, and all night.

Then there was the sudden pause in counting in crucial battleground states, then stonewalling, then a sudden jump in votes for Joe Biden.

We don’t have all the facts, but we do know when we’re being stonewalled, censored and controlled. What a coincidence that social media users are being herded by the tech companies into forbidden areas that are proven false by “fact checkers.” Well and good, but when the fact checkers are simply the same cast of characters, even a child could figure out that there’s a problem. Especially because the fact checks are a little like sawdust on the palate. Full of a definitive tone, but very little proof. And almost always, missing context.