In past when we used to meet people, we used to talk about each other’s well-being, family life, nature etc. But these days general discussions on a few topics are based on what media has fed into the mouths. If one carefully observes, people have become clones of news channels and news papers ! And more importantly TV has to put on and off, while such clones are self-triggered and cannot be put off 🙂
The tone of talking, the data they brought on board and the logic of their views, all follow from the news channel. Needless to say the worldview too belonged to the news channels. These people are devoid of any original ideas.
Generally, it feels very enticing to chip in wherever such discussions go on with an aim to discuss the topic beyond “feeds” of media. But a better strategy is to keep quite and just listen to them. Dispassionately watch these news channels for sometime and they will shut down automatically.
Found an article on this topic:
November 27, 2015 at 10:25 am
very true. read the book, “inventing reality” by “Columbia university press and also, “four arguments for the elimination of television.