The continuing saga of two realities – how the news cycle drives two public discourses

~ richzacaroli

It is 5:30 Pacific time, Wednesday, February 7th. The most amazing news of the day is the BIPARTISAN two-year budget deal in the Senate. Truly a remarkable accomplishment and positive news story amidst all of the disfunction and discord of the past several weeks… months… years. It is something to celebrate. And the major news outlets – The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN – did exactly that.

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But over at Fox, not a word about the bipartisan two year budget deal, not anywhere on Fox’s home page. Instead, more rehashing of the 2016 election in Fox’s undying effort to discredit the Mueller investigation.

 

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Why? Because celebrating a bipartisan success in the Senate does not align with “Fox evangelism” in its undying support of Mr. Trump?

This is the problem in America right now; a bogus and biased opinion network whose audience is comprised primarily of Trump’s base.  Why would Fox want to tell its faithful followers that something positive happened when both sides of the isle came together and actually struck a budget deal that’s good for America?

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Following his military service, Richard (Rich) Zacaroli has enjoyed a long and successful career in the private sector. Leading organizations and guiding innovation that creates value for shareholders and stakeholders have been Rich’s core strengths. Rich has traveled to over 50 countries, and for many years lived as a U.S. expatriate in Europe. Through his experiences Rich developed an understanding and empathy for what we must do a global citizens to enable progress for the betterment of the global community. Rich earned an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management with a certificate in Change Management, a BS from Wichita State University. He has served on numerous NGO boards and is a member of Rotary International.

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