Mike Barnhill
Ashland
Dear Editor:
This week a neighbor asked me to keep an eye on his house because he would be gone over the weekend. He told me he wasn’t stopping his delivery of the News Tribune. I was just to pick them up and read if I wanted and toss them. A recent Sunday editorial from the News Tribune was eye-opening to me.
The three major editorial topics discussed were: “The 235 days that rattled China and shook the world,” “The Cyclical appeal of Socialism,” and “Results Don’t Lie: Just Google It.” If I hadn’t read about Google and its findings concerning research of topics of most interest to the public, I wouldn’t have guessed the results. An example follows.
“Each December, data researched using Google is tabulated into trending totals and published as the “Years in Search,” with lists of the top searches in several different categories. The 2019 report is especially insightful, given the political goings-on in Washington. News coverage of congressional investigations and the House’s ultimate impeachment of President Donald Trump is over-saturated by any measure. Yet to read the top 10 Google searches in the News category, you’d never know any of it was happening.
Not only are the president, Congress and the Supreme Court completely absent, but just 1 of 10 has anything to do with Washington or politics at all. “Government shutdown” comes in at eighth on the list, which is dominated by tragic events like “Hurricane Dorian” (1), “Notre Dame Cathedral” (2), “El Paso shooting” (6) and “California earthquake” (10).
There’s also not a politician or government leader among the top 10 searches for People (most are entertainment or scandal-related or both).”
This tells me the public continues to neglect to research to make certain what they hear on their favorite news outlet is the legitimate truth. Not manufactured “fake news” or possibly the worse, opinions that are half truth where you are led to fill in the blank spaces for the make believe truth.
A suggestion for all who gather at McDonalds or wherever news is shared. It never hurts to ask, “where did you hear that information?” It’s not a challenge, it’s a truth finder and if the statement is true it may change your mind about something important in your life. Try it for a “News Year Resolution” in 2020. Who knows, we may just rid our lives of “fake news.”
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January 05, 2020 at 01:24PM
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