lundi 2 juin 2014

Getting Non-Partisan Political Information In A Political World

By Nora Jennings


People need facts to become informed about any issue. If there are no facts to bring to bear, or no one is willing to give them the facts that are available, bad decisions are made. It is very telling that some who have, or have access to, the facts do not share them. This is not non-partisan political information but talking points created out of, much too often, whole cloth.

Asking any politician for their particular take on an issue is like asking them to repeat the talking points that have been created for that issue. This is often prepared by someone who is thinking purely about partisanship. The need to make a particular side look good trumps the need to actually shed some light on it.

Looking to the dominant media does little in the search for this non partisan data. To be truly non partisan is to report facts, wherever they are and whatever they reveal. Most media sources will be aligned with one side or the other. They will report what that political ideology demands they write or present on radio or television. This usually falls on only one side of the aisle.

Debates, held in many venues and for various reasons are not helpful in understanding what the non partisan information is. This is accomplished by maintaining a selection of moderators who have already sworn to their sides to be helpful to one side over the other. A moderator having a copy of a press conference who misreads them in assisting their candidate makes an emotional presentation that is all the audience hears.

Trying to find the facts is difficult as political correctness takes over in many discussions. Underlying all of what is said, in many quarters, is the use of the proper words which do not make for meaningful communication. Without the communication, emotionalism rules the debate and no facts can be heard over that.

The need to obscure facts are important in presenting, to the public, things the presenters do not actually want presented. When there are no facts, people have a need for information anyway. They want to trust their government, the media and other authority figures. Most of them want to know the truth, wherever it can be found.

Non partisan means that the facts are used and it is not tilted toward one side or the other, by the presenter. Finding this is difficult as the many websites that say they are right down the middle, rarely are. The need to be as politically correct as they have to be makes it hard to report objectively and still garner any respect from most politicians and major moves and shakers.

When searching for non partisan political information, one thing to do is avoid emotionalism. This is a clear sign that facts are missing from their argument. When one side presents information, of any kind, search for the data that backs that material up and supports it. Common sense and a love of country will inform you better than anyone who searches every room for a microphone to talk into.




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