Posted on Aug 7, 2016

Sixty years and nothing to show: The slow decay of American politics since Eisenhower, Stevenson

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Lengthy article on political history from 1956 to 2016 - sure to stir up a hornet's nest

Sixty years and nothing to show: The slow decay of American politics since Eisenhower, Stevenson

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I'd agree that politics has gone down the drain PO1 Tony Holland

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It's really quite incredible to see how down in the dirt politics have become. I believe it has something to do with the internet, the new millennial way of thinking, and big bank media..I will definitely have to give this article a read. Thank you for the post.

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Unfortunately main stream media are no longer fulfilling their original role as journalists. They have been supplanted and usurped by infotainment purveyors who only care about ratings. Ratings are driven by conflict, drama and turmoil. Secondly, the punditry class have adopted and enlarged the principles of Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister.

Rational discourse based on what is best for the nation has been replaced by emotional appeals to finely divided segments of the electorate driven by by fear and loathing --- Win at all costs is the rule now.

I have a background in Journalism - two years in high school and 1 1/2 years in college. In addition, I remember the "I Like Ike" era well since it was in newspapers and tv (black and white, of course). Even though I was only eleven at the time, the exposure to events on television was quite dramatic.

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