# Dealing with stubbornness in US politics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-stubbornness-in-us-politics/959798>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 19, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-stubbornness-in-us-politics/959798 "2022-02-19T20:48:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-stubbornness-in-us-politics/959798/21 "2022-02-21T21:01:58Z")

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> [@D\_Anconia](#):
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> What incentive would MSNBC or CNN have?

_They_ wouldn’t be required to.

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**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-stubbornness-in-us-politics/959798/22 "2022-02-21T21:16:48Z")

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I understand that. Let’s say that a person is a life-long consumer of the CBS Evening News. Is she going to switch to MSNBC if they add a disclaimer to their Evening News programming?

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**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-stubbornness-in-us-politics/959798/23 "2022-02-21T21:22:38Z")

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I wouldn’t expect her to, much like I wouldn’t expect MSNBC nor CBS to state any disclaimers to begin with.

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**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-stubbornness-in-us-politics/959798/24 "2022-02-21T22:22:03Z")

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Alrighty then. We’re not communicating, as in I have no idea what your point IS, then. So I’m out.

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**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-stubbornness-in-us-politics/959798/25 "2022-02-21T23:50:20Z")

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> [@D\_Anconia](#):
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> …I have no idea what your point IS, then.

My first post:

> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#):
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> I think this is an unfair equivalence. _As much as?_ Nope. You seriously feel she’s as biased and misrepresentative in her reporting as the other two?

…and from there, answering your questions that seemed to get further and further away from that original point, evidently, so, I’m out, too, if you honestly are.

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