Social Media Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/social-media/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Sun, 20 Dec 2020 12:24:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Social Media Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/social-media/ 32 32 The Victims of Hatred https://mind-at-work.com/the-victims-of-hatred/ Sat, 19 Dec 2020 15:48:34 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=4288 I recently examined the source of the hatred that has metastasized in America in recent years, and I found it to be the media’s abandonment of journalistic standards. First, they mixed opinion with news, next they made their opinions an official narrative and ignored competing views, then they demonized and silenced those that embraced such [...]

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]]> The Source Of Americans’ Hatred https://mind-at-work.com/the-source-of-americans-hatred/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 18:23:27 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=4275 Why is there so much hatred in America today? The main cause, I submit, is that the communications media have encouraged it. That wasn’t always the case. In our grandparents’ day such encouragement was almost nonexistent. The TV (or radio) news consisted of reporters describing events without offering their opinions, which were prohibited by the journalistic [...]

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]]> Egotism and the Abuse of Discourse https://mind-at-work.com/egotism-and-the-abuse-of-discourse/ Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:30:11 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=2578 NBA stars Lebron James and Kevin Durant did an ESPN podcast. James opined that Trump “doesn’t understand the people and really don’t [sic] give a #X%@# about the people.” Durant wrestled with a hardwood metaphor: “our country is not ran [sic] by a great coach.” Laura Ingraham responded that a lot of young people look [...]

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