Propaganda Debunking
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I'm a planned California fire refugee this summer, I've semi-retired, planning on only working winters until my full retirement age. Incurred some losses to the Mendocino complex fire, exacerbated health troubles from the smoke. Had the COVID early in the pandemic. I'm an essential health care provider... not this summer though. Staying at a Royal Gorge resort, discovered only one talk station comes through clearly while setting up here: oh, it would be RWNJ radio.
I listened to the Glenn Beck program as he and guest speakers bent themselves into pretzels to criticize the vaccine in this wacked manner: again and again expressing the vaccine "doesn't work" to eradicate COVID from the face of the earth, just as cold and flu style coronavirus mutants continue to thrive, only losing their crippling pathologic edge with vaccine assisted herd immunity. (cough... "eradication... said no M.D. ... ever" as my BP soared listening to this bent diatribe)
What rendered my BP meds ineffective were their implications that the CDC and Anthony Fauci had indicated such a fallacy. Only at the end of the broadcast did an M.D. guest suggest everyone get vaccinated, then quickly switched the subject to anti-mandate contrarianism. I shut it off.
Here's the potential damage Beck caused: local commuter traffic listening to this steaming pile of bullshit likely only heard the repeated "vaccines no workee" diatribes, only towards the end of the half hour was one quick flash of "get vaccinated"... the RWNJ'S likely never heard.
Got my laptop and internet radio set up now, the RV radio stays off this stay. There it was: the one time I tune in to the contrarian radio, it didn't fail to slyly misinform.
niyad
(119,884 posts)On walking the bridge?
lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)I scouted out the gorge yesterday, more fun to do the gondola with family then, and the dinosaur museum.
AllaN01Bear
(23,039 posts)we have one on 1450 am and one on 103 fm (same outlet ) the owner doesnt even live in the city where it clearly states , owner shall live in the same community as the transmitter . lives in nevada so he doesent have to pay taxes . enjoy your vaca
lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)He deflects all the bad juju magically. 😉
AllaN01Bear
(23,039 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,727 posts)You'll learn a lot more, your blood pressure will go down, and overall your life will be more pleasant.
AllaN01Bear
(23,039 posts)The Royal Gorge Route Railroad is a heritage railroad located in Cañon City, Colorado. The railroad transits the Royal Gorge on a 2-hour scenic and historic train ride along what is considered to be the most famed portion of the former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
Address: 330 Royal Gorge Blvd, Cañon City, CO 81212
Phone: (719) 276-4000
would love to see pics of the pup.