Your friends and family honestly believe that the Mainstream News "is not allowed to lie." That's why these same friends and family think you are an insane fucking moron for not believing what Mainstream News tells you.
They do not understand that propaganda was very quietly LEGALIZED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2013. After that, the news outlets no longer "had" to tell the truth.
This is how MSM gets away with it.
Not too long ago the Rachel Maddow show was sued for lying and spreading garbage as "news." But the courts pointed to this 2013 ruling and said shows like that were not news, but "entertainment," and nothing changed. She's still on the air doing exactly the same thing.
This change was made very quietly in 2013. Who was in the White House as President of the United States in 2013?
If the normies ever do realize that this happened, and that we know about it but they do not - that could change an awful lot.
Show it to everyone you know and see what happens.
Here is one link, but this is easily researched. Anyone can find a link to a source they are willing to believe: https://citizentruth.org/government-allowed-use-propaganda/
My morning sounds very similar to your morning...I, also said similar to my mother.
After I calmly explain it to her, she seems to get it and then goes right back to watching Newsmax and by tomorrow (when we talk again), she will repeating the same things..."I feel so sorry for what the Ukrainian people are going through because of madman Putin".
It's very frustrating talking to her these days.
Old habits you know.
Perhaps it’s a matter of redirection, replace Newsmax with something else.
X22 Report!?
Not sure how I started getting Newsmax emails but they were sending 3 a day with this Ukraine thing and I spammed them.
It may be their age, but they prefer to watch news images on tv rather than listen to a podcast on a laptop or phone.
I could try it and see what my parents think, but judging from their habits, I think the tv news wins for them.
I don't live with them, so not easy to monitor them as to what they watch.
Lol at the fact that we are now talking about monitoring what our parents watch on TV.
Sign of these times we are living through.
I convinced them not to get the shots, but now they are consuming too much news and are believing it all.