Rattus would recommend attending a showing of the ‘People’s Emergency Briefing’ film being shown locally.
Rattus was pleased to have seen it with two politicians present, MP Steve Witherden and new Senedd member Elwyn Vaughan.
It is rare nowadays to be informed about any news item together with other people and more powerful for being shared. The message is more memorable in that context.
So often we scroll through preselected media content that has been chosen by an algorithm to reinforce our prejudices.
Much of what it shows us is dubious.
In the days when we gathered round the television to watch the news, outrageous opinion was commented on by the rest of the family.
Today total lies fail to arouse any repudiation at all. Reliable news is hard to find.
The print media has contracted enormously and what is left is dominated by what the owners want you to see.
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We all have a duty as citizens to seek the truth.
The people’s emergency briefing is as fact checked as you can get. Presented by serious experts and scientists any misinformation would attract immediate ridicule. The same attention to truth and detail is not demanded of climate change denial.
So often nowadays democracy is failing.
How many now regret Brexit especially when they queue in a European airport to have the biometrics checked. We voted for it 10 years ago. Bad mistake.
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