About ten years ago, my parents moved to rural Eastern Oregon to enjoy their retirement. They were tired of the fast pace of life in Portland. Life long Democrats, they were pleasantly surprised to encounter many liberals and left-leaning moderates in their new community. Yet their sole source of news is the local moderate paper and TV news. Like many older adults, they don't have any interest in searching the internet for their news. For them, the internet is for booking airline flights and email.
They are both avid Hillary Clinton supporters because Bill Clinton visited the region. They are completely unaware of all the real news about Hillary, Barack, and John McCain. I do my best to send them links to diaries that are better researched and written than their local paper, or even many articles in the Oregonian.
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