Stevie Wonder wrote a song entitled “These Three Words” that tells how by simply saying I love you can change someones life. There are three words commonly used in American media whether it be mainstream, liberal or conservative that’s changing our society and not necessarily for the better. When those in the media report on politician especially conservative politicians there are three words that are frequently used that gives them a pass to continue to say outlandish thing regardless. And those three words are, “...to be fair...” Every time I hear someone use those words it’s become one of the most irritating phrases in the English language.
It’s those three words that continue to allow GOP politicians to go on any network and boldly say things that are factually untrue. The most recent example of this is the Trumpcare, everyone know it’s a killer yet the media uses the phrase “…to be fair...” followed by it’s going to reduce the deficit by $190 billion. Republicans will site the fact that the media pointed out that there plans has “some good” in them to justify all the cruelty they are attempting to unleash on our society.
My point in saying all of this is that we cannot allow the media to be complicit with the GOP . When those in the media use the the phrase “...to be fair...” it allows Republicans to celebrate getting one questing right on a test with two hundred questions. Republicans still failed the test and if the media doesn’t point that out consistently eventually we all will fail.