I'm trying to open my father's eyes to the lies of the mainstream media

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Have you considered showing the previous protests where people stormed the building unarmed? This was of course not an isolated event and the left frequently do the same. The crowd was also unarmed and left without harming anyone or overthrowing the government. There's also AOC's statement which was found to be a lie, where she claimed her own security guard asking she leave to safety was a right winger trying to rape her.

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He knows, it's just in a different league to him.

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Hmm. One way could be to propose a simple test when trying to assess whether something is legitimate.

Firstly, is the test subject, in this case the media, a business for profit, gain or government funding? What do they have to gain? And what method would they use to manipulate gain, might they be trying to induce fear in the public, perhaps due to dwindling viewers?

Secondly, where does their funding even come from, for example, advertising revenue, and who is the major contributor? Pharmaceutical industries? Political lobbyists? The Clinton Foundation?

Realising that the media is only there to profit from people by selling 'ideas', not necessarily facts, exposes their lack of integrity as it is not material produced in good faith. Articles use words that exaggerate for emotive effect for this very purpose.