Every so often a social movement passes through a digital platform to bring awareness; the ALS ice bath challenge, the 22 pushup suicide awareness challenge.
Try this. The free news challenge. For one week, don't pay for your news. No subscription services, WaPo, WSJ, Foreign Affairs, Atlantic, New Yorker, Foreign Policy.
Read free news. Bing, Apple, Google aggregators. List serves or RSS feeds. Story links from Facebook or X or Tik Tok.
If you really want to walk the walk don't watch your subscription cable. Figuratively cut the cord like millions of Americans have done literally. If you need TV news find over the air broadcasts or free app based services on laptop or smart phone.
After a week of free news write a post on the most covered or most significant free story of the week.
It might be an interesting experiment. But I think more importantly it might close some of the gap in understanding how the country is moving and reacting. To the economy, to social issues, to political issues.
The beltway is a seductive place. But just like folks in the outer regions perhaps not 'getting' DC, it should be pretty easy to understand that DC doesn't 'get' a lot about what happens in other places.
Again, not saying there are not MAGA supporters as there ARE and many here but that struggle is not all consuming like breathing.
Every so often a social movement passes through a digital platform to bring awareness; the ALS ice bath challenge, the 22 pushup suicide awareness challenge.
Try this. The free news challenge. For one week, don't pay for your news. No subscription services, WaPo, WSJ, Foreign Affairs, Atlantic, New Yorker, Foreign Policy.
Read free news. Bing, Apple, Google aggregators. List serves or RSS feeds. Story links from Facebook or X or Tik Tok.
If you really want to walk the walk don't watch your subscription cable. Figuratively cut the cord like millions of Americans have done literally. If you need TV news find over the air broadcasts or free app based services on laptop or smart phone.
After a week of free news write a post on the most covered or most significant free story of the week.
It might be an interesting experiment. But I think more importantly it might close some of the gap in understanding how the country is moving and reacting. To the economy, to social issues, to political issues.
The beltway is a seductive place. But just like folks in the outer regions perhaps not 'getting' DC, it should be pretty easy to understand that DC doesn't 'get' a lot about what happens in other places.