Same in politcks as in FuDa and
vaping. (Excuse me? The media told they can't do any research on what the FuDA says? And they go along with it!!)
The "media" only regurgitates sound bites. Investigate? Ain't gonna happen.
Pick your favorite talking heads - on ANY issue! - and you'll only get sound bites that reinforce that mind set. Pick your least favorite talking heads and you'll only get sound bites that are contradictory.
Investigation, truth, facts. All gone.
Spin - and I don't mean Spinners, they're a fine starter and/or backup
Play on emotions - especially FEAR! Must protect the children! Don't bother reporting that well, yes, more kids have tried
vaping (and ignore that most of them - like us when we were kids - try most anything they think they can get away with) while lumping the tried once or twice in with "user." Don't bother reporting that, while that "increase" has happened, the percent of kids trying combustible tobacco has dropped.
Unfortunately for vapers, apparently the majority believe the spin regarding
vaping.
Unfortunately for citizens, apparently the majority believe the political spin, no matter which side.
As vapers, we've done (yeah, not all, but a lot of us!) real investigation that separates fact from spin. As voters we need to do the same.