Why does the media keep feeding the beast of fake news and fake patriotism?

Evocative questions to challenge mindsets

Chris Cuomo's closing argument last night on Prime Time was "Trump lies because it works." This is an erroneous proposition.

Trump lies because we let his lies work.

His lies work because we fail to create new social norms with consequences that hold Trump transparently accountable to the truth.

The USA is engaged in an uncivil war between the vices of fake patriotism and the virtues of true patriotism. Fake patriotism is the amoral arc for injustice. True patriotism is the moral arc for justice.

The midterm elections are a battle between the fear-based fake patriotism versus courage-based true patriotism.

How can the media reverse the downward spiral into the abyss of fake patriotism?

• Host town forums and media events to discuss what is true and fake patriotism
• Educate people about #FakePatriotPersonalityDisorder (#FPPD).
• Shift the political narrative to focus on the positive motives and emotions for true patriotism

Invite politicians and political candidates to read the definitions of fake patriotism to prepare their responses to the three questions below.

What if every political candidate wrote a credo of true patriotism for public debates?

As digital citizens, we can use social media to mobilize journalists and mainstream media (MSM) to cover midterm election events that invite political candidates to answer the questions below.

• What's your credo for true patriotism?
• How do you live up to your credo?
• How can we #LiberateUSAfromFakePatriotism?

Could their answers generate the positive motives and emotions to:

• Increase voter turnouts
• Overcome the animus of fake patriotism?
• Ascend the upward spiral toward true patriotism?

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