Big Fat Scuttlebutt

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea. - Thoreau

how come when we do it around the water cooler or over a fence it's called gossip

but through broadcast airwaves it's deemed news

Author's Note

"When our life ceases to be inward and private, conversation degenerates into mere gossip." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Yellow Butterfly]

Either place...never believe the hype!! Chatting a load of old fodder if you ask me... :) :)


YB

[barleygirl]

A central reason for my not having TV these past 2 years is becuz I can't stand how vindictive & dramatic & one-sided ALL sides telling "the news" usually are. I hate to mention it, becuz it could be seen as fodder to support the way Trump distorted & exploited bias so horrifically, to the point where people believe only what Trump says is the "real news." Both political sides (& other sides) are guilty. The sharp scissor blades dicing up this game -- that of extreme partisanship & those exploiting partisanship by calling it "fake news" (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie