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A lot of Americans have indicated they do not “trust” the information coming from certain government officials or federal health agencies when it comes to Covid-19.
So who do you trust right now?
When there are scientists and medical doctors who are saying opposing things; when there are seemingly contradictory findings from studies and data crunching– what do you believe?
How do you make important decisions amid this crisis in confidence in the information we receive?
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I trust your information Ms attkisson you tell the truth you report both sides of a story and you have no anginda thank you for fair and honest reporting wish all reporters were like you
Haven’t watched/listened to the mainstream screed in over 20 years. For the truth in news I watch The HighWire on Thursdays & Church Militant evening news. We read the New Oxford Review, Chronicles, The Remnant, & the Epoch Times.
“So who do you trust right now?”
No one really. Especially when it’s from a government official.
It’s been well known for a while now that besides the elderly this virus seems to do the most harm to those who are over weight and not in good physical shape. It’s just a fact and I have personal examples of friends that were in that camp that either died or had a really tough time with it. Yet I have not heard from even one health official that you should try to lose some weight and get in better shape to try to save yourself. Maybe I missed it but I don’t think so and there has been plenty of time since the start of this that many could have lost a lot of extra lbs.
Same on supplements such as vitamin D and others. It most likely helps but certainly doesn’t hurt so why no mention of it from any official.
And why does the CDC keep insisting that people who have recovered from the virus still get vaccinated? I recovered from what I would call a mild case and there is no way I’m going to let them inject more of it into me. Based on what I was taught it doesn’t make any sense. They don’t even want you to get a test to see if you have antibodies or T cells before you get vaccinated and just want you to get the shots. Again, makes no sense.
The other thing that really makes me angry is my own Dr. says I should not take the vax and should just wait and see how it goes. My own Dr said that. I can’t share that information publicly using my real name as I know the left will find out who he is and will go after him for saying that. I don’t wish that on anyone.
Bottom line: I go with my gut on a lot of information I receive and just go about my days.
We have been told to wear masks. My area of the country has been smothered in smoke from Canadian wildfires. When officials were asked if wearing a mask would help with the smoke inhalation we were told, “No, masks are ineffective against the smoke.” So, if masks are ineffective against smoke, how in the hell can they be effective against a virus?! Trust government, CDC, media propagandists? I think NOT!!
I have been listening to Ron Paul and his crew at the Liberty Report. I can believe John Stossel, since I was a lad I felt he was truthful. I listen and read Sharyl Attkisson’s unbiased reports. Reason puts out good info. I think these sources connect you with other legitimate sources. I think RT puts out better info than any US MSM outlet, but I can’t trust them 100% either. I am more likely to believe Alex Jones before any US government report or any Statist that wants to pass a law that gives me more security. And as others have said here GOD is the answer!
Thats the 64 dollar question! The internet world, the major television networks, the government network all talking and all saying different things.
It’s blatantly obvious the major networks, most likely with government backing or prodding, to broadcast almost every night some person in a hospital bed proclaiming how they wished they had gotten a jab. The message telling everyone see this is what happens when you don’t take the experimental vaccine. The message that all other methods are not scientifically safe to fight covid19 but only those who make the covid19 vaccine are all safe. Such is the world we live in now.
What’s true, what’s false, what’s right, what’s wrong, what’s good, what’s bad.
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When nobody is ever held accountable, that’s who you trust. Nobody.
The Fourth Estate has failed miserably in its primary function as watchdog. They themselves are not held accountable for deliberately misleading, unsourced, and/or outright false reports. No consequences for dismal performance or unethical behavior. Legacy media is just a propaganda mill for sale to the “highest bidder”. R.I.P. Fourth Estate.
There’s a small handful of public individuals I believe are genuinely trying to find and tell the facts without editorializing. You may recall, we called them journalists and their only agenda was telling their readers/listeners the truth.
Obviously, Ms. Attkisson is on that very short list.
I don’t trust anyone until I have reason to believe they are trustworthy. When I try out a news source, I do what I can to verify their story.
I don’t believe anything from CDC. They still pretend masks prevent transmission of a virus!
I trust Sharyl.
If someone from the Govt. or a host on TV told me the sun would be out at high noon I would have to go out and see for myself .
When I see their mouth moving …..Thats usually a lie …..When you hear the said government worker owns stock in the pharmaceutical they say has to be used ……When I say Joe Biden get tye jab ..the cap was on the needle ……When I heard fa few Countries had refused the cure …the heads of these countries were killed ……When this is 99.9% curable you wonder what sane people are thinking …….I am waiting for the burning at the steak or hanging from the tree to start …….We should be asking the federal government why these undocumented people are spread …at tax payers dime to every state without testing , papers , etc etc ….We apparently have become dumb and deaf and blind ……I guess the Republicans are in on all this too …..PeopleFreedom isn’t free but it looks like the Cell Phones and Tablets are more important than life itself ……
Crystal, I couldn’t have said it better. I try not to listen to the legacy, alphabet media. First it raises my blood pressure; second, none of them tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Finding news sources who just give the facts is difficult sometimes. So far, I agree with all who have posted this far.
If Government (politicians, CDC, FDA) or main stream media (including FOX) says something, assume it is a lie and do the opposite.
I find various telegram feeds are useful. Read anything from Mercola or his wife (Erin Eizabeth), Dr Tenpenny, Dr Northrupp, Dr Madej, Kelly Brogan, Sayer Ji, some of the less hysterical stuff from the Health Ranger plus Doug Billings interviews, RFK Jr, etc, Some stuff from functional medicine docs like Dr Hyman, Dr Tom OBrien.
Biggest thing is to not take anything at face value. Think critically, does it make sense? Who stands to make money from it? Does it fit with your other sources? Is it just parrotting other sources? Is it based on data? Can you check the source? Does the source make sense? Is the analysis statistically reasonable? Erc. Etc
Look at trustworthy statistics of death rates for the past ten years. Look at ages greater than 55. You will see steady increase in death rates for flu. The rates are logical and rational when you consider the baby-boomer generation getting older.
Prior to the planned Wuhan “pandemic”, one could get somewhat “real” statistics from the CDC. Now, the CDC is combining counts so you cannot distinguish between illnesses. To get real statistics, you will have to find a state source that has not been compromised.
We are being played by a few in power in the government.
Catherine Austin Fitts, Robert Kennedy, jr with staff at children’s health defense, Sharyl Attkisson, Del Bigtree, Dr Mercola, Quite Frankly. I trust few others. There are a few doctors and scientists who have been outspoken, written documents or articles that I trust. Government…NO! Pharma…NO! Fauci? Hell NO!
I trust the following:
FLCCC
Americas Frontline Doctors
Dr. Malone
Dr. McCullough
Other highly respected medical doctors and scientists who are speaking out at great risk to themselves with no financial incentives
Sharyl Attkisson
RFK Jr.
I agree with this list. Thanks for writing it out. The people who stick up for their views regardless of being called all sorts of names by the MSM show that they’re really in it for the truth. Also, I like Bret Weinstein and his Dark Horse Podcast (found on Odysee now), especially the episode with Dr. Malone, who you mentioned.
I agree with all. Plus Del Bigtree and Jefferey Jaxon.
Perfect answer! 90% of the Mainstream Media in both print and television long ago destroyed their credibility. The curious have to find their own trusted sources IF they have the curiosity and time to do, which, unfortunately most do not. And that’s what the MSM count on. A larger question for knowledgeable, informed Americans is WHAT government institution you CAN trust anymore? FBI? CIA? Congress? CDC? White House? When an increasingly majority of citizens cannot trust their public institutions wither the Republic then my friends…?
Agree America’s Frontline Doctors, Sharyl’s excellent independent reporting. I foresee a dramatic loss of public trust in MOST “authorities.” As the lies and corruption surrounding Education (including Universities), all levels of Government, Healthcare Systems, Pharmaceutical Industry, Big Agra, Judicial Systems, Press, Sports, Entertainment (Film/Music) are revealed, the inevitable shock will come. There will be massive minds blown. With God’s help we will get through it. In the meantime, Hang On!
Perfect list!
Thank you for asking!
I recently learned that my gallbladder staples place twenty years ago were never safety tested. Then I learned from other sick women that their breast implant were making them sick. And so we’re mine. Then I learned from a patient advocacy website that Gadolinum gave me fibromyalgia. Then the producer of the documentary, that I was in, explained that fluroquinolone antibiotics are also giving people fibromyalgia. And that anti depressants and anti anxiety meds cause suicidal ideation and violence.
There are lies, damn lies, statistics and then there is the FDA, CDC, NIH stats.
Robert F Kennedy is speaking the truth w Bigtree and Mercola.
And there is you. Blessings to you snd your team.
Crystal Anderson
Crystal, I couldn’t have said it better. I try not to listen to the legacy, alphabet media. First it raises my blood pressure; second, none of them tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Finding news sources who just give the facts is difficult sometimes. So far, I agree with all who have posted this far.
I second you on Robert F Kennedy and Del Bigtree. I know they usually focus on information that supports their position but I believe they are careful and thoughtful about everything that they present. Robert Kennedy has been wrestling corruption most of his career and I have great admiration for him!
As long as there is suppression of opposing views/facts, there is no science. Very important to face this. We are left with that inner sense, or spiritual sense, that tells us what is right and what is wrong. Sorry, but that is the best we got. “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” It is not blind, but built on the rock Christ, a good universal God.
Blind faith is what is supporting vaccines, masking, social distancing, and it allows for the wicked intent to manipulate. There is not a modicum of science in any of it.
Couldn’t have said it better Andrew.
I will be honest and say that it is very difficult to know what to believe. But I am more likely to put my faith in a source that doesn’t accept money from big pharma or have a political agenda.
The fact that little to no work has been done – or made public – regarding treatment for Covid with existing and coincidentally inexpensive medications makes me suspicious of the push for the vaccine.
I try to pull information from non-partisan, unbiased sources where ever I can. It’s not easy and sometimes I rely on myself for detecting bizarre illogical information.
In my state for example the latest governor’s press conference made a huge point of addressing the rates of Covid in unvaccinated people but their data went back to Jan 2021 when the vaccine was not being administered. So how does that information make sense or tell me anything I need to know to make an informed decision?
First, I do NOT watch TV. The stuff spewed there is for show. It’s all for show, ratings and to please the masters. Masters being the highest bidder in money or virtual signaling to peers/tribe.
I read as much as I can from a variety of sources (never the lamestream media).
I actually read the data behind the “studies”.
I monitor the “official sites” for raw numbers and do logic tests on their validity. For example, the number of Covid deaths is wildly inaccurate due to the lack of flu deaths recorded over the past year. Flu didn’t just “disappear”, it was coded as Covid to meet the quota for the narrative.
If I catch someone lying, I tend to disregard everything they say after that.
How’s that for what one can do?
very similar here: no tv, no ‘lamestream media’, information mostly through the internet, with lots of references, checks & cross checks. but no FB, no twitter (no smart phone).
reliable, objective, factual news sites/blogs take a while to find (Children’s Health Defense/RFK Jr ranks high, as does Next News Network, Attkisson and Sidney Powell’s newsletter).
I don’t check raw numbers, but always check the original written source and/or transcript for video’s I see on youtube, rumble, brighteon and others.
another unique source of information is the comments section, mostly dedicated individuals, trying to add more information, often based on personal experience.
it takes time to not get distracted by BS story telling, but selecting trusted sources is worth the effort.
Good comment since, of course, I agree with you and your approach. I am left with a few podcasts, OANN, Solomon, Tucker (It is a shame he is with Fox), Attkisson, and a few trusted friends that email things that they found true and or interesting.