Whitlock: Post-truth, reality-TV America makes man feel like a ‘Natural Woman'

Posted By TheNewsCommenter: From Theblaze.com: “Whitlock: Post-truth, reality-TV America makes man feel like a ‘Natural Woman’”. Below is an excerpt from the article.

The unholy alliance between television and social media has greatly increased the separation between reality and truth.

Reality and truth are not the same. Man creates reality. God ordains truth. According to the dictionary, reality is “a resemblance to what is real.” Television and social media have turned reality hostile to truth.

That’s why we may never learn the truth about what caused Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin to collapse on the field. The NFL is a reality TV show dependent on the advertising dollars of Big Pharma and other global corporations. The essence of professional sports is no longer competition. The invariable nature of sports is now programming. It is content designed to hold the attention of viewers long enough to pitch them a product – preferably a pill manufactured to mask symptoms of internal human rot.

This is not new. What’s new is the level to which programming concerns supersede and diminish the exploration of truth.

Sunday afternoon, as CBS broadcast Buffalo’s playoff loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, the network trumpeted the fact that Damar Hamlin cheered on the Bills from a suite inside Highmark Stadium. On numerous occasions, cameras cut to Hamlin allegedly reacting to the action on the field.

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