girl that you talked to named Anna<\/a>, and I could relate to her. And I\u2019m just kind of worried about, you know, what\u2019s going on. You know, I kind of see that hopefully four years, once President Trump gets reelected \u2019cause I know he will, that I\u2019d like to see him go after Hillary Clinton, go after President Obama, and go after Biden, and I want to see this happen because I\u2019m sick of them getting away with it.<\/p>\nRUSH: Oh, man, do I hear you on that, that just has to happen. It\u2019s gotta happen. Look. I remember Anna. She called yesterday. She was like you. She said she was 30, and she\u2019s just not confident that we\u2019re gonna be able to hold on to the country against all these — let me tell you, given what you are exposed to, subjected to every day in the news, it\u2019s totally understandable that you would feel that way. And I really think, folks, this is not just an exercise. It\u2019s not a test. It literally works. If you just stop watching the news. I know you\u2019re thinking, “I can\u2019t do that. I need to stay informed.” They\u2019re not informing you.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re not learning any news by watching CNN or MSNBC or reading the New York Times. You are being propagandized. Do you realize CNN, MSNBC did not even cover the Rose Garden press availability today when the president announced the economic numbers? They didn\u2019t even cover it. Turn it off for a week. Do not watch anything you think is liberal media for a week. And I\u2019m just going to guarantee you your attitude about yourself and life in general will improve greatly because you are shutting out the number-one source of negativism and pessimism in your life. And that\u2019s the mainstream media.<\/p>\n
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RUSH: That\u2019s why I told the last caller… We had another guy who agreed with a previous caller, Anna.<\/p>\n
“Rush, I don\u2019t know. I mean, I like Trump, don\u2019t misunderstand. But I think it\u2019s lost. I think we\u2019re losing the country, and I don\u2019t see how we come back.” And believe me, folks, it\u2019s totally understandable that you think this. Given what you\u2019re hit with every day if you catch the news, it\u2019d be totally understandable that you\u2019d be at yours wits\u2019 end, that you would feel pessimistic, outnumbered, overwhelmed.<\/p>\n
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When I tell you to turn it off for a week, don\u2019t worry. You\u2019re not going to miss the news because you\u2019re not watching the news when you turn on CNN or MSNBC or when you read the New York Times or the Washington Post. You\u2019re not really getting news. Now, in certain sections of print newspapers, you might get some actual news. But only in areas that have nothing to do with national politics, have nothing to do with the presidential race.<\/p>\n
‘Cause, folks, I\u2019m here to tell you the reason you\u2019re so upset is virtually everything in mainstream news today — mainstream media today — is aimed at one thing, and that\u2019s get rid of Donald Trump. That\u2019s the purpose behind every story. It\u2019s the slant behind every story. It is the narrative of every story. It is the purpose. It\u2019s the reason. Getting rid of Donald Trump remains the only concern. Not reporting the news. Not making money. Not increasing viewership or readership.<\/p>\n
Getting rid of Donald Trump is the sole objective. So naturally if you devote a lot of time to watching that you\u2019re gonna end up being depressed, because you\u2019re not gonna see any counterweight to it. You\u2019re not gonna see how it\u2019s bogus. You\u2019re not gonna see how it isn\u2019t working. You\u2019re not gonna see any reaction among people that disagree with it.<\/p>\n
So just turn it off!<\/p>\n
Continue to listen to my show. You\u2019ll get all the news that you need, and it\u2019ll be healthy. It\u2019ll be usable. It\u2019ll be productive. It\u2019ll be informative, it\u2019ll be entertaining, and it\u2019ll be worth your while. But it\u2019s not going to ruin your day, and it\u2019s not gonna dispirit you. It\u2019s not gonna depress you. I\u2019m just telling you, if you could do this — okay, maybe you don\u2019t want to do it fora week. Try it three days. It ought to be easy.<\/p>\n
Why purposely subject yourself to known aggravation when you don\u2019t have to? If you hate your boss, you\u2019re kind of up a creek. I mean, you gotta deal with the boss every day, but you do not have to watch this stuff every day. And I\u2019m just telling you that, if you give this a try, you will have a change in your overall attitude about everything.<\/p>\n
About yourself and about the country, about life and about the future. Because you\u2019re gonna fill whatever time you have been wasting or devoting to watching yourself get beat up all the time, whatever you fill that time with is gonna be far more worthwhile and productive and useful. And you\u2019re going to realize it, and you\u2019re gonna have a much more positive outlook on life in general.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re going to feel much less pessimistic about the future of the country (I\u2019m not exaggerating this a bit) because you are not going to be turning off “the news.” You are not getting news if you watch those networks or read those papers now. It\u2019s one of the biggest success stories of the Drive-By Media to have political activism — legitimate, mean-spirited, extreme, packed-with-nothing-but-lies political extremism — successfully passed off as news.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a neat trick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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