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Refuting Conservative Propaganda: Domain Why do young people in the US read and watch AJ+ media and not realize it is propaganda for Hamas, Al-Qaeda, and other Qatar funded radical extremist groups?

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By AJ+ - AJ+ web, Public Domain Why do young people in the US read and watch AJ+ media and not realize it is propaganda for Hamas, Al-Qaeda, and other Qatar funded radical extremist groups? Let me ask you a question, with all due respect: Why do so many white males who identify as Christian and adhere to Republican/conservative political beliefs ask questions such as this one and use “Prager U” videos from YouTube as “proof’ of anything? First, I seriously doubt that great numbers of Americans (young, middle-aged, or old) watch or read Al-Jazeera English or any of its associated English language content, including AJ+, on cable TV or online. Some people might, after all, do so, either because (a) Al-Jazeera actually has more actual news-related content than its U.S.-based counterparts (including WarnerMedia’s CNN and “New Fox”-owned Fox News Channel) or (b) they are not narrow-minded and want a different perspective on the news and opinions that shape our lives. As even fo

Talking About Social Media 'Influencers' and 'Star Trek': Midnight's Edge's Fake News on Star Trek Canon

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On Quora, someone who watches too many YouTube videos by "social media influencers" asks: How do you feel knowing that the Star Trek prime timeline is not canon? This includes Discovery and Kelvin. I feel that individuals who get their knowledge about canonicity in  any  franchise, be it  Star Trek, Star Wars, Harry Potter,  the MCU, the DCEU, or James Bond, from an  opinionated  YouTube video creator need to stop depending on YouTube as a reliable source. The  Star Trek  Prime timeline - a construct made necessary when Paramount Pictures greenlit  Star Trek (2009)  a decade ago - was never de-canonized.  Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Enterprise,  and  Star Trek: Discovery  comprise the Prime  Star Trek  universe as far as CBS, the current owners of the TV franchise, are concerned. It matters not, from a consumer’s standpoint, that Paramount Pictures