[WideRight05]

Disinformation and propaganda has been a larger part of this election than ever before. And it wasn't from just one candidate, either.

It just makes it more difficult to make an informed choice. News outlets that I used to rely on a little heavier than some of the others, even participated. That's okay. Being newly retired, I have time to search!

This election has once again exposed our media outlets - conservative and liberal - as a complete fraud. Well known conservative outlets such as Fox or Breitbart highly disappointed. Several conservative political experts (on all sides of this debate amongst conservatives) should know better than to act the way they did, often relying on emotion rather than rational thought and lowering themselves to the name calling that they also criticize liberals for.

If there is one accurate media source, and even this can be a bit of a stretch, I think C-SPAN is the best place to watch. It's live, unedited, and you can actually get a good grasp of what the politicians believe. It would be surprising to many at how much they actually agree on. The other area I would recommend when it comes to breaking down a candidate is their voting record. It's quite often that we have seen moderates (e.g. John McCain) that lean to the right when the primaries roll around. The mainstream media prefers to analyze the Jerry Springer moments of elections instead of providing accurate information and letting the candidates be the ones to make or break themselves. Thus, it's better to look to other areas to develop an understanding of candidates.