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The GRIPE with Stitch & Rick

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When Nobody Agrees Anymore: News, Politics & Social Media Noise

March 16, 2026 • MTC Studio LLC • Season 1 • Episode 3

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When Nobody Agrees Anymore: News, Politics & Social Media Noise

Two friends sit down to talk about the news… and end up talking about everything.

Stitch and Rick remember when local news meant your town, your streets, and people you actually recognized. Back when you didn’t need to research every story yourself and a trusted voice could simply tell you what happened.

Somewhere along the way, information turned into opinion.

The conversation moves from local coverage to national outrage, protests, political labels, and why more people seem loyal to a side than to their own thinking. As self-described independents at heart, they wrestle with the idea that social media may now be shaping beliefs faster than experience ever did.

From celebrity influence to halftime shows that became spectacles, the question keeps returning:

Are we forming opinions anymore… or inheriting them?

It’s not about left or right.
It’s about wondering when we stopped meeting in the middle.

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