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The Hartmann Report

Daily Take: The “Both Sides” Scam: How False Balance Fuels Extremism

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

News, Debate, The Hartmann Report, Economics, Thom Hartmann, Democracy, Climate Change, Congress, America

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

When pundits blame tone instead of truth, they let one party weaponize threats and lies without consequence…

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0:00.0

I knew we all have two ages, our actual age and our body's internal biological age.

0:04.3

What I didn't know is I've likely lowered my biological age without even knowing.

0:09.0

Here's the thing, because Americans eat so many processed foods and not enough fruit and veggies,

0:12.9

many are 10 plus years older on the inside than their actual age.

0:17.3

They're ticking time bombs.

0:18.6

Major university studies suggest to slow aging and diffuse that biological time bomb, participants slowed their age. They're ticking time bombs. Major university studies suggest to slow aging and diffuse that

0:22.3

biological time bomb, participants slow their aging by drinking field of greens. That's all. They didn't

0:28.4

change their eating, drinking, or exercise. Just field of greens. I've been noticing more energy

0:32.3

since I've been drinking field of greens. Each fruit and vegetable in field of greens was doctors

0:36.6

selected for specific

0:37.7

health benefits, cell health, heart, lungs, kidneys, metabolism, even healthy weight. I feel great knowing

0:42.9

field of greens can slow how quickly I'm aging. I encourage you to join me. Swap your untested

0:47.7

fruit, vegetable, or green drink for Field of Greens while there's time. Check out the university

0:52.3

studying at 20% off when you use the promo

0:54.6

code Tom, T-H-O-M at Field of Greens.com. That's fieldof-greens.com, promo code Tom.

1:00.7

The both sides scam, how false balance fuels extremism. As a guy who regularly gets

1:07.8

death threats because of my media presence, I shouldn't have to say that

1:11.0

killing people or even threatening them for their politics is wrong. But here it is, for the record,

1:16.2

nobody in America should die for their politics. That's said in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination.

1:23.6

You know, the guy who downplayed slavery, demonized black and brown people, promoted the racist, anti-Semitic great replacement theory, attacked queer people, made degrading comments about women, said gun deaths were fine because that's the price we must pay for the Second Amendment.

1:38.8

In the wake of all that, the media is afraid to say anything about the state of our politics other than we need to stop violence-provoking political rhetoric on both sides.

1:48.8

As if there were two sides here.

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