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How about a challenge to try and educate people better, to get them "immunized" against propaganda and fake news? We need more cynical takes on things. It's u
by astrodust 10y ago
How about a challenge to try and educate people better, to get them "immunized" against propaganda and fake news?
We need more cynical takes on things.
It's utterly appalling that on one side we have right-wing extremists yelling "FAKE NEWS" about CNN because CNN might get something wrong one time in ten, implying it's no different than Breitbart or Fox News which are wrong nine times in ten, and on the other we have left-leaning people beating up CNN for making mistakes and suggesting their trust is completely eroded.
News organizations offer a view. You should be prepared to vet everything you read from anyone. We need to give people a toolkit to help verify stories, to develop their bullshit instinct.
- jquery 10y agoSay what you want about Breitbart, it's highly biased in what it chooses to report and the opinions it injects into its stories, but it usually cites and links to its sources. Something I can't say for CNN or Fox News.