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You are assuming that there's a way for an uninformed reader to get his hands on 'unbiased' media. If you don't sift through the biases yourself the "high-level
by dagenleg 10y ago
You are assuming that there's a way for an uninformed reader to get his hands on 'unbiased' media. If you don't sift through the biases yourself the "high-level acquaintance" you acquire will be inevitably biased, since someone had to do it for you.
- orcdork 10y agoThat's a great excuse for making a semi-totalitarian government mouthpiece look like it's credible news.
- dagenleg 10y agoOn the contrary, I am saying that there are no credible news to be found. Sure, RT is a mouthpiece, but it's unwise to lock yourself in a bubble where all media you consume follows the same party line.
- mseebach 10y agoThat argument is about as intellectually sound as saying "evolution is only a theory" (correct) "so creationism is equally valid" (wrong). ("It's bad to be locked into a party-line bubble" (correct) "so it's good advice to add RT and Breitbart to your daily media diet" (wrong))
- DanBC 10y agoThis is the "honest about lying" trope. https://euvsdisinfo.eu/honest-about-lying/ https://euvsdisinfo.eu/honest-about-lying/