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What following then news gives you is more chaos and disinformation. Every time there is a vote coming up, you can look up information on all important things c
by pkalinowski 7y ago
What following then news gives you is more chaos and disinformation. Every time there is a vote coming up, you can look up information on all important things collected nicely afer they've been settled, by people following politics.
- DonaldFisk 7y agoWhat I'm arguing for is to stay well-informed, and that usually involves delving a bit deeper than just passively listening to news broadcasts or passively reading news sites. Yes, you can visit web sites which help you to decide who to vote for by asking you questions (and which, incidentally, collect your responses for whatever purpose they choose), but your answers, and the recommendation of who to vote for, might change if you became better informed.
- kungtotte 7y agoI totally buy your argument that an informed public is a good thing and a requirement for a functioning democracy. I vehemently disagree that the current news media is the way to reach that goal. As things stand as of this moment I think we would be better off if nobody read the news. Misinformed is no better than uninformed, and often worse.
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- DonaldFisk 7y ago> I vehemently disagree that the current news media is the way to reach that goal. Yes, you need to learn what's happening, and why, from a variety of sources.