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There are sides to a story, and then there's false information. But on the lines of what you're saying, I think that education should probably train students in
by rosstex 6y ago
There are sides to a story, and then there's false information. But on the lines of what you're saying, I think that education should probably train students in that style of media literacy: reading both sides of an issue from neutral, partisan and extremist perspectives, and reasoning about how to synthesize them.
- 082349872349872 6y agoThere's even a book on media analysis: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23858477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23858477 or, for those who prefer a shorter textbook form: https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/ext/dw/01130770R/PDF/01130770R.pdf https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/ext/dw/01130770R/PDF/0113077... (confer analytical outline on ¶ 45, pp 18-20) Ancient Aliens as pedagogical example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23721423 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23721423 Bonus clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqoyl2p8_lw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqoyl2p8_lw
- heartbeats 6y agoI don't think there's any meaningful distinction between the two. You can take facts which are not wrong and use them to argue any point, no matter how ridiculous. If that's grotesque enough, it's misconduct already, even if you're not technically lying.