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I'm suprised why people are still suprised by this. Has no-one learned by now that you cannot trust _ANYTHING_ that the media produces?
by OneGuy123 6y ago
I'm suprised why people are still suprised by this.
Has no-one learned by now that you cannot trust _ANYTHING_ that the media produces?
- InitialLastName 6y agoI don't know why you're calling out the media specifically. Are the anonymous commentariat, politicians, and random youtubers somehow more reliablie?
- kmonsen 6y agoI don’t think this is true at all. I would guess 95% of what is in nytimes is true. Are they always right and never have a political slant , of course not. It is interesting to see that when nytimes do print something that is obviously false for political purposes it is usually leaving right not left. The most obvious example being the build up to the Iraq war.
- vntok 6y ago> I would guess 95% of what is in nytimes is true. This is even worse. The most dangerous lie is a lie wrapped around a core of truth that entices readers to trust the whole package.
- gspr 6y agoAre you mixing up "it happens that the media is untrustworthy" with "nothing the media produces is trustworthy"? If so, may I suggest a logic course before venturing forward?
- konjin 6y agoI don't, but I do trust the web of media, once there are multiple corroborating reports of the same thing it is vastly more likely to be true. Few people do this because the comforting lies you tell yourself fall away rather quickly.