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An important part of indoctrination is training children that only regime approved news sources are reliable.
by Consultant32452 5y ago
An important part of indoctrination is training children that only regime approved news sources are reliable.
- long_time_gone 5y agoDidn't you study the difference in quality versus non-quality sources as a child? I remember lots of term papers where my references were questioned and only references of certain quality were allowed.
- Consultant32452 5y agoYes, that's exactly the training I was referring to.
- long_time_gone 5y agoAre you suggesting that all sources are exactly equal? If not, then people need a framework to determine source quality, otherwise we aren't really preparing them for the world. What is your proposal?
- Consultant32452 5y agoYou cannot learn from the government which news sources will give you reliable information about the government any more than you would trust cigarette manufacturers to tell you which studies about cigarettes to trust. Step 1 is abolishing government schools entirely.
- platz 5y agowhats step 2
- Consultant32452 5y agoSeize the university endowments, the crystallization of privilege, and dispense them as reparations. They are the ones perpetuating this depraved system to the next generation of government agents. No one will believe you unless you work for a place like the NYT, but you can't get into the NYT unless you came through a short list of universities that make sure you know what to say/do. They reinforce this by training the teachers to only accept their approved sources in schools.
- Jarwain 5y agoIsn't the idea not about instilling trust in specific news sources, but teaching how to recognize a good source or critically thinking about and comparing different sources?
- Consultant32452 5y agoNo. At best you get Chomsky's manufactured consent. You get to compare the NYT article to the WaPo article and decide which one has the best information, and you may argue vigorously within that narrow window. You will never be allowed to cite "unapproved" sources in school. You usually won't even be able to cite something like wikileaks except in the context of how an approved source wrote an article about them.
- imwillofficial 5y agoIt doesn't matter how many times these news agencies get caught making stuff up out of whole cloth, they are "reliable news" because people are conditioned to believe it. Faith is strong.
- refurb 5y agoNot sure why this is downvoted. This is what I was taught in the past - mainstream media is reliable and trustworthy. Hell, those same media organizations reinforce that belief when they attack less mainstream news sources. Yet if you look at the list of mistakes the mainstream media has made in the past decade I’m not sure why anyone would assume they are worthy of an assumption of good faith reporting.
- Nursie 5y agoThe problem is the non-mainstream is worse. It's like the alt-med argument - sure, point at "big pharma" and tell us how corrupt they are. That doesn't mean homeopathy works.
- Consultant32452 5y agoThey trained you to divide the world into two neat and convenient boxes where one box is represented by the NYT and the other box is represented by Alex Jones and flat earthers.
- Nursie 5y agoNo, 'they' didn't train me to do that, I'm capable of using my brain and evaluating sources. If anything 'they' taught me to examine primary and secondary sources, look for bias, and draw my own conclusions. 'They' also taught me statistics so I can understand the use and misuse of such things by journalists. I've barely ever come across the NYT in my lifetime, not being American. Good try though.
- Consultant32452 5y agoSometimes people use concrete examples to explain abstract concepts. If the concrete examples aren't a part of your culture, the underlying abstract argument is disproven.