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Fully agreed, except for this one: All news is dogshit, and various levels of lies This is just first-grade populistic crap. Yes, there's various levels of lie
by tremon 5y ago
Fully agreed, except for this one: All news is dogshit, and various levels of lies
This is just first-grade populistic crap. Yes, there's various levels of lies and shit, but that doesn't mean they're all equally bad. Being able to discern the quality and trustworthiness of a source is an important skill, and it doesn't seem you are willing to master it.
- dj_mc_merlin 5y agoQuality is rare. As they say, 80% of everything is shit. If you want actual news, you need to talk to lots of people, preferably in person but also by (e)mail, who are close to the event in some way. That, or they have extensively studied some topic close to the event you want to inform yourself about. This is really the only way to even get close to the truth. Every time I have read a news article on a subject I am an expert on, or about me, or about my family or friends, it was so glaringly wrong that anyone else who read it is now less informed than before. Sometimes not just in the facts, which might be mostly correct, but in the false narratives they present.
- mistermann 5y agoIt depends if you're looking at it on a relarive or absolute basis (how journalism couldbe), but ya that seems a bit extremist.