>Generally speaking, I don't believe there's enough good information out there such that I can have a real idea of 'what's going on' outside of things directly

>Generally speaking, I don't believe there's enough good information out there such that I can have a real idea of 'what's going on' outside of things directly in my life and community. That's a pretty extreme epistemological stance to take. I can't refute it (I've personally gone down that road before), but I also don't see how one can hold that stance while also identifying with any political position at all and believing that they have solid justification for it. >Did you believe it when they said inflation was going to be transitory? Did "the media" say this, or did they report that that's the government's position on the matter? Has inflation proven to not be transitory? >How about when they had back-to-back headlines that Powell 'saved the economy' and that 'Billionaires quadrupled their wealth during the crisis'? The only place I recall ever reading that Powell saved the economy is WallStreetBets memes. Regardless of that, is the issue here that these headlines are contradictory?