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> It'd be more useful to divert all fundings and investments they get into teaching rational thinking and information validation to people of all ages. So ever
by mrtranscendence 5y ago
> It'd be more useful to divert all fundings and investments they get into teaching rational thinking and information validation to people of all ages.
So everyone has to thoroughly investigate everything, become experts in all fields, and never rely on those with more education and experience. Thanks, I hate it.
- 0x_rs 5y agoThat's a scary prospect, but not what I meant. If they went away, or weren't plastered on any controversial news piece, it's not as if one's judgment and trust of sources would be worthless. What are the qualifications for the average fact-check reporter? I know it's hard to say these things when one of the most profitable and fundamental abilities since the beginning of propaganda has been manipulating the populace and its judgment, but we ought to do better!
- JohnWhigham 5y agoAll because this new generation of journalists are utterly incapable of doing their jobs.