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I simply don't agree. We have not "woken up" in some magical modern age to the notion of bias and intentional influence, that's the downfall of all human commu
by realce 4y ago
I simply don't agree. We have not "woken up" in some magical modern age to the notion of bias and intentional influence, that's the downfall of all human communication and a tale as old as time. To suggest it's been tricking us all along and we never knew is ridiculous.
Factual information has the right to be stated, it's the audience's fault if they're not cogent enough to discern bias and malicious intent.
Your position is a plain defense of censorship and forced interpretation of media, not one that promotes media literacy or individual sovereignty to make up one's mind.
- joshspankit 4y agoNot woken up in terms of all of human history, certainly not. Woken up since the 80s? almost definitely. The difference now is the scale at which bias and intentional influence operate. For the record I’d much rather everyone be taught to think critically as a baseline but that’s simply not happening and to not call out bias or intentional influence is to be a bystander (something I choose not to do).