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How can someone tell if a newspaper is biased? What’s the test? Is it the eye test — as in, I can tell it when I see it — or something more?
by alecst 2y ago
How can someone tell if a newspaper is biased? What’s the test? Is it the eye test — as in, I can tell it when I see it — or something more?
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoA demagogue tells you so and then either you believe it or you become suspicious that their manipulation of you is the actual danger.
- lxgr 2y agoThen again: Should I trust a given medium just because somebody I don't trust tells me I shouldn't?
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoYou're supposed to use a combination of your life experience and best judgment, which is as it always was. Extreme trust and extreme distrust are both irresponsible. Your responsibility is to remember that institutions are made up of flawed people just like yourself, and work towards improving them. You don't let someone manipulate your emotions to turn them into abstract enemies, tear them down, and replace them with nothing.
- Loughla 2y agoSpoiler; every newspaper and media source is biased. They have to be. Starting with what stories they run and don't run and ending with the specific word choice they make inside the articles. Critical thinking is the only thing you can use to spot bias. Compare and contrast different stories. Then make up your own mind. Media literacy and virtual l critical reasoning should be the bedrock of modern education, and it is not.