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That's the thing, I'm a subscriber to the NYT and I like a lot of their coverage, especially their in depth pieces and interesting multimedia heavy articles lik
by olegious 13y ago
That's the thing, I'm a subscriber to the NYT and I like a lot of their coverage, especially their in depth pieces and interesting multimedia heavy articles like this one.
But if they're providing me biased info about a topic I know a lot about, how can I trust them on the topics I know little about?
- cinquemb 13y agoWell personally, I wouldn't inherently trust any source by itself, on any topic, to make me not want to look up more information (no matter how they display it). I think for every type of publication (major, minor, etc) I always think about who finances them, where they're hosted, who their audience is, and what emotions they are trying to evoke in that audience by the language/graphics they use (how much they try shape the perceptions of the reader).
- auctiontheory 13y agoBut if they're providing me biased info about a topic I know a lot about, how can I trust them on the topics I know little about? That's exactly the feeling I have about all non-specialist media. All of it, even NYT, BBC, The Economist, and NPR. I know a lot about a few things, and they never can get the details right, or often even the main points right. I still consume the stuff - for entertainment, I guess. It's good to keep in mind that it's at best an approximation of the facts.