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This is a very sound decision. The media is infamous for not getting facts straight. They much rather write an opinion based on suspicion. Well, no, thank you
by madez 11y ago
This is a very sound decision.
The media is infamous for not getting facts straight. They much rather write an opinion based on suspicion.
Well, no, thank you. Give me facts, get them straight, then I will make up my opinion.
- rkangel 11y agoThen stick with a news agency rather than journalists. The information from somewhere like Reuters is carefully presented as pure content, no opinion, and probably has a greater chance of being true.
- randomname2 11y agoThis is laughably false. While staying away from outright lying, Reuters very often adds their own spin to their reporting.
- fleitz 11y agoEspecially when it's their own journalists getting taken out in 'classified' videos.
- minwcnt5 11y agoRelated: the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect.
- madez 11y agoThe Gell-Mann Amnesia effect seems to be a specific version of something more general: cognitive dissonance. The fact that the media is not to trust is not forgotten, it is simply not evaluated and acted upon. It sits there in your brain until you sceptically reflect on what you think to know and how you act. Some people do that to some degree, most less so. We have had a long time to recognize that our brains don't work well. It is time to accept the facts.