Andre Hartslief
Skepticism is Healthy, Said The Romans Latin quote: Nullius in verba: “Take nobody’s word for it.” Your computer is more than just a technological marvel! Obviously, my plea in the previous post, for being skeptical and that you ought to “question everything” is about far more than just the high-tech tool you have sitting in front of you.
As I wrote in the previous post, an incredible amount of information we’re shown every day is completely fake!—or at least “embellished” and presented in such a way as to have you and I believe that things are other than they seem. Add to this our natural and human tendency to believe that which supports what we already believe. We know it as a literary “echo chamber”, it’s exceptionally easy to be misled and misinformed. The same solution is applicable: Be skeptical. Question everything… …even things you already know to be true.
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so much information is nuanced, my new goal is that news organizations return to the news. Back in the days of early TV, they literally put this is a commentator across the screen as they brought on the opinion piece.
we live in the age of crap for information.
I’ve actually covered this topic extensively for many years. IT is my job.
I agree with you and also miss the real news. In our country news is so fake we get our news from several alternative independent sources
the reality is that no matter what sources we choose to use, they are suspect. we need the news to go back to saying
the following is a commentary.
and then the person speaks.
they stopped doing that about 20 years ago in the US, when did they stop in SA? Or did they ever? Your media was very controlled prior to the changeover.
They started the same time, and are great at parroting stuff, especially negative news.
the negative news is ok, if it is fact-based. There is a horrifying number of bad things that happen every day.
Thye, the news agencies have a responsibility to find the facts and share the truth.
i would argue that the Fake News movement, is also itself fake news.
Yes indeed it is healthy, we have to be very cautious.
The word in the title that I wanted to correct is SKEPTICISM but, alas, for some apparent, secret, pernicious, reason we are not permitted to edit our stuff! SORRY