The media regularly gives us stories without evidence, without substantiation, and asks us to believe those stories. Then -- I'm shocked! -- people end up believing stories without evidence or substantiation.
Only when we stop paying attention to source-less claims will we solve the problem of "fake news."
I'm just glad that it appears people are starting to wake up and realize it. Part of it is the rise of the internet and alternative sources like Breitbart.
...And the fact that so much of the media's lies recently are being proven as such -- Michael Brown's "Hands Up Don't Shoot" was a complete lie, the Orlando shooter used an AR-15 was a complete lie (it was a SigSauer carbine, and NOT an AR-15)...
Now look at how the media is largely ignoring the fact that the Ft. Lauderdale airport shooter converted t
The media has 'trained' us? Is it really so hard to turn your back? Or we all really just Pavlov's dog? What was the reward that made the 'media' so compelling? Where is all this *personal responsibility* that you speak of?
Not for me, no. I am one of the very few who actively dismisses any unsourced report.
Where is all this *personal responsibility* that you speak of?
Of course, it is our responsibility to ignore unsourced reports. But that doesn't mean the media isn't responsible for incessantly giving those unsourced reports to us... obviously.
If not for you, then it's not difficult for anybody. In this case blaming the media is just doing the democrats' dirty work of making excuses for Hillary's loss. We all have the same power to turn our backs. You're not that special. People on both sides go along because of simple confirmation bias and the herding instinct. The problem is personal. In theory humans can make the choice.
If not for you, then it's not difficult for anybody.
I make no claims about what is not hard for others. I do assert that most people do not do it, regardless of how hard it is.
In this case blaming the media is just doing the democrats' dirty work...
Yawn. I am uninterested of your characterizations. Either actually make an argument against what I wrote, or do not. So far, you have not.
We all have the same power to turn our backs. You're not that special.
You are not, in any way, arguing against what I wrote.
In theory humans can make the choice.
Of course they can. So? Again: this, in no way whatsoever, implies that the media is not to blame. It just means that we have the power to ignore their bad behavior. But it's still their
I forgot to ask. Since their bad behavior is so highly rewarded, in fact demanded of them, what is it exactly are you blaming them for again? And how do you recommend changing it, without telling them who can print what?
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The media regularly gives us stories without evidence, without substantiation, and asks us to believe those stories. Then -- I'm shocked! -- people end up believing stories without evidence or substantiation.
Only when we stop paying attention to source-less claims will we solve the problem of "fake news."
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Now look at how the media is largely ignoring the fact that the Ft. Lauderdale airport shooter converted t
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'Fake news' and the official narrative are frequently synonymous. Why is it the media's fault if people decide to believe them?
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'Fake news' and the official narrative are frequently synonymous. Why is it the media's fault if people decide to believe them?
Did you not read my comment? I already answered this question: because it's the media that has trained us to believe assertions without evidence.
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The media has 'trained' us? Is it really so hard to turn your back? Or we all really just Pavlov's dog? What was the reward that made the 'media' so compelling? Where is all this *personal responsibility* that you speak of?
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The media has 'trained' us?
Yes.
Is it really so hard to turn your back?
Not for me, no. I am one of the very few who actively dismisses any unsourced report.
Where is all this *personal responsibility* that you speak of?
Of course, it is our responsibility to ignore unsourced reports. But that doesn't mean the media isn't responsible for incessantly giving those unsourced reports to us ... obviously.
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If not for you, then it's not difficult for anybody. In this case blaming the media is just doing the democrats' dirty work of making excuses for Hillary's loss. We all have the same power to turn our backs. You're not that special. People on both sides go along because of simple confirmation bias and the herding instinct. The problem is personal. In theory humans can make the choice.
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If not for you, then it's not difficult for anybody.
I make no claims about what is not hard for others. I do assert that most people do not do it, regardless of how hard it is.
In this case blaming the media is just doing the democrats' dirty work ...
Yawn. I am uninterested of your characterizations. Either actually make an argument against what I wrote, or do not. So far, you have not.
We all have the same power to turn our backs. You're not that special.
You are not, in any way, arguing against what I wrote.
In theory humans can make the choice.
Of course they can. So? Again: this, in no way whatsoever, implies that the media is not to blame. It just means that we have the power to ignore their bad behavior. But it's still their
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You said it's the media's fault. You said they have trained us. That does not make sense.
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I forgot to ask. Since their bad behavior is so highly rewarded, in fact demanded of them, what is it exactly are you blaming them for again? And how do you recommend changing it, without telling them who can print what?