In a world where so many of us head to the internet for answers on everything, and where Google is our friend, it can be confusing, even for those of us who have been trained to look for warning signs. Sifting through misinformation and disinformation can be exhausting, which may be why so many take the easy way out and tend to believe whatever it is that will solidify their own beliefs.
Thank you for this. We need to study these things even more thoroughly, especially those headlines that are more like advertisements, as you cite with the Washington Post headline. Good catch!
I wholeheartedly agree: we should always be prepared to do our own research, at least to some extent. But here's the thornier question: how do we really know what sources are independent and have no left- or right-wing bias? This used to be an easier answer when there were a relatively limited number of major-market newspapers (or you had a local newspaper), and there were only a handful of broadcast media news networks. Now, it seems there's practically an infinite number of sources.
Good question. I found one source called Ground News. It features news articles from different outlets, based on their bias. So you can find a particular news story and see how it is told from the left, right and center.
In a world where so many of us head to the internet for answers on everything, and where Google is our friend, it can be confusing, even for those of us who have been trained to look for warning signs. Sifting through misinformation and disinformation can be exhausting, which may be why so many take the easy way out and tend to believe whatever it is that will solidify their own beliefs.
Thank you for this. We need to study these things even more thoroughly, especially those headlines that are more like advertisements, as you cite with the Washington Post headline. Good catch!
I wholeheartedly agree: we should always be prepared to do our own research, at least to some extent. But here's the thornier question: how do we really know what sources are independent and have no left- or right-wing bias? This used to be an easier answer when there were a relatively limited number of major-market newspapers (or you had a local newspaper), and there were only a handful of broadcast media news networks. Now, it seems there's practically an infinite number of sources.
Good question. I found one source called Ground News. It features news articles from different outlets, based on their bias. So you can find a particular news story and see how it is told from the left, right and center.