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by imwillofficial 1938 days ago
I find terms like “fake news” to be loaded and bias inducing on their face. There are very few hard facts in the news world, and often even when discussing verified truth, the presentation can sway one way or another.

“Who debunks the debunkers?”

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Critical thinking debunks the debunkers and exposes fake news. And critical thinking is developed in school starting at an early age.
Isn’t the whole basis for the fake news argument a lack of critical thinking by the masses? It’s why it needs to be called out, regardless of obviousness.
Critical thinking is largely an illusion itself, a form of cognitive bias
Care to expand on that statement? Seems like quite an assertion.