| I have a simple flow of though, how I see it: 1. ALL information is biased: there's no way to remove that part entirely because human beings make everything news-related. 2. The motivations of the journalists determine what the news reveals or hides[0]. 3. To that end, all mainstream journalism (excepting journalists directly funded by listeners) is about as accurate as an advertisement. 4. Consume with a general distrust, assume everyone else is doing the same (since most people are NOT indoctrinated into the mediafest), and go about the rest of your life. 5. If you ever start getting a bad case of anxiety or the shakes, go outside for a walk or strike up a conversation with a complete stranger. I wrote an essay on the subject[1], but the gist of it is to learn the art of skepticism, on EVERYTHING. [0] https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/futureofmedia/index-us-mains... [1]https://notageni.us/information/ |