[quantummagic]

It's been very hard to watch how many people who, a few years ago, believed everything the media said about say the pandemic, now claim you can't trust them at all. Time makes "conspiracy theorists" out of all of us -- it can be hard to see just how much the media lies and distorts, until they start talking about something you care about.

[AlecSchueler]

> how many people who, a few years ago, believed everything the media said about say the pandemic

Are you sure they're the same people and do you have examples of misinformation these people believed 6 years ago?

[quantummagic]

If you NOW believe that the media is corrupt and full of lies, but also believe that 6 years ago they were 100% truthful, you're being intellectually stunted. If you believed all the media lies during Covid, but NOW you see that the media is lying about the Middle East, you should have the intellectual honesty to at least earnestly consider if you were duped back then. Because that's much more likely than the entire media going from truthful to deceitful in that same period.

[AlecSchueler]

So "No" then?

[quantummagic]

Oh don't be so obtuse. We're not going to get into a big long debate about the particulars -- it's been done a million times, you can search the details if you actually care. But you're only asking in an attempt to deflect the topic away from the reality staring you right in your face, if you had the courage to admit it.

[AlecSchueler]

I really can't search the particulars if you're not saying anything specific.