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re: How do you filter out the fake news vs. real news?
Posted on 3/29/21 at 8:05 am to supadave3
Posted on 3/29/21 at 8:05 am to supadave3
quote:Quit watching news. Quit reading AP, WAPO, NYT and all MSM print media. Trust God and your common sense. Most everything called “News” is political propaganda, designed for gaslighting, brainwashing, and not actually for providing truth or useful information.
Where do I find the truth? How do I recognize the truth when I see it? Any tips?
This post was edited on 3/29/21 at 8:06 am
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Posted on 3/29/21 at 8:05 am to supadave3
If it’s here it’s probably fake news.
Posted on 3/29/21 at 9:38 am to ninthward
quote:
I use critical thinking.
Which for all practical purposes seems to have gone the way of the dinosaurs on the US of A....
Posted on 3/29/21 at 10:20 am to supadave3
Don't listen to anything here. Don't listen to "editorials". Don't listen to people who have no credentials speaking like they're super well informed on anything (The biggest reason we're in this mess). Stick to primary sources and do your due diligence. If you actually think the election was fraudulent then you need to start from step one. 
Posted on 3/29/21 at 10:22 am to supadave3
Reject all of it.
Posted on 3/29/21 at 10:22 am to supadave3
Cancel cable.
If you still subscribe to cable, you're a cuck.
If you still subscribe to cable, you're a cuck.
Posted on 3/29/21 at 10:22 am to DangerousBacon
There are plenty of reasons to question the legitimacy of the election.
Posted on 3/29/21 at 10:23 am to DangerousBacon
quote:
Stick to primary sources
By all means, list yours.
Posted on 3/29/21 at 10:49 am to supadave3
It takes critical thinking skills which are getting very rare. You can listen to info and make logical decisions about what is true. Then, you will notice patterns of lying from certain organizations. And I'm not just talking about network news which was obviously slanted during McCarthy. It's other sources that most people trust.
My first experience was in HS when I noticed that everything from the Brookings Institute was a lie.
Later I added NASA, NOAA, AP, and Reuters. All before I got internet in 1997.
My first experience was in HS when I noticed that everything from the Brookings Institute was a lie.
Later I added NASA, NOAA, AP, and Reuters. All before I got internet in 1997.
Posted on 3/29/21 at 10:50 am to supadave3
There is no real news.
Read source material or assume someone is lying.
Read source material or assume someone is lying.
Posted on 3/29/21 at 10:53 am to saintsfan1977
quote:I've been using this philosophy for interpreting news for a few years now. It's worked out pretty well so far.
Whatever you hear or see on the news /media, believe the opposite.
Posted on 3/29/21 at 11:11 am to supadave3
quote:
not exaggerating in the slightest when I tell you that I haven't turned it on in a month. I never really watched much TV or movies to begin with and with sports now pretty much off my radar, I have no reason to turn it on. I
Is this a troll? You stopped watching TV a month ago because there were no sports to watch. So you were watching sports in February but not March? What sports were you watching in Feb better than March madness?
Posted on 3/29/21 at 11:12 am to supadave3
Your brain: use it...
Posted on 3/29/21 at 11:39 am to Knight of Old
The liberty report by Ron paul
Posted on 3/29/21 at 11:43 am to supadave3
I only listen to a select few journalists that I trust and are openly biased as frick, but at least they're honest about it and I know what to keep from them and what to throw out.
Posted on 3/29/21 at 7:35 pm to Pdubntrub
quote:
Is this a troll? You stopped watching TV a month ago because there were no sports to watch. So you were watching sports in February but not March? What sports were you watching in Feb better than March madness?
No. You’ve missed the entire point of the question but found one little technical detail that you can hone in try to invalidate the entire question.
I’m not asking for advice from shitheads so I’m not even going to waste any more time with you.
Thanks for all those that actually gave useful answers. I was a bit spun up last night and the bombardment of misplaced outrage of our society and the constant misinformation from all of the different ‘news’ organizations just has me no knowing where to look anymore. I don’t want to believe that America is doomed but more and more it looks like American society that we love is done for. I feel such a sadness for the youth of America. They deserve better than this.
More and more often I find myself glad that I don’t have children.
This post was edited on 3/29/21 at 7:37 pm
Posted on 3/29/21 at 9:01 pm to Turbeauxdog
quote:
There is no real news.
Read source material or assume someone is lying.
Exactly. I would watch the unedited video of something Trump said, then hear what the media said he said. Two different things, like Charlottesville where Trump clearly referred to good people on both sides of the debate of leaving the statues stand (not on both sides of racism), and went on to denounce white supremacists (the MSM said the opposite).
If you can't find source material, best to either ignore it, or assume the MSM has it 180 backwards.
It's getting harder with Youtube/twitter deleting stuff.
Posted on 3/29/21 at 9:15 pm to MidWestGuy
quote:
Exactly. I would watch the unedited video of something Trump said, then hear what the media said he said. Two different things, like Charlottesville where Trump clearly referred to good people on both sides of the debate of leaving the statues stand (not on both sides of racism), and went on to denounce white supremacists (the MSM said the opposite).
That's a very clear and perfect example of how the media has turned into such a fraudulent propaganda machine. THen, they said over and over and over that he wouldn't 'denounce white supremacy' and he would immediately denounce it and they'd still sum up with the conclusion that he 'refused to denounce white supremacy'. It was so fricking blatently false and they don't even care if you know.
I see so many people that are fooled by this shite that it makes me almost completely lose hope. An example of this was my old neighbor. He was a super nice man, an older black gentleman. He was retired, worked his whole life in a warehouse of some sort, and living life out his retirement the best way he knew how. Very pleasant old guy, simple but pleasant. 2 grown kids out of state somewhere. I never really wanted to get in a dispute with the guy so I'd just let him talk when I saw him outside but he was absolutely convinced that Trump was a racist, that the Republicans were evil, etc. It wasn't worth it to me to argue with the guy so I'd just let him ramble then we'd go our separate ways but there are millions just like him that don't know any better. Of course, these people vote blindly for the Dems. I'm sure his kids were same way but probably more active in their beliefs. Millions of people fooled by our media because they just trust the News. After all, if it's on the news it's gotta be true, right?
No, man. It's not the truth. The 'news' lies, over and over and over. It's not news, it's a state run media campaign.
This post was edited on 3/29/21 at 9:17 pm
Posted on 3/29/21 at 9:27 pm to supadave3
WSJ
The Economist
Everything else should be read with heavy, heavy skepticism.
The Economist
Everything else should be read with heavy, heavy skepticism.
Posted on 3/29/21 at 11:56 pm to supadave3
look for some independent journalists on youtube.
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