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[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Well stated.

The media has lost all credibility; for all of these stated reasons and more.

They should not be trusted until proven otherwise.

That is the only practical approach.

[–]wizzwizz4 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

They should not be trusted until proven otherwise.

Better: they should be completely ignored. Believing the opposite of what they say is still giving them power to control your beliefs.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's not better. That is foolish.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Not better.

Ignore the MSM and you don't have the "official" narrative and their manipulative contexts.

Simply believing the opposite of the MSM is too vast a contrarian position to hold, and its also self-defeating when the MSM doesn't lie or only lies by omission - so simple contrarianism is foolish too.

You need to take in all sources and weigh the evidence yourself and triangulate in on your own truths that may evolve as your information base develops.

Half of everyone is stupider than average, and the bell curve is fat in the middle so most of the the smarter half is remarkably close to the stupider-than-average folks. It's safe to say most folks aren't clever.

The MSM is not aiming to fool the clever people. They just need to control the majority of the masses. That's why they use propaganda, lies, deception, manipulation, and omission to effectively shape the minds of the sheeple.

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    [–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Contrarian to a fault.

    [–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    I need to stop posting garbage like that.

    [–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Oh yeah. Also the media lies. And the government. And corporations.