Selective truth-seeking is something we are all guilty of, according to this article. The majority of us (who are too busy working, parenting, watching sports, and playing video games) tend to get our information from sources that we trust. It’s a convenient shortcut. Our trusted information brokers are usually determined by tribal affiliation (Fox News, Guardian, MSNBC, ABC)… & so…. To combat our own biases, some deliberately seek out perspectives from people outside our tribe. But even that decision is governed by trust–do I trust that person enough to be a fair interpreter of information, even if I think he’s biased?
Tag: Truth
The Gospel According to the NYT
An unbelievable question in the NYTimes – Should the Times be a Truth Vigilante?
I’m amazed that Arthur S. Brisbane even had to ask this question: “Do you want us to cross-check “facts” that are claimed as truth by various figures in the public space?”
But then again, knowing the crap that’s hoisted on its ‘readership’, by this & most other mainstream media, it’s no surprise, is it?
Check out the comments to this Oped.. scathing in the least…Also leaves me to wonder, if so many people are so disillusioned with mainstream media (myself included), why do we still read/ follow the garbage they spew out???
on Responsibility
And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author and aviator (1900-1945)