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No, stop being lazy.

We live in the post-information age. "Fake News" is the norm. Just
ask anyone on the left within earshot of Fox, or anyone on the
right who can see MSNBC...

Plenty of fake science, too. Plenty.

Most "News" is paid. Nobody is trying to educate you or keep you
informed, they're promoting a narrative. I think we're up to about
80% of all our "News" actually payed. Meaning, someone is paying
the outlet to "Report" it.

And, no, the media is under no obligation to get it right.

EVEN SO CALLED "FACT CHECKERS" CAN'T BE TRUSTED!

Here. Virtually everything they say here is false:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/09/26/fact-check-posts-breonna-taylor-truths-include-misinformation/3531905001/

One example:

"different agency (which he did not identify) had asked in January to
look into whether Taylor's home was receiving suspicious mail. The
office had concluded that it wasn't, Gooden said."

The story itself, the "Fact checking," verifies that she was indeed
receiving packages for her "Ex" boyfriend. THAT is what the police
were calling "Suspicious." No, the police were NOT claiming that she
was receiving packages with the words "This is suspicious" scrolled
across the top. They said she was receiving packages from a known
drug dealer -- her "ex" boyfriend.

The point is that even the "Fact Checking" is fake. It's
disseminating a narrative, not educating/informing you.

So this is the post-information age, you can't trust "Cites" but
you want to know things. What do you do?

Well one simple & easily explained trick I often use, and I've
raised this before (to no avail) is to scrutinize the arguments
AGAINST a position.

I mean, if someone is good, they can spin a convincing yarn, and
they're willing to ignore inconvenient facts or even lie, they're
going to come across as convincing. So read the argument AGAINST.

One example, out of countless, was early on in the CoronaPanic
when the "Covid is man-made" for forbidden, and actually got
people nuked on social media, I read the arguments AGAINST it
coming from a lab. And they sucked. They were way too verbose,
more literature than news (which is always a red flag that
you're being gaslit), didn't actually address the claims of the
people saying it was man made and danced around evidence, rather
than merely present it. This convinced me that, yes, it did
come from a lab.

A very, Very, VERY intelligent man, a tour guide at the
Gettysburg battlefield, once pointed out that if you read one
book on Gettysburg, you know everything. You're an expert. And
why not? A good writer is going to weave a convincing tale
and he's going to present what facts or legends or fairy tales
support their narrative. But if you read two or more books on
the battle of Gettysburg then you suddenly don't know anymore.
You've got competing ideas, contradictions. But it is precisely
where they contradict each other, where they differ that
reveals their agenda.

Once you know someone's agenda -- or "Bias" if you prefer --
it's relatively easy to pull apart their argument. Maybe
they're right. Maybe they're way off base. You never know
until you roll your shirt sleeves up & start digging.

If this is too much for you than I have really easy shortcut.
It's nowhere near as accurate as other approaches but it is
a few thousand percent more accurate than merely believing
the media. And that is to just assume the opposite.

Yes it's a simpleton approach and you'll be wrong a lot. Of
course. But you will be right many, Many orders of magnitude
more often than you'd be if you just take the media at face
value.
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On 10/1/2025 12:12 PM, JTEM wrote:

The point is that even the "Fact Checking" is fake. It's
disseminating a narrative, not educating/informing you.

And, so, who do we trust?? Just you???
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JTEM wrote:

If this is too much for you than I have really easy shortcut.
It's nowhere near as accurate as other approaches but it is
a few thousand percent more accurate than merely believing
the media. And that is to just assume the opposite.

So you are always lying.

Got it.
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On 10/1/25 7:11 PM, Trevor wrote:

JTEM wrote:

If this is too much for you than I have really easy shortcut.
It's nowhere near as accurate as other approaches but it is
a few thousand percent more accurate than merely believing
the media. And that is to just assume the opposite.

So you are always lying.

No. I genuinely recommend the above.

With most "News" paid content -- it's not reporting information
it's disseminating a narrative -- and if you can't analyze a
claim, then just believe the opposite. You really will be wrong
a lot, doing it this way, but you will get it right far more
often than you ever could by taking the media at face value.

Ironically, turn back the clock a generation or more and people
would be insulted if you accused them of licking up the media.
Now jackasses are offended if you don't obey what Wall Street
tells you, through it's media.
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On 10/1/25 6:57 PM, Dawn Flood wrote:

On 10/1/2025 12:12 PM, JTEM wrote:

The point is that even the "Fact Checking" is fake. It's
disseminating a narrative, not educating/informing you.

And, so, who do we trust??

You abandon your religion where you seek out high priests
to reveal a truth.

One easy way to dissect a claim is to identify any lie,
any inaccuracy or omission. They're never by accident. So
identify them and you can see what they are steering you
towards and/or away from.

I'm speaking rhetorically. Your an idiot so just believe
the opposite of what the media tells you. You'll get it
wrong a lot but you'll be right a shit ton more than you
would if you believe the propaganda.
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JTEM wrote:

No, stop being lazy.

We live in the post-information age. "Fake News" is the norm. Just
ask anyone on the left within earshot of Fox, or anyone on the
right who can see MSNBC...

i dont read news, except for tech and science.. and for wars and
economic collapse.

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On 10/1/25 9:51 PM, jojo wrote:

JTEM wrote:

No, stop being lazy.

We live in the post-information age. "Fake News" is the norm. Just
ask anyone on the left within earshot of Fox, or anyone on the
right who can see MSNBC...

i dont read news, except for tech and science.. and for wars and
economic collapse.

My favorite "News" is First Post on Youtube. It's an Indian news
show, in English. It's extremely biased, at times almost
laughably so, but in ways that are usually very different from
American "News."

What's crazy is seeing an Indian news source that never finds
fault in the Indian government or policies, but demonizes anyone
or anything in conflict with anything India...

LeftTarded news sources demonize America. They're offended by
the very sight of the U.S. flag! And though Reich wing sources
are in lust with America they hate the American people...
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On 10/1/2025 8:10 PM, JTEM wrote:

On 10/1/25 6:57 PM, Dawn Flood wrote:

On 10/1/2025 12:12 PM, JTEM wrote:

The point is that even the "Fact Checking" is fake. It's
disseminating a narrative, not educating/informing you.

And, so, who do we trust??

You abandon your religion where you seek out high priests
to reveal a truth.

One easy way to dissect a claim is to identify any lie,
any inaccuracy or omission. They're never by accident. So
identify them and you can see what they are steering you
towards and/or away from.

I'm speaking rhetorically. Your an idiot so just believe
the opposite of what the media tells you. You'll get it
wrong a lot but you'll be right a shit ton more than you
would if you believe the propaganda.

If I am an idiot, so what? As I have already pointed out to you, you
have ZERO citations for anything & everything that you have written, ever.

Dawn
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On 10/1/25 10:42 PM, Dawn Flood wrote:

If I am an idiot

Oh you are. Absolutely. You can't even figure out WHAT you disagree
with! Instead you throw out all encompassing & quite idiotic
demands like "Type a paper."

Seriously? Because NASA has no clue what it says the lifespan of CO2
in the atmosphere is? Hmm?

You routinely demonstrate that you are incapable on engaging in any
exchange what so ever! Yes, that makes you an idiot.

And, by golly, it's my job to remind you!
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On 10/1/2025 9:58 PM, JTEM wrote:

On 10/1/25 10:42 PM, Dawn Flood wrote:

If I am an idiot

Oh you are. Absolutely. You can't even figure out WHAT you disagree
with! Instead you throw out all encompassing & quite idiotic
demands like "Type a paper."

Seriously? Because NASA has no clue what it says the lifespan of CO2
in the atmosphere is? Hmm?

You routinely demonstrate that you are incapable on engaging in any
exchange what so ever!-a Yes, that makes you an idiot.

And, by golly, it's my job to remind you!

Oh, please, you're pounding on an open door with this one!

Go look up the half-life of caffeine in the human body! Outside of radiometric dating (and even there, all experts will tell you that there
are some nuisances), determining "half-lives" can be tricky.

Have a look at this article sometime:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Scientists%27_Warning_to_Humanity

In particular, look at the "Second Notice" section, but according to you
(and the 5 researches who the Trump administration cherry-picked here recently), they are all wrong!
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On 10/2/25 10:24 AM, Dawn Flood wrote:

Oh, please, you're

Now if you weren't such a raging narcissist you might respond to
a thread on analyzing sources with your own methods.

Yes I'm setting you up for the laugh!

"Dis is my priest. They reveal truth" is *Not* a method...
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On 10/2/25 10:24 AM, Dawn Flood wrote:

Oh, please, you're

Again, if you want to discuss methods of evaluating information,
explain how you do it.

Put your miserably, highly disordered, incredibly stupid ass on
the line and spell out how YOU evaluate information, determine
it's accuracy.

Do it. STOP being such a goddamn pussy and do it already!
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On 10/2/25 10:24 AM, Dawn Flood wrote:

Go look up the half-life of caffeine

As you are emotionally unhinged, and not just a drool soaked idiot, this
is going to be wasted on you but, you were misunderstanding Snowball
Earth. Remember? And what you are pretending caffeine has to do with
that is... irrelevant.

You're just a fucking idiot.
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