From the beginning of photography there have been fakes or posed shots touted as candid images. Matthew Brady manipulated scenes for his compelling Civil War photographs. We will all be fooled some of the time. Critical thinking skills may minimize how often we are taken in. It would be lovely if everyone told the truth and we could trus…
From the beginning of photography there have been fakes or posed shots touted as candid images. Matthew Brady manipulated scenes for his compelling Civil War photographs. We will all be fooled some of the time. Critical thinking skills may minimize how often we are taken in. It would be lovely if everyone told the truth and we could trust everything we see and read. The brainwork that goes into the simple act of reading about a politician’s policies is enough for many of us to give up.
I remember watching a movie in high school civics class that taught us how to be educated voters. One of the things educated voters did was read newspapers that outlined the issues and read the politicians’ materials. Thinking about the issues and discussing them with others would help the voter decide how to vote. The underlying values of the movie were that we could trust journalists to tell us the truth and politicians may slant their materials but they would focus on their platforms.
I don’t have a lot of faith in American voters ability to see through the fog of dreck and to vote thoughtfully.
I am angry at the selfishness of this country’s political, tech, finance, and all other leaders. I am angry that they make me feel helpless and stupid are have savvy tools with sophisticated operators at their disposal to push me further in this direction.
Newspapers today, along with mainstream broadcast media and social networking sites like google, Tik Tok, facebook and instagram, are the chief sources of misinformation. This is why alternative news is growing so fast. The Free Press is one example.
The reason why people are afraid of Grok is because education in this country is so piss poor that less than 10% of the population, including 100% of our political class, have any critical thinking skills.
This is why homeschooling , classical education, and solid parochial schools are booming. Putting children in public schools today should be considered to be child abuse.
From the beginning of photography there have been fakes or posed shots touted as candid images. Matthew Brady manipulated scenes for his compelling Civil War photographs. We will all be fooled some of the time. Critical thinking skills may minimize how often we are taken in. It would be lovely if everyone told the truth and we could trust everything we see and read. The brainwork that goes into the simple act of reading about a politician’s policies is enough for many of us to give up.
I remember watching a movie in high school civics class that taught us how to be educated voters. One of the things educated voters did was read newspapers that outlined the issues and read the politicians’ materials. Thinking about the issues and discussing them with others would help the voter decide how to vote. The underlying values of the movie were that we could trust journalists to tell us the truth and politicians may slant their materials but they would focus on their platforms.
I don’t have a lot of faith in American voters ability to see through the fog of dreck and to vote thoughtfully.
I am angry at the selfishness of this country’s political, tech, finance, and all other leaders. I am angry that they make me feel helpless and stupid are have savvy tools with sophisticated operators at their disposal to push me further in this direction.
Newspapers today, along with mainstream broadcast media and social networking sites like google, Tik Tok, facebook and instagram, are the chief sources of misinformation. This is why alternative news is growing so fast. The Free Press is one example.
The reason why people are afraid of Grok is because education in this country is so piss poor that less than 10% of the population, including 100% of our political class, have any critical thinking skills.
This is why homeschooling , classical education, and solid parochial schools are booming. Putting children in public schools today should be considered to be child abuse.