January 6th hearings on Trump's failed insurrection.

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canndo said:
Start with your own bias. If you read an article that portrays a person or group in a way you really want to believe is the awful truth then dig some more.

Then try relying on the media. The media plays upon itself. If one newspaper catches another in an error, the media will cannibalize itself. No better story than catching another outlet in a lie. When fox was caught in editing a biden speech on "negros" then the reporter is a hero no matter what paper he works for.


Try to go outside the country for news.

Triangulation, read or scan three different stories. Of course often you may find that the other stories are actually stories OF the original story and not original investigation.


And be willing to abandon your belief in a particular story if doubts from other sources are raised.

History..has the source retracted news in the past?

Look for words.. I think it was you that said that purposeful misspellings are a flag.

Nick naming the Washington Post is a clue here, the author is likely to not investigate that which he espouses or actually believes. Levin coined that adolescent little nick name the Washington compost.

I have a degree in journalism and worked in the industry, other than a new need to generate revenue, reporters and editors still place a high value on truth.
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We were taught this stuff in junior high school. As regulars know, I do occasionally dip my toe into the Newsmax sludge and Fox to know what the generally stupid are reading. If I see something questionable in an article I try to find a source to say if it is true or not. A lot of work that those that have to work for a living do not have time for. But I am a news junkie. In my bookmarks menu I have a folder for news from different sources and around the world. No wonder I don't get anything done.
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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canndo said:
"Common sense"? I hold common sense as nothing good. To me, common sense is just lazy thinking.
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knowing not to cross against the light is lazy thinking? knowing not to stick your head in a lions mouth is lazy thinking? knowing not to believe most politicians without multiple sources of corroboration is lazy thinking?
 
CatHedral

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We were taught this stuff in junior high school. As regulars know, I do occasionally dip my toe into the Newsmax sludge and Fox to know what the generally stupid are reading. If I see something questionable in an article I try to find a source to say if it is true or not. A lot of work that those that have to work for a living do not have time for. But I am a news junkie. In my bookmarks menu I have a folder for news from different sources and around the world. No wonder I don't get anything done.
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Newsmack.
Faintly Orwellian, with a soupçon of Marx.
 
canndo

canndo

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
knowing not to cross against the light is lazy thinking? knowing not to stick your head in a lions mouth is lazy thinking? knowing not to believe most politicians without multiple sources of corroboration is lazy thinking?
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People substitute "common sense" for research, for reason. "Common sense" says a steel ship cannot float. I spoke to a person who used "common sense" to tell me that water cannot arise from fire.

People use what knowledge they have in order to extrapolate results that are inapplicable. They do this rather than actually gain the understanding they need to arrive at a reasonable conclusion. It is seat of the pants, "gut feeling" deduction.

A person not schooled in a particular field will attempt to use their "common sense" where it cannot apply.

"Why worry about catching covid if you are vaccinated"?

"It is "common sense" that the grand canyon was formed in a great flood.

"Common sense says that a vessel cannot travel faster than the wind which propels it".
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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canndo said:
People substitute "common sense" for research, for reason. "Common sense" says a steel ship cannot float. I spoke to a person who used "common sense" to tell me that water cannot arise from fire.

People use what knowledge they have in order to extrapolate results that are inapplicable. They do this rather than actually gain the understanding they need to arrive at a reasonable conclusion. It is seat of the pants, "gut feeling" deduction.

A person not schooled in a particular field will attempt to use their "common sense" where it cannot apply.

"Why worry about catching covid if you are vaccinated"?

"It is "common sense" that the grand canyon was formed in a great flood.

"Common sense says that a vessel cannot travel faster than the wind which propels it".
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that is not the "common sense" i was refering to...i was refering to the common sense that stops you from walking off a sidewalk into a hole in the street...the common sense that stops you from using a match to check a gas leak...you seem to be talking about people making false assumptions, not the same thing at all to me
 
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