There is a lot of talk lately about misinformation. What is it? Who decided is? I hear people say facts and truth counter misinformation. But what if what you are reading/hearing isn’t misinformation at all? Consider the following situation. You meet a person on the street with petition. They want to ban a dangerous chemical […]
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Posts tagged with 'truth'
Thought on the Las Vegas Shooting
The shooting in Las Vegas was terrible, make no mistake about it. But, as someone who tries to look beyond the event, I had several thoughts. First off, how were the different sides going to react? I knew this question would all depend on the race, and religion of the shooter. What sickened me was […]
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Media’s Job
I did a post not long ago regarding the media, Trump and trust. Now, just a few days ago it comes out that MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski made a comment which does not add to the trust of the media. She said, ‘Its our job to control what people think’. This about this for a second. […]
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Conspiracy Theories
I’m not one to believe in conspiracies, I know the secret to them. Take some facts, twist them around, add in a bit of emotional connection and presto, a conspiracy. What do I mean, the best and easiest way is to do the following. I won’t lie, or anything else, but I will twist the […]
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