That's right, let MSNBC and CNN do all the thinking for you. But for real you've got two choices on the internet, the manufactured consent of the media and the unhinged "citizen researchers" who're at the bottom of the youtube search results telling you that soy turns you into a woman.
How unnecessarily reductive. Plenty of good independent sources out there. You always know if they're good or not because if they are, they'll get interfered with.
if you haven’t had your wig split youre gonna end up seeing either The News or Thats Just What They Want You To Think because the algorithm is good at presenting what is popular and that just so happens to be those two things.
Literally the point I'm trying to make lol
Most of the shit I've seen on youtube is straight up garbage outside of like explicitly leftist channels.
Let's see some some of these banger channels your watching
Nice conversation we're having about the NYT telling us not to think, isn't it? How quickly you derail it to pound your favorite drum. Who even said anything about Youtube? You're having a completely separate conversation here.
“Whenever you give your attention to a bad actor, you allow them to steal your attention from better treatments of an issue, and give them the opportunity to warp your perspective,” Mr. Caulfield wrote.
The NYT here is trying to feebly convince people not to listen to anyone but "authoritative" voices like themselves.
His quick searches showed a pattern: Mr. Kennedy’s claims were outside the consensus
Because we all know the consensus created by organizations like the Times is the correct one. This is literally Orwellian. Ignorance is Strength. I never thought I'd see that one in reality...but here it is.
This is literally Orwellian. Ignorance is Strength.
Damn, that's deep.
Not true, I can also come here and read memes like "when the kulaks are sus :josus-stalin: "
[The strategy] has its limits. It’s designed for casual news consumers, not experts or those attempting to do deep research. A reporter working on an investigative story or trying to synthesize complex information will have to go deep. But for someone just trying to figure out a basic fact, it’s helpful not to get bogged down.
This is just a way of saying don't believe everything you read online.
It's saying "trust us but not anyone else".
It's weak tea, but it's all they've got.
That's the reason we're seeing this opinion piece at all; you're right. Context is key. I was just pointing out that the heart of his message is fairly innocuous, in order to undermine the hyperbolic headline.
It's not hyperbolic. It's what they're saying. They're training their audience to ignore sources of news they disapprove of and are outside their "consensus". It's literally Orwell's Ignorance Is Strength.
I'm agreeing with you, comrade. Lower your shields. :picard-pointing: You're not on reddit. :meow-hug:
Your characterization is on point. I was describing the headline of the NYT article in relation to its actual content.
Headline: "Don't let information pierce your worldview. Ignorance is strength." (Most people only read this.)
Content: "Just be skeptical of sources and stuff unless you really want to commit to learning about it deeply, idk."
"let us do all the thinking for you, like when we did your thinking with the help of the cia on the lead up to 9/11, dont think about that, don't think about how were doing the same shit with china too, hey buy a ps5, also dont join a union"
