Solutions to False News and Information In Our Modern World
- Jscampos
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Solutions to False News and Information In Our Modern World
- Empiricist-Bruno
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Re: Solutions to False News and Information In Our Modern Wo
In a society where your political power is limited to voting once every 4 years in an election where the only 2 candidates that have a serious chance at winning are both supported and financed by the same group of wealthy people, your political power is a joke and so to fit you with suitable news, these news must be a joke too.
In my opinion, without proportional representation in fair elections, you can talk until you're blue in the face about what to do about false news and it won't make a difference.
The problem is that only a minority of people seem to understand this. Only a minority of people seem to be able to get to the truth or care about it. School teachers are to blame for that. We need better education. I like this topic; thanks for bringing it up.
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Re: Solutions to False News and Information In Our Modern Wo
Some people simply believe anything they hear. Most of us have, and will be, told things and accept then without much consideration.
If education was better there would probably be less acceptance, more questioning and more demands from the public.
- WorldThief
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Re: Solutions to False News and Information In Our Modern Wo
Combatting fake news may be an important measure to take on social media sites, and in news outlets of any kind. But the most important factor is judgment. Why is it that some people can identify something as fake and others cannot? And what about the half-truths that are even more prevalent in mainstream media? Media literacy and criticism should be taught in high school or perhaps earlier, because being able to read is meaningless without being able to distinguish fact from fiction.
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Re: Solutions to False News and Information In Our Modern Wo
Good point, the issue isn't the rise of fake news, it is the drop in news consumer intelligence.WorldThief wrote:Fake news has always existed and always will. There are rumors, legends, he-said-she-said mutations, outright lies, half truths, information prioritized deceptively, headlines crafted toward an ideological bias, etc...
Combatting fake news may be an important measure to take on social media sites, and in news outlets of any kind. But the most important factor is judgment. Why is it that some people can identify something as fake and others cannot? And what about the half-truths that are even more prevalent in mainstream media? Media literacy and criticism should be taught in high school or perhaps earlier, because being able to read is meaningless without being able to distinguish fact from fiction.
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