Re:How does one appear in the Google News carousel?
by raquo on Saturday February 09, 2019 @02:05AM
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> People should be encouraged to trust their intuition
The proliferation of fake news doesn't do that. Fake news just reinforces people's biases as they self-select to read a fake news outlet that they agree with, killing any remainder of sceptisism and critical thinking.
> People should be encouraged to trust their intuition even if it occasionally leads them to make mistakes.
That's how it works with real, good-but-not-perfectly-impartial news. Fake news on the other hand is almost entirely lies that remain unquestioned by its consumers, resulting in many many more "mistakes".
The proliferation of fake news doesn't do that. Fake news just reinforces people's biases as they self-select to read a fake news outlet that they agree with, killing any remainder of sceptisism and critical thinking.
> People should be encouraged to trust their intuition even if it occasionally leads them to make mistakes.
That's how it works with real, good-but-not-perfectly-impartial news. Fake news on the other hand is almost entirely lies that remain unquestioned by its consumers, resulting in many many more "mistakes".