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Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by AlecSchueler on Monday May 06, 2024 @05:30AM (#40272785)
I think the point is that one side's propaganda is another side's information.
Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by kristiandupont on Monday May 06, 2024 @05:50AM (#40272899)
As in "there is no such thing as true or false, only opinion"?
Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by weberer on Monday May 06, 2024 @07:08AM (#40273279)
That's completely unrelated. Obviously there exist objective facts, but outlets get to pick and chose which facts they report and which ones to hide under the rug. For example, its common for state news organizations to report enemy losses, but omit their own.
Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by dlubarov on Monday May 06, 2024 @09:57AM (#40274737)
Some propaganda goes beyond selective disclosure of facts, like Al Jazeera uncritically reporting questionable claims as long as they're anti-Israeli, and failing to retract the ones that turn out to be false.
Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by AlecSchueler on Monday May 06, 2024 @06:43AM (#40273131)
In a post truth society, certainly. If you can't verify it yourself it's all a leap of faith.
Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by mistermann on Monday May 06, 2024 @09:42AM (#40274581)
"Verifying it yourself" is often if not usually also a leap of faith, because how shall a single mind error check itself in a confirmably reliable manner, especially if it's received no specialized training in the domain?
Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by AlecSchueler on Monday May 06, 2024 @10:48AM (#40275337)
It comes down to the relative stretch of the leap you take.
Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by mistermann on Monday May 06, 2024 @02:14PM (#40277725)
And to know that, you need (just for starters) a means of discovering what is True...so you are back to the problem I noted.

Luckily, all of this complexity can be wallpapered over by cultural conditioning, making the problem essentially vanish (depending on the frame of reference one is observing from, or if one even knows what that means).