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Fiendish Thingy

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13. That is the essence of critical thinking

Reply to cynical_idealist (Reply #12)

Fri Oct 25, 2024, 11:33 AM

Oct 25

To be able to discern garbage from valid information and perspectives.

To insulate oneself from “garbage” is to be spoon fed comfortable, easily digested information that is limited to things you agree with, which eventually weakens critical thinking skills.

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NYT, LA Times, Washington Post, WSJ, Huffington Post, Warner/CNN, Twitter [View all] samsingh Oct 25 OP

A worthy goal, but in the meantime there are good non-corporate sites like Common Dreams, The Intercept, TheRickles Oct 25 #1

i look at them all - but their reach cannot be compared to the others samsingh Oct 25 #6

AP, Reuters, and to SOME extent PBS..... democratsruletheday Oct 25 #16

That happened to the Baltimore Sun. OLDMDDEM Oct 25 #2

WAPO hired a crappy new editor, but at least in the past, Bezos has been hands off... hlthe2b Oct 25 #3

Bezos immediately put up a paywall samsingh Oct 25 #7

Your claim was that WAPO had been turned into "turned into right wing propaganda"--that is what I responded to. hlthe2b Oct 25 #11

Cheaper, but more labor intensive, option: use critical thinking skills. Nt Fiendish Thingy Oct 25 #4

works for us but not the 40%+ that are stupidly supporting the republicans samsingh Oct 25 #8

The 40% don't watch MSNBC now Fiendish Thingy Oct 25 #10

can't base critical thinking on 100% bad data cynical_idealist Oct 25 #12

That is the essence of critical thinking Fiendish Thingy Oct 25 #13

my point is only that many people are never exposed to valid information and perspectives cynical_idealist Oct 25 #14

Deal with it how? Boomerproud Oct 25 #5

get our billionnaires to invest in newspapers and media samsingh Oct 25 #9

NYT endorsed Harris weeks ago Polybius Oct 25 #15