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Originally Posted by Hottentot
True enough. But as you pointed out, some people also base their thinking on the idea that if the majority thinks X, then X must be wrong. These people are usually the first and loudest in making their individualism known, which I find mostly disgusting egotripping.
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Yup, those people end up as (if not more) narrow minded as the people they are against. same thought process - just at the opposite end of the spectrum.
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Originally Posted by Hottentot
Media also has to sell. I haven't often seen media spouting outright lies, but "colored" truths are fairly common. Still doesn't in my opinion justify the "don't believe anything any media ever says" attitude that some people have. You just have to understand that it's text written by people for people..
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Never beliving anything the media say, is just as stupid as beliving everything they say. Questioning on the hand is quite different... And that means questioning where appropriate, not just for questionings sake. If a small part of us thinks something isnt quite right, it shouldn't be ignored.
Im saying, at least take it with pinch of salt and maybe flick between more than just 1 or 2 sources for the important stuff.
In my book, spinning is already half way to lying. When you spin infomation, you are not telling as it is - simple as that.
Maybe if we meet two opposing spins in the middle we might actually have soming accurate?
(that is a joke of course)