[quote=percy;2578261]I don't believe anything in the news. I especially loathe ed-op writers.
What bothers me more though are the millions of people who except everything as
carte blanche just because it fits their believes and then worse, corrupt other people with those same views.
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Op-ed writers are all about opinion. that's the purpose and it isn't supposed to be news.
Many people, like my father, use news sources that mirror their beliefs. I say news sources because that's what Foc News is supposed to be but 98% of their broadcasts are op-ed opinion pieces passed off as news! Unfortunately this is just human nature. People do things for emotional reasons and then come up with ways to support their actions.
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Originally Posted by ASU2003
But how do you know if the sources are accurate? How do you know that they have done the research (sometimes into things that people don't want reporters to find out about)?
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You don't. That's where you need to think, use common sense, use a variety of different sources and then you can still miss the boat.