Quote (JessiWan @ Apr 14 2022 12:39pm)
I mean, we hear about things like infection rates, hospitalization rates, and even death rates from covid. We hear them in the form of news, either from TV or newspapers. However, the thing is, for the vast majority of us, there is simply no way for us to verify the truthfulness of these claims. It seems to me that people hear something on TV, and they just assume that it's true. They probably think, "they would never show it on tv if it weren't true. TV is consumed by hundreds of millions of people. The stuff on it must have been carefully verified." I bet this is the mindset of a lot of people.
Note I am not saying that TV or newspapers are definitely lying to us. I don't have proof of that. But I just want to point out that we as consumers should always take the stuff we see on TV and read in papers with a grain of salt. Because they could be lying to us. And more importantly, we simply have no way of personally verifying most of it, which is why we should always be a little doubtful. And if someone (usually from the internet but not always) disagrees with these outlets, we should hear him out. We mustn't be quick to write him off just because he says stuff that's different from what we see on TV or read in newspapers.
lol covid is the "current thing" "leftie sacred cow" u questioned it. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE