How to sift BS in the NEWS

[nomadpete]

We all get caught up in major news stories from time to time.

 

With all the tech & social media "improvements" to our information sources, what can we trust?

 

When you say "the press", do you mean the multi-billion-dollar corporations owned and/or controlled by  billionaire oligarchs?

Just my opinion, but if you're still consuming, or worse paying for that stuff, it's probably best to quit the habit.

 

These days we have to dig deeper.

[nomadpete]

    One trick is going to the propagandists and official PR first to identify what definitely is not a truth, and to set floors and ceilings for where reality might be.


I applied that to the news about the Good murder in USA. When the WH called it domestic terrorism, I combined that with assuming that any story headline that stirs deep emotions is likely non-credible.

So I figured it was murder.

 

Of course in that particular example we'll probably never see a court ruling to confirm.

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by nomadpete

[onetrack]

I can't remember the last time I paid for any news, it was at least a decade ago. Oh yes, I remember - I paid for a "subsidised" short subscription to one of the local Murdoch newspapers - about 3 mths, I think. Then, when I decided that paying for loads of useless crap disguised as "news" was a dead loss, I decided to cancel my subscription.

 

Holy Mother of God, what a devious and convoluted performance, that immediately turned into!! Every single obstruction that one could think up, was placed in my way, to avoid cancelling my subscription. They even called me, to try and pressure me, to NOT cancel!! It was unbelievable, they were operating like a multi-level marketing scheme, trying to ensure you never left their snare, and you provided a permanent source of income for them!

 

The exercise has made me very wary of devious corporate behaviour when it comes to subscriptions, and the lengths these scumbags will go to, to ensnare you.

I see where Amazon has had to refund customers that they deviously trapped into paying for Prime subscriptions, when they never intended to subscribe. Unfortunately, it was only Amazon customers who signed up to the Amazon U.S. site, Australian Amazon customers get nothing.

 

[facthunter]

He Runs NEWSCORPSE. May HE live long enough to see it DIE. Nev