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Footballguy
To keep from mucking up the Psaki thread any more...I think it is important to have the conversation about sources.
Yes...people ask for links when people post information presenting it as facts. It is not "in bad faith" to do so. It is so we are all dealing with all of the information to better discuss things. And often because no, believe it or not, we don't always have all the information.
But having a link is not the same as having a good link. When people ask for one...it should be clear that what is wanted is something reputable. While I am sure people will question what is reputable and not...and that is fair...
In the past the adfontes chart has been presented...and they update their work often. I think it along with a few others (allsides, mediabiasfactcheck) are very good for giving more information on a source. Where they lean...how often they fail fact checks...basically, how reliable of a source they are.
Why this is important? Because we are living in a time when there has been more misinformation presented to us than ever before. Such misinformation leads to forming opinions based on false premises. It leads to more division. And IMO...many of these sources are thriving and profiting from that. They want you to be misinformed...they want you to be divided and mad at "the other side". Their goal (similar to the MSM) is clicks and attention good or bad...rather than factual reporting. Sources do matter...similar to researching things when in college, some sources are better than others. Some are to be relied on more than others and should be. Because places have different journalistic standards.
So let us do better...us...all of us. For me...be less snarky when asking for a link or a source. For others...be less snarky when being asked to back up your posts. For others...find sources that have at least a decent reputation...stay away from fringe right and left. If its only on one fringe site, take a clue that it might not be a quality piece or even a true story.
Yes...people ask for links when people post information presenting it as facts. It is not "in bad faith" to do so. It is so we are all dealing with all of the information to better discuss things. And often because no, believe it or not, we don't always have all the information.
But having a link is not the same as having a good link. When people ask for one...it should be clear that what is wanted is something reputable. While I am sure people will question what is reputable and not...and that is fair...
In the past the adfontes chart has been presented...and they update their work often. I think it along with a few others (allsides, mediabiasfactcheck) are very good for giving more information on a source. Where they lean...how often they fail fact checks...basically, how reliable of a source they are.
Why this is important? Because we are living in a time when there has been more misinformation presented to us than ever before. Such misinformation leads to forming opinions based on false premises. It leads to more division. And IMO...many of these sources are thriving and profiting from that. They want you to be misinformed...they want you to be divided and mad at "the other side". Their goal (similar to the MSM) is clicks and attention good or bad...rather than factual reporting. Sources do matter...similar to researching things when in college, some sources are better than others. Some are to be relied on more than others and should be. Because places have different journalistic standards.
So let us do better...us...all of us. For me...be less snarky when asking for a link or a source. For others...be less snarky when being asked to back up your posts. For others...find sources that have at least a decent reputation...stay away from fringe right and left. If its only on one fringe site, take a clue that it might not be a quality piece or even a true story.