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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen do you trust the information that the media puts out? ...
I was reading an academic piece that I found really interesting.
(I will post to the piece later; but I want DUers to weigh-in to gauge the accuracy of the study.)
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When do you trust the information that the media puts out? ... (Original Post)
1StrongBlackMan
Jun 2014
OP
When the information is internally consistent and concordant with alternate sources. nt
Xipe Totec
Jun 2014
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Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)1. When the information is internally consistent and concordant with alternate sources. nt
MiniMe
(21,677 posts)2. I don't trust anything I read any more
There is no reliable news source
spanone
(135,636 posts)3. news for profit is unreliable. journalism is dead.
justhanginon
(3,287 posts)4. Virtually never. Articles of interest I need
thirty seven alternate references and then apply my common sense. As another poster said, "journalism is dead" as far as I am concerned. I cannot name one journalist that I can say I trust completely.