The war on truth
Jul. 8th, 2004 02:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
richardf8I was going to do a long tedious post on the epistemology of truth in politicized contexts, but this cartoon of Ted Rall's says everything I was going to say and is a lot less boring.
Indeed, the facts are the facts. But most of us are forced to make our decisions and form or opinions based on media accounts of the facts, which is to say, hearsay.
Indeed, the facts are the facts. But most of us are forced to make our decisions and form or opinions based on media accounts of the facts, which is to say, hearsay.
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Date: 2004-07-08 07:33 pm (UTC)It takes work to get even kinda sorta close to the truth. If you're into being spoon fed by the media, you're dooomed. That's a big part of why I unplugged my TV forever...
Mako
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Date: 2004-07-08 07:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-12 05:33 pm (UTC)