Musing over the “news”

A Facebook ad pitching a news aggregator got me thinking about common media grievances. The notion that reading both sides yields objective truth is an illusion—two partisan distortions do not cancel each other out. Nor is wanting ‘just what happened’ realistic in a complex world where we must rely on earned trust and expert context to understand events. Trust is not granted merely because an outlet claims neutrality, and it certainly is not found in an online pitch promising a shortcut to absolute truth. Take those promises with salt.

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Do You Want A Touch Of Humility…

Set up a Google alerton your own name and have it emailed to yourself each day. Then you’ll see how you make the news each day. You’ll see arrest reports, obituaries,

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I new there was something I liked about the Professor

I Don’t Want To Be Your Friend Nor will I even bother to open an email without a subject line. OK, in fairness, I don’t use communications in general the

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