• jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    27
    ·
    5 months ago

    Yeah so the second someone tells me to do that I know they don’t have the ability to do that for themself in a way that will lead them to credible conclusions.

    That is your right, if you want to brush off any slogan, so as to stop yourself from looking into it a bit more.

    shutting down their conspiracy bullshit.

    Sadly, many say this as a way to deepen their trust in the status quo, we must continue to learn and talk to people that do not think like us or agree with our way of seeing the world.

    If you look into US wars and leaks, you would find the ‘conspiracy bullshit’ was indeed more correct than the US military propaganda pushed at the working class.

    Events and a more resent one where information by independent journalists were labeled as ‘conspiracy bullshit’ at one time;

    • 911, WMD scandal
    • Hamas mass rape scandal

    and much more…

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      Ελληνικά
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      edit-2
      5 months ago

      9/11, WMD scandal

      So, Republicans use Intel services to facilitate a lie to start a war in Iraq, mainstream media is to blame for not questioning them.

      But you’re posting about how we can’t trust mainstream media when they call out the lies of a proven liar?

      You can’t just look at news, and conclude that it is all lies. You need to approach with some nuance and intelligence.

      • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        7
        ·
        5 months ago

        can’t trust mainstream media

        I also mentioned that distrust in legacy media has only increased over the decades, looking at polling and data.

        I am for questioning and being highly criticial of the owner class and their ilk, this includes the duopoly.

        You can’t just look at news, and conclude that it is all lies.

        I did not try to make this point, if I did I am wrong. I am trying to say that we must be highly criticial of legacy media, which the owner class controls to a certain degree.

        Just look at the funding and the few corporations of media that control what the working class see in their TV or online.

        Feel free to watch and read legacy media, I do, but I implore to also check out independent journalists as well.