the correct name of the author is David Harsanyi
was listening to a conversation the other day- two liberals talking actually, i believe- and the news was playing in the background, and one kept turning to listen to it- and the other piped up and said “Nope- can’t stand listening to the news anymore- it’s not news any longer- it’s like listening to the national enquirer- everything is made up’
I about dropped over- So maybe there’s a little hope that even liberals might be getting sick of the lack of news integrity these days?
Succinct summary. Bookmarking.
Maybe journalists should take courses on scientific method. Scientists are trained to use the known facts to develop contrasting hypotheses, including the null hypothesis, about what could be happening, and then they gather data which will support or invalidate the hypothesis. A hypothesis and its corresponding null will often be stated in the format, "If A is true, then we will observe B. If A is not true, then we will observe C." And if we observe neither B nor C, then we go back to the drawing board and rethink the hypotheses.
Journalists, in taking a preconception, cherry-pick only data that will support the preconception, while ignoring everything else. And they are incredibly easy to dupe, since they are primed to believe any claim that supports the preconception, even if no verifiable supporting evidence exists.
Often they will attempt to do this by contrasting their track record on truth with that of Donald Trump. Yes, Trump is a fabulist. His tweets can be destructive.
I wonder if the author of this piece even follows Trump's tweets? I have never seen where Trump fabricates anything. Mostly, he talks about the events of the day and praises people and groups for the great work they are doing towards MAGA. Sometimes, he criticizes biased journalists, criticism that is wholly deserved. I love when he calls out the journalists--I've been frustrated by watching journalists get away with lies and with destroying people and businesses for decades, and here, finally, is someone with enough backbone to stand up to their lies and deceit, instead of caving like most conservatives do.