Truth on the internet
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- Mick
I just find it interesting how open minded people are when they read something on the internet, when they may read the same article in a newspaper or magazine and be more sceptical.
Anyone else noticed this. Just keep in mind when reading articles on the net that there is just as much (or more) chance the article is opinion based and not fact and written by some uneducated wanna-be editor that can't make it as an editor for a real magazine.
Comments welcome.
- Nirvous0
http://www.isoc.org/internet/con…
In aggreement.
- shellie0
I don't believe most that I read or see on television and make it my own reality. It's all mostly other people's opinions.
But opinions are good, too.
- unknown0
I think the fact that practically anyone can set up a webpage and publish info on the web means it is more open to non-truths etc.
I would be careful about believing what I see or read in traditional media - like tv / radio / news etc, and even more careful about content on the web.
(careful meaning using common sense I guess)
- kpl0
people believe in what they want to believe. if they come across something that agrees with them, they go off and call it truth and start evangelizing it or some shit. It's just that there is a wider range of stuff on the Internet so there's more stuff for folks to latch on to.
and i'll stop there before I go off on cognitive dissonance again.
- Carty0
every news source has a slant.
the bigger the news source... the bigger the slant.
- exador0
yep..Carty's right..
bigger the news source, the richer the publisher...
the richer the publisher, the more conservative the slant..
;)
- Christian0
I think, StyleJunky has made a good point. Nowerdays, it seems that most of the "information" provided by the various types of media is biased and opinion-based.
Because, everybody can publish information on the web, "wrong information" can spread easily all over the world in a short period of time. Like all the hoaxes, after 9/11.
On the other side, the web is a great way for common people and small groups or organisations to communicate their opinions. Most of them probably wouldn't have the money or power to use regular mass media.
Like always, there's no black and white. It's probably a lot like current german webdesign: a lot of grey.
- Carty0
there's always 3 sides to the truth... your side, my side and the real truth... anyone that has every told a story from there perspective, what they saw, has given it a slant... from there perspective...
the truth is the only thing that stands alone... waiting to be revealed... without bias... but rarely does this happen...
- unknown0
true Carty - I believe it is roumered to have happened in 1972, but the truth sayer at the time was under the influence of psycadelics so I'm not sure if that counts ;)
- ribit0
The internet has such a range of media (and not-media) all mixed in together... in a way you really can't compare it with traditional media... i.e. it isnt all 'publishing'. .. beware.
If you want to be able to simply trust what someone is telling you, look for a name/source you trust (whatever the media). Don't know em? then you shouldn't trust em.
of course you can always question the facts/history behind their arguments, but it's always the case isnt it?
- kpl0
eh, I don't believe in truth anymore. everything is relative. like space-time.