The matrix

I first started this blog maybe 15 years ago. I have never gotten a huge number of comments, but for the first 11 years they were always constructive and thoughtful. Then something happened. I had to start moderating comments because I got so many that were offensively racist, or consisted of disinformation and wild illogic. I even tried doing a series of posts on logical fallacies and verification to try to educate some of these commenters on critical thinking. Obviously that didn ' t work. What happened, obviously, is that we entered the Trumpian post-truth era. What is left of the journalistic profession is finally recognizing that new " reality show " unreality.Here are Linda Qiu and Michael D. Shear of the NYT. It ' s paywalled but if you have a free read left this month this is probably the one you should take. But if you can ' t read it I ' ll give you the headline and lede.Rallies Are the Core of Trump ’s Campaign, and a Font of Lies and MisinformationA recent rally in Wisconsin was typical. In 90 minutes, President Trump made 131 false or inaccurate statements.Two minutes and 28 seconds into a campaign rally on a recent Saturday night in Janesville, Wis., President Trump delivered his first lie.“When you look at our numbers compared to what’s going on in Europe and other places,” Mr. Trump said about the coronavirus raging across the United States, “we’re doing well.”The truth? America hasmore cases anddeaths per capita than any major country in Eu...
Source: Stayin' Alive - Category: American Health Source Type: blogs