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RE: Yes, We Should be Our Own Media
Facts rely on attestation by evidence and testimony. Evidence, on scientific verification. Testimony, on reputation. All demonstrated in the public forum. Otherwise their factual status isn't established.
What we are witnessing now regarding mainstream media is the failure of evidential and testimonial attestation of fake news. That means something still remains of the public forum, it is alive, it can yet pull through.
I have absolutely no faith in the "mainstream" media.
Investigative journalism is dead.
Propaganda has replaced it.
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There is ample proof you can get "scientific verification" for anything if you offer enough grants and money.
Sad, but true.
And it won't stand up to scientific scrutiny. What people often trust is not the science but the reputations of sellouts.
Exactly.
What gets to determine how reputation is based if not from factual truths? A reputation built on lies and deceit is false
How do you show a witness is unreliable? Reputation is based on repeated action. This regular behavior gives the integrity to the persona of an individual. He may be deceitful in his heart but as long as his actions remain consistent with the persona, you can rely on his reputation.