I believe what I am told to believe because they tell me so

[legalboxers]

we all heard it, we know it when we hear it.

Ahh. The two words uttered almost each and every day for the past two years. FAKE NEWS...

To quote from the article:

On Wednesday night, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders shared an altered video of a press briefing with Donald Trump, in which CNN reporter Jim Acosta's hand makes brief contact with the arm of a White House Intern. The clip is of low quality and edited to dramatize the original footage; it's presented out of context, without sound, at slow speed with a close-crop zoom, and contains additional frames that appear to emphasize Acosta's contact with the intern

The video is above. And you can plainly see that the video has been altered.

BUT WAIT... THERE'S MORE!!!!!

Hmm..

https://www.wired.com/story/dont-want-to-fall-for-fake-news-dont-be-lazy/

Now how did we get to this stage? Simple. We refuse to fact check things.

mmm yeah!

Taking another cite from the article:

Then again, maybe not. "I think social media makes it particularly hard, because a lot of the features of social media are designed to encourage non-rational thinking." Rand says. Anyone who has sat and stared vacantly at their phone while thumb-thumb-thumbing to refresh their Twitter feed, or closed out of Instagram only to re-open it reflexively, has experienced firsthand what it means to browse in such a brain-dead, ouroboric state.

Again, we believe what we are told.

[ATuairiscean]

You could write the greatest take in the world but how people respond is already ingrained in depending on what side you are on - Whenever a trigger word is announced you can even see it here on GaG - I saw analyst one time talking on one of the news programs (I have to qualify to say i don't even know if it is true ) but he said that a majority of American's only source of news is their social media newsfeed which has been tailored to your bias - It has got to the stage you have a trigger question lots of reasonable get involved often with links, you wonder how many are at least 50% accurate

[ATuairiscean]

Thanks for MHO

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Thanks for sharing your MyTake, very well written. Yes it's amazing
how them videos are altered. I just think politics is very dangerous
and we depend on the people who we vote for to do their job but
how many are elected and never do a thing while in office. I think
both the Democrats and Republicans are always looking for dirt
they get on one another when election time comes around i am so
tired of voting and seeing these childish political games.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Thank You For MHO :)

[MasterKey18]

Haha You are a great editor @legalboxers!

[MasterKey18]

Thanks, baby!

[Secretgardenblood]

Good take

[Viperkiss]

From article: “people are blinded by partisanship, and will leverage their critical-thinking skills to ram the square pegs of misinformation into the round holes of their particular ideologies.”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nUV4B6gA_Wg

1:46.
Amazingly these people are willing to do away with one of the most recognizable and important symbols of the USA just simply because they’ve been told trump wants to get rid of it. Not even a second of thought about it.
Zero integrity and zero respect for your country.

[meowcow]

A discrepancy of 3 frames doesn't actually matter in the scheme of things.

What is actually more concerning is the fact that CNN claims to be a news agency. CNN is actually a democrat controlled propaganda machine - when the topic is on politics. This is true for Fox News as well. I actually cannot identify any true and unbiased news organization.

Jim Acosta's job is as a reporter. Meaning... ask difficult questions to ensure transparency. Act impartial. But his questions to Trump on that day (and every other day) spin a specific leftist agenda that is very obvious. I have no problem if CNN tells people that they are a leftist news organization, but the problem is that they claim to be an impartial/unbiased news organization.

Whereas Fox News outrightly comes out and says that they are a Republican news organization.

[infp_libra_78]

The problem is that too many people accept information on face value if it feeds the narrative they want. Once purple stopped paying for quality news and journalism, fake news came in to feed on these people, with the goal of pumping up their animosities. It's a cultural problem. Schools should be teaching how to find quality sources of information, just like they should be teaching you don't pay 100k for college to come out earning 30k/yr

[Danxsarah]

Blah when will there be someone in power who actually cares about us and will do something for us the people I still want to see someone in power who worked 10 hours q day in a factory I want to see someone who is struggling to pay Bill's or eat food pay child support or have gas to get to work

I want an average person who doesn't make more then 25 k a year

Sick and tired of these people getting into power who have no idea just how hard it is to be a normal person

[KhoryESM]

Trump is horrible needs to go away can’t wait for our new president

[MeanderingTrex]

Good write up, man some people are just crazy ignorant.

[Sionnach]

Trump is an expert liar. With his hair all he needs is a red nose and he would look like the clown he is. Worrying thing is his finger on the nuclear button. Calexit can't happen soon enough.

[pepwave21]

Haha fake news is what Trump calls news that accurately reports his words and actions. ? He lies and when it is pointed out, he says fake news. He is a fake president and needs to resign.

[JustWorthlessMe]

From the Conservative playbook. spin and obfuscate. But I'm not sure they understand the concept of video yet lol.

Where are GaG's infamous right wingers?

[LogicBomber]

If you watch the government controlled media, then you are a lemming and a twat. The media is a mind control device used to control the simple minded.

[belarus]

Does this mean the world isn't really flat?