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TikTok To Be Sold To Trump’s Right Wing Billionaire Buddies And Converted Into A Propaganda Mill (www.techdirt.com)
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[–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I prefer making my own opinion of things. Consuming biased media will make me think a specific view is the truth, but there can be more to it

Biased media makes you think an opinion is the truth, and that's dangerous for your critical thinking abilities

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I disagree. Critical thinking abilities are the antidote to thinking an opinion is the truth.

    Illiterate medieval serf with no critical thinking abilities: "it is written, therefore it must be true"

    Vs.

    Modern, educated person subjected to gigabytes of information at their fingertips: "I'll need to see a primary source for the info in this video because it looks like this YouTuber might have an axe to grind"

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