Quote from: squatz1 on February 20, 2017, 06:30:02 PM

Going ahead and doing all this just so you won't be exposed to fake news narratives and so on is really just a waste of time. You have to know as a person what to weed out and what you know is true with real evidence backing it, this is why I am always one to ask for sources and such when people post in this sub section of the forum.

I go through a good amount of news sources which include CNN, Fox, NY Post, Reddit (Couple sub reddits that are both Liberal and Conservative in nature, one even outright supports Donald Trump) You have to be able to know what is real and what is fake, it's tough but it really teaches you what point of view and bias can do to a certain topic / article.

Quote from: mamichula on February 19, 2017, 02:09:04 AM

Use one of those Firefox plugging that you can block specific sites. Only problem is that if you really want to go on a specific site, you could open another browser. But if Firefox is your primary browser, it can at least initially stop you and make you decided if you really want to go through the process of opening up another browser to go to a site that you wish not to go, but can't help.

Don't do this, just watch all the sources and decide yourself what is exaggerated, outright fake, true and so on. Everyone has a bias so just going on a certain couple of sites will just confirm your own views and you never want that. You want to see what other people feel and see about a topic.

I understand what you're saying and I agree (when it comes down to political things it's all noise anyway). But a lot of sensationalist news broadcast is statistically irrelevant to a lot of other stuff that isn't reported upon or reported upon very little.
Some kind of censorship/filter could help balance out this statistical error.
The same effect present in the issue of 'which kills more people, coconuts or sharks?' And which would you take more precautions to avoid?

I'm not Spoc and I'm not 100% rational Grin

I'm much more scared of sharks than coconuts! But does my "irrational" fear of sharks limit my opportunities?