and opinion pieces that regurgitate the lies made by governments as if they are fact, never question them and even to vilify those who do question them.
And they often do the opposite.
Anyone can be held accountable for what they say, but as soon as we try to punish people for saying things on the basis that other people believed them...
So youre saying that those that spread the lying and manipulative narratives should not be held accountable in any way? So why do you attack MSM as you call it?
So by all means hold people accountable but don't fail to notice that the degree to which you ask for big weights to crush other people is the degree to which those same weight may be used to crush you too.
Sure, im not asking anything. Im questioning if holding fake news, networks that promote false information and affect the targets in a clearly massive, life affecting, negative manner should be held accountable for doing so. I think thats a valid question.
This is also how science generally tends to work. As with science, whereby today's 'fact' is tomorrow's garbage.
I was referring to the colloquial understanding of a theory, not the scientific one as there is nothing scientific about conspiracy theorist thinking.
Todays fact is not tomorrows garbage. Facts do not change, new facts are introduced that change the final explanation. The scientific theory is subject to change, not the facts. Unless they were not facts to begin with.
Ultimately, we all have our own standards of proof. I treat Alex Jones similar to how I treat MSM.
There is a level of responsibility that should be present when making extraordinary and potentially dangerous claims when you are in this business. What I say and what someone that distributes information to millions says should be held to different levels of scrutiny. How we approach that is subject to discussion.
Getting hit in the face by a 5 year old is not treated the same as being hit in the face by Deontay Wilder.