08-31-2018, 09:08 AM
So this is something that I always find very interesting. People like to talk about biased media, and biased media does exist. The Washington Examiner is a strongly biased media organization that can have pieces that are absolute garbage. This piece from the OP is slanted, but actually does a fair job. It actually lays out how this interpretation of Ohr's testimony is that of Ratcliffe and Meadows and it provided some other views of the testimony that were less excited.
What we see, though, is that people will read an article and only see what they want to. They will latch onto the pieces in the story that fit their already preconceived narrative in an attempt to give it more weight. This should serve as a good reminder to read things completely and critically, not rely on headlines, and make sure we aren't seeing just what we want to. Otherwise, you end up like the people we all know whose version of reality is disconnected from facts.
What we see, though, is that people will read an article and only see what they want to. They will latch onto the pieces in the story that fit their already preconceived narrative in an attempt to give it more weight. This should serve as a good reminder to read things completely and critically, not rely on headlines, and make sure we aren't seeing just what we want to. Otherwise, you end up like the people we all know whose version of reality is disconnected from facts.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
