Almost every single time I took at face value and repeated what the corporate media said, I ended up embarrassed how untrue or gaslighting it was with just a cursory examination.

It’s absolutely incredible to me how many people *live* by this and don’t even comprehend that they’ve never verified anything. When you call them out, they literally say “but this person said it! You can’t handle facts.”

Perfect Dunning Kruger, they are too stupid to even know that they are incapable of genuine thought and their entire worldview is an appeal to authority.

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Stupidity of the mob gets people a lot too. I had to explain to my mom the other day that just because a crowd is doing something and says it’s okay does not make it okay.

Humans are strange

But never forget that Dunning Kruger is a human thing, not a dumb human thing. Everyone is a dumb fucking ape that is confidently wrong about shit, so stay humble on that one 😂

Very true, hence my own embarrassment when I fail to do the simplest of verification before opening my big mouth 😆

We've all been there. As long as you admit your mistake and learn it isn't a big problem. It is those who continually make the same mistake never learning or those who double down on their mistakes that are a problem.

As I’m staying at the in laws on vacation, already had the Covid, Gaza, global warming discussions. The propaganda on MSNBC and Fox News have convinced them both. Why would anyone trust mainstream media anymore?

Depends, which corporate media are you referring to? Any for profit news organization?

Many media have biased or even false reporting, but the same is true of Twitter/Nostr tbh