That's actually the only way most people learn the hardest lessons in life. Unless of course they have a relatively unbiased media giving them the truth to shape perception.
Forget TV. They read a headline or hear a story from someone and think its true. It's an ego thing imo. People hate not knowing things but most people are too lazy or actually busy to keep themselves informed so they relegate that duty to whatever they pick up.
It's a bad habit because it's low information and leads to easily manipulated folks. In some ways its not entirely their fault, but in a lot of ways it's also their own for not paying close enough attention. Again if the media actually did even half of their job this wouldn't be an issue.
That's actually the only way most people learn the hardest lessons in life. Unless of course they have a relatively unbiased media giving them the truth to shape perception.
Forget TV. They read a headline or hear a story from someone and think its true. It's an ego thing imo. People hate not knowing things but most people are too lazy or actually busy to keep themselves informed so they relegate that duty to whatever they pick up.
It's a bad habit because it's low information and leads to easily manipulated folks. In some ways its not entirely their fault, but in a lot of ways it's also their own for not paying close enough attention. Again if the media actually did even half of their job this wouldn't be an issue.
The ego thing is spot on. People think they're knowledgeable about shit just because they do their "research". And how do so their research? Google.
These people are already lost by relying on Google to give them all the information.