Sometimes I’ll just be like ‘you’re not a high school social studies teacher, you don’t need a works cited page. Either believe it or not.’ Other times I’ll point out their pattern of behavior and argument strategy before they even get to the final stage, where they say since it didn’t come from a reputable source it doesn’t count. They don’t seem to grasp all of their beliefs are being influenced by propaganda sources so of course any real news will seem strange to them. They’re interesting creatures.
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Exactly. People are using media as the source. How is media a source? Media may report a story, but that story had to come from somewhere. Verify if what they are saying is true by looking into it yourself. Reporters are no better at coming to a conclusion than you or me, sure they may have gotten a degree in journalism but that does not necessarily means they are always correct with the conclusions that they come to. Opinion pieces are some of the most disgusting pieces of content they put out, why would I give a fuck about some journalists opinion? I may give a fuck about a close friends opinion, or my families opinion, but a random journalist?
It gets even worse than this because not only do people not even look into the source they dont even read the fucking articles. So many times I see comments on Reddit asking questions or making speculations on things that were clearly addressed in the article. These people are reading headlines and forming opinions based on headlines. It is insanity.