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Sandra Piddock, on 13 July 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

I think the problem here is that people think that if someone has gone to the trouble to post something, then it must be true. Also, if enough people are saying it, then again, it must be true. In both my reading and my writing, I look to credible sources to confirm facts before I take something as accurate. If we stop questioning, we only have ourselves to blame if we end up sounding like idiots.

That doesn't seem to bother fixed news one bit. (sounding like idiots.)

[artistry]

It makes good sense to be sure, information put forth as credible has a source of proof. There is so much information overload, that one sometimes, reads, sets it aside and moves on the the next bit of information shared. A good very thing to remember when reading or sharing. Do a Jack Webb, from Dragnet: Just the source Ma'am. Cheers.

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artistry, on 05 August 2012 - 07:40 PM, said:

Do a Jack Webb, from Dragnet: Just the source Ma'am.

The Blog tries very hard to give at least one  or more source, with each story.

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artistry, on 05 August 2012 - 07:40 PM, said:

It makes good sense to be sure, information put forth as credible has a source of proof. There is so much information overload, that one sometimes, reads, sets it aside and moves on the the next bit of information shared. A good very thing to remember when reading or sharing. Do a Jack Webb, from Dragnet: Just the source Ma'am. Cheers.

Senior moment?
It was "just the facts, Ma'am."

[FamilyTreeClimber]

I investigate.  I've become incredible skeptical about things I see on the web or news (on TV) in general.  It's not that I think it's all lies.  I just don't feel that they tell the entire story.  Many times I feel they are passing on what someone else is saying rather than researching it themselves.

I have become a Snopes checker with almost everything posted on Facebook by my friends, especially political images that are forwarded.  It seems that some of my friends don't think that anything sounds outrageous.

[Mustaxina]

I am self-employed and work on my computer, which means i get to read many different media between one job and the next, or during breaks. I'm not exaggerating if I say I read 25 different newspapers every day. What I've found is that, by reading the same or similar stories on different news outlets, you can figure out which part is the truth and which part has been embellished or twisted by journalists with an agenda. This applies to news about green issues, climate change and renewables too: one source is not enough, however impartial or reliable you may think it is. 25 "biased" sources will give you a better, more comprehensive picture of the truth than just one "neutral" source.