Dear Friends - Last week I wrote (ranted?) about how to read the news. The topic arose for me because some of my typically reliable bird spotting data turned out to be entirely “false.” It was false in the literal sense of it didn’t depict the reality on the ground, but it certainly wasn’t false in the sense of being presented with the intention to deceive. This is perhaps one of the most important things to understand when consuming media: some people are wrong; others lie. Those are
Media Truth and Fiction
Media Truth and Fiction
Media Truth and Fiction
Dear Friends - Last week I wrote (ranted?) about how to read the news. The topic arose for me because some of my typically reliable bird spotting data turned out to be entirely “false.” It was false in the literal sense of it didn’t depict the reality on the ground, but it certainly wasn’t false in the sense of being presented with the intention to deceive. This is perhaps one of the most important things to understand when consuming media: some people are wrong; others lie. Those are