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Three Ways to Protect Yourself From Today’s Unreal News Nowadays with so much news available, many p...
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Three Ways to Protect Yourself From Today’s Unreal News
Nowadays with so much news available, many people consume media in an automatic, unconscious state-similar to knowing you drove home but not being able to recall the trip. 1.. These strategies can help you become wiser news consumers in three simple steps.
Seek out your own news
Like most people, you probably get a fair amount of your news from social media. You should change that. Their goal is to maximize the time you spend on their sites and apps, getting advertising income. That means instead of presenting you with the most important news of the day, social media feed you what will hold your attention. 2.. These organizations actually produce news, usually in the spirit of serving the public interest.
Use basic mathematics
Untrustworthy news often use some data to make unreal claims. 3.. For example, a widely spread rumour (谣言) falsely claimed 10,150 Americans were killed by illegal immigrants in 2019. On the surface, it’s hard to know whether it is true, but one way to start is to think about finding out how many total murders there were in the US in 2019.
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Humans are biased (倾向性的) to believe what’s in front of their eyes. Video content is considered more trustworthy-even though some videos can be very misleading. 5.. Seeing and hearing should not necessarily be believing. Treat video content with just as much doubt as news text, checking any facts with news from a trusted source.
A.Watch out for biases
B.Believe video content
C.You’ll see a more complete range of information
D.Think carefully about how you determine something is true
E.Instead, regularly visit trusted news apps and news websites directly
F.Simple mathematical calculations can help you better spot false data
G.However, you can develop habits to control your news intake more consciously
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