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Friday, March 26, 2021

Bias and the Search for the Truth

 All too often, we see only that which suits our purposes. Thus, instead of ‘standing steady in the Light’, we remain bound in the shadows. I reference Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”.

Search: ‘reliable fact checkers’.


Tools for News Literacy - 

https://subjectguides.library.american.edu/News-Literacy


Postings for ‘Bias’:

https://samslair.blogspot.com/search?q=Bias+&m=1


Note: Based upon polls, it seems that a significant portion of our population is both annoyingly and unnecessarily optimistic. Ranging from confidence that the pandemic is nearly over to disbelief in global climate change, many people are finding solace in naiveté and, thus, foregoing the proactivity that could genuinely yield the results that could offer real hope.