Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for October 22, 2024

Steadfast, he is not

Have had the same doubts as Arlo for decades. In 1982 National Geographic Magazine had trouble fitting a picture of the Great Pyramids on their cover. This was in the early days of digital photography. To solve their problem they digitally moved a Pyramid over. When I first heard this I wondered what weight would Photographic Evidence have anymore.

It’s not

Does Arlo colors his hair?

The internet has more truth than mainstream media. You can see all sides of an issue.

When they have the goods on you, cast doubt. Tell them it is AI generated.

I don’t know either if it’s true. But when I know it’s false there’s no doubt.Then a stated fact is in contradiction to other facts. If it is based on believing – like religion – it is a lie to call it truth. Something true needs no belief.

So you mean to say The Great Pumpkin will not be raising from the Pumpkin Patch on Halloween?

Make lying illegal rather than protecting it as free speech.

“An anonymous official said…” (and its variants) is also the same as unverified.

We never knew if what we read was true or not, but we used to have far fewer sources of information to choose from.

Wait, if it’s on the internet it’s required to be true. President Garfield signed it into law. :-)

Nothing on the internet is true. Including this statement.

So basically it’s the same as network news.

I read on the internet that everything on the internet is not true.

A lot of click bait out there

Local news hasn’t gotten the knack of plausible “fact checking” down yet. I just watched a five minute piece where every clip they showed rebutted their “verified” fact. You can get so blinded by your opinion you don’t even know what you’re saying.

These days, where can anyone get information that we know is verified.

“Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet” – Abraham Lincoln

News from The Internet… Where every “Bold faced LIE” is 95% truth. I know it’s so, cause I heard it on the “X”!!!

Regardless of the source, if I run across a statement that I find questionable and deem important enough to verify, I dig around for at least a second and independent source to ensure the probability of it being true, even if the initial story is heard from a friend, a so-called authority, the nightly news, or the internet. Mostly because I refuse and would be embarrassed to be a conduit passing on inaccurate information to others. Actually, I have a hard time believing others wouldn’t want to do the same.

The Internet never lies! (except when it does…) ☺

how to know what is true? ‘all sides of an issue’ on the internet/media include space lasers controlling the weather. of course I want to look at the sites that validate my view, but perhaps the best we can do is pick a few sites of some repute WSJ NYT for example on different sides and avoid the hysteria of click bit and demagoguery. and invest in education – teachers and schools, “An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people”. Jefferson

The internet is a cash cow for a lot of people!

It is true because Trump said so, and he wouldn’t lie …or would he? lol

Same with the corporate media

Lots of data but little information.

Only two things can fool us. 1) Believe the lie. 2) Don’t believe the truth. Soren Kierkegaard

Almost like CBS and NBC, but not quite.

“A man hears, what he want’s to hear and disregards, the rest.”-PaulSimon-The Boxer

I don’t believe 95% of the stuff I see on the internet, including the stuff I post.

If it’s in TMZ or Buzzfeed you KNOW it’s the truth! :D

It’s only true if you agree with it. :)

If you have access to the internet you can verify the sources for yourself.

Or, if you’d rather, you can search out the wildest, most dishonest sources in the world and choose to believe them. Some people call that “doing my own research.”

It’s especially not true, if you go to MSNBC, CBS, CNN, ABC, or Fox websites. You cannot believe any media.

True journalism is mostly dead……

WOW, a disclaimer before beginning a conversation? Will there be transcripts available later?

Here is the motto I live my life by: “If you can’t verify if something you hear or read is the truth don’t repeat it to anyone” This has served me very well in my life and I plan to contiue to follow it until my life is no more.

Easy enough to check verified sources.

The internet is not a source of information. It is only a means of communication. The question is who actually provided the information that was found on the internet. some sources are reliable, some are not.

Which makes it about as good as MSNBC, I hear.

J. Random Handleuser versus New York Times? It could go either way.