Investigate
On Tyranny, chapter 11
Research things for yourself. Read long articles. Understand journalistic integrity and support the outlets doing that work. Take responsibility for what you communicate to others.
It is your ability to discern facts that makes you an individual, and our collective trust in common knowledge that makes us a society.
Hatred of journalists by political leaders is a red flag.
The internet has become more important than three-dimensional human contact, and has caused many of us to become unaccustomed to talking about politics in the real world, where our views are not reinforced by algorithms. Look it h
Good journalists allow us to consider meaning for ourselves from what seem to be isolated facts and stories.
Try writing a proper article:
- travel
- interview
- maintain relationships with sources
- research written records
- verify everything
- write and revise drafts
- do it all on a tight schedule
We expect to pay for most services in our life, but somehow expect the news and the high cost of good journalism for free. (See Money spent on journalism.)
The internet makes us all publishers, so we're all responsible for helping maintain the public's sense of truth.