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What does it mean?
The speaker distrusts news sources, viewing newspapers and major magazines as increasingly unreliable.
In plain terms
News in papers and magazines is often wrong or very wrong.
What can you take from it?
Be skeptical of mainstream news reporting.

Where it applies

  • reading news
  • fact checking
  • media consumption

Putting it to work

  • verify sources
  • read critically
  • seek primary data

Questions to consider

  • How do you verify news?
  • Who decides what is true?

Another view

Some outlets strive for accuracy.

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