If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed. (Sometimes quoted as newspapers.)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Reading the news leaves you either uninformed or misinformed.
- In plain terms
- No news = ignorance; news = misinformation.
- What can you take from it?
- Seek multiple sources and critical thinking.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can we tell reliable from unreliable news?
- What role does bias play in reporting?
Another view
Some outlets provide reliable reporting; it's not universally bad.
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