> if you strip people of the ability to debate and discern facts
If you dare to debate and discern the wrong facts, you get a hit piece published on you like Slate Star Codex. Or you get fired like the NY Times reporter Donald McNeil Jr.
It seems some of the media play an enthusiastic part in stripping people of that ability, not in protecting it.
If you dare to debate and discern the wrong facts, you get a hit piece published on you like Slate Star Codex. Or you get fired like the NY Times reporter Donald McNeil Jr.
It seems some of the media play an enthusiastic part in stripping people of that ability, not in protecting it.