Comments on: Blurred lines: real news versus fake news https://ict-pulse.com/2016/11/blurred-lines-real-news-fake-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blurred-lines-real-news-fake-news&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blurred-lines-real-news-fake-news Discussing ICT, telecommunications and technology Issues from a Caribbean perspective Sat, 08 Apr 2017 00:11:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rohan Morris https://ict-pulse.com/2016/11/blurred-lines-real-news-fake-news/#comment-172067 Mon, 28 Nov 2016 16:39:07 +0000 http://www.ict-pulse.com/?p=88162#comment-172067 I’m glad to see this focus being made! Too many of us just don’t care. We often leave it up to the other person down the line to do the analysing. We need to realise that such behaviour is IRRESPONSIBLE, IMMATURE, LAZY and is potentially harmful in many instances!

Many seem too willing to be content with living/functioning within a “fake” context. “If it feels good or sounds interesting/shocking, then (regardless of possibly being false) I’m good with that.”

This becomes very scary if we consider the possibility that our leaders (persons that make decisions on behalf of others) may often be guilty of this type of behaviour!!!

We need to recognise the importance of being critical and discerning as a default norm!
Being critical and discerning should not be traits that are frivolously turned on/off when
it is selfishly convenient or favourable in a given circumstance.

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