tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post2982238641252332639..comments2024-03-22T10:49:51.766-05:00Comments on Horizons: "If nothing is true, then anything is possible"Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-56386254589381870922014-09-10T19:49:56.457-05:002014-09-10T19:49:56.457-05:00Thank you for this, Nancy.
@Tien: That's a g...Thank you for this, Nancy.<br /><br />@Tien: That's a good point Tien, but for me, it raises other concerns. The Internet is filled with Right and Left wing sites that post conspiracy theories or outright lies. Julian Assange, Glenn Greenwald, and Snowden use the web to peddle their nonsense. If young people are turning more to the 'net to to get their daily news, they need to discern the difference between sites that offer solid news _and_ analysis (such as The Daily Banter and The Peoples' View and this one) and those that are nothing more than repositories for utter garbage (such as Brietbart and The Intercept).<br /><br />Just my 2-cents...Marc McKenziehttp://redshoulder.deviantart.com/gallery/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-52213734739295883632014-09-10T17:45:34.817-05:002014-09-10T17:45:34.817-05:00“It would not be impossible to prove with sufficie...“It would not be impossible to prove with sufficient repetition and a psychological understanding of the people concerned that a square is in fact a circle. They are mere words, and words can be molded until they clothe ideas and disguise.”<br />― Joseph Goebbels<br /><br />The Third Reich always practiced their belief that the bigger the lie, the more people believe it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-24074819620722882192014-09-10T17:31:16.872-05:002014-09-10T17:31:16.872-05:00Now *this* is the reason to be glad young people h...Now *this* is the reason to be glad young people have abandoned newspapers and television news. This is also the reason why net neutrality is so important. Nice piece. Tien Lenoreply@blogger.com