• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    18 hours ago

    Entertainers, actors and performers are not sources of information

    They are sources of endless mindless entertainment

    Anyone who relies on them for information is severely deluded or will eventually become deluded

    If you want actual information … listen to journalists, academics and researchers who specialize in the subject or areas of information you are searching for.

    If you are unwilling to find the information from reliable sources yourself … there will always be an entertainer ready to serve you a steady stream of disinformation, misinformation, non-information and complete nonsense

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      17 hours ago

      Thank you for writing this out so clearly.

      People’s attention span has been decreasing since the introduction of social media, smart phones, and ease of access of information.

      Imo the government should hold entertainers and public figures accountable for spreading misinformation. But this is hard to enforce and the root cause is people’s attention span.

      • Kühlschrank@lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        It’s so difficult to navigate and enforce with first amendment rights.

        I think the only real solution is media literacy classes required for every student. We’re deep into a critical thinking crisis in the USA and I fear it’s already going to be tough to claw back from it.

        I also very strongly believe that somewhere between the boomers and the zoomers we’ve forgotten to teach some important things about our civic duties and it’s ultra important to start again, again if it’s not already too late.

  • PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social
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    19 hours ago

    Joe Rogan is short and insecure about it. Nothing will ever make him feel like a real man.

    Anyone who likes him has some equal insecurity.

    Just another pathetic loser punishing everyone else because he hates himself.

    I eagerly look forward to the inevitable when his enlarged hgh-riddled heart explodes in his weird lumpy-but-not-muscular chest.

  • MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    I’ve always enjoyed listening to Randall Carlson’s talks. For a while there, he was an adamant Trump supporter. He’s done a complete 180 now. And doesn’t mention anything about politics. Definitely made me think twice about him as a person.

    Unfortunately, he’s also a climate change denier. I don’t see how anyone that smart can be that stupid.

    Needless to say, I don’t believe a word he says now.