(March 24, 2022 at 11:53 am)LadyForCamus Wrote:(March 23, 2022 at 6:35 pm)Irreligious Atheist Wrote: Track record and whether they appear to be a shill who has no principles. The people I named on the left (journalists and alt-media) are people that from years of watching and reading them, they appear to me to be principled, fairly consistent in those principles no matter which side of the aisle they are covering, and they genuinely appear to buy into what they are saying.
I noticed “evidence” wasn’t anywhere in your answer. Plenty of disingenuous people can and have successfully and convincingly faked being sincere about their beliefs. In fact, that’s one of the pinnacle qualities of an effective con-man. Therefore, the appearance of sincerity is not a consistently reliable method for assessing whether or not someone is telling the truth, or correct in what they’re claiming is true. You’re basically admitting you take people’s word for their claims, which is the same behavior you come here daily and deride us for. So, how come “evidence” isn’t part of your answer? I find that really peculiar.
Track record means that the people I named are better at parsing out the evidence/ information we have before us and coming to correct conclusions than mainstream media and the shills in online alternative left wing and right wing media (actually, most of these people know that they are merely spreading propaganda, but you get what I mean). I didn't claim that I believe people are making sense just because of their sincerity, but if I can tell someone is not just a complete cheerleader for their team and their main objective seems to be parsing out what is true rather than what narrative is going to help a certain political candidate, that is certainly a great starting point.
