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[quote=Anonymous]This is not generational, but personality-driven. 
I know older people and younger people who just believe whatever their social media feed tells them. Some are on DCUM.

My husband and I are research scientists, and our kids generally understand they need to find credible sources and verify. We are trained to assess the quality of the data on which hypotheses and theories are formulated. So for news, even though it's tempting to look at the latest screaming headline or social media post and immediately embrace their position if they match our beliefs... we force ourselves to look into whatever data is presented as the source of information. Is it a credible source? Does it present the full context?

Many people don't do this. It's too much work. And we don't do this for everything. I trust AP and Reuters. I generally trust the NYT and WaPo for reporting on incidents (opinion pieces and editorials are different), but I look at what sources they used.

Video clips and quotes can be very misleading, since they are taken out of context. I've learned to look for other verification of what actually happened. And now with AI, we're heading down a very difficult path of video verification and trust in content. What's about to come through the pipeline is scary. Any ill-intentioned government or entity can create a wholly different reality for its citizens. With full-scale war threatening in Europe and China nearly fully prepared to invade Taiwan, this is a very real possibility.

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