Informed Decision Making By Scott Adams Summary

Today, it is very easy to believe anything seen on the internet. With numerous resources available instantaneously, it is impossible to know which ones are misleading, and which ones are legitimate. In the end, it all comes down to being able to distinguish a fake source, from a real source.

In order to prevent the perpetuation of misinformation the reader must be able to identify bias in media. For example, “Stephon Clarkson” is essentially neutral death provides the author’s personal opinion why the cops should be charged for this. Source A offers a neutral view about his death and also bais because different sources say he was shot 20 times or 8 times or 10 times. Source B offers a slight bias by only including authoritative quotes from one side, Each analysis of this occasion has different perspective and pros and cons. Readers need to be able to differentiate if it’s bias or real.

Often times people utilize certain sources and watch certain news channels because these viewers can relate to the views on these sources. It can make one believe that his/her perspective is correct simply because that is what the new source is providing. Viewers watch news sources that share the same opinions as their own, because these viewers are just as bias as the sources; these viewers favor one side, as do the news sources. John Stossel, a Fox News reporter discusses the book “Bias” with author Bernie Goldberg, an ex CBS News reporter. John expected for ABC to read the book and disagree with Bernie on the ABC news channel (Goldberg and Stossel). However, these people were proud of not reading the book and gave it no attention. Even if one does not agree with a certain viewpoint, it is very important to hear the different perspectives because it allows the viewer to see and hear other people’s opinion. Because most news sources do not include all sides, it becomes difficult for an individual to

Check” by Alyssa Rosenberg describes possible strategies that can be used when an individual is trying to figure out if the information found online is true. Rosenberg and her colleague David Ignatius asked individuals what outlets and writers did they had confidence in and to explain. Most of the people interviewed said that they trusted writers and individuals who passed along stories. Nick Baumann a senior editor at Huffington Post provided questions that people can ask themselves to ensure that the information on social media is credible. The author’s thesis is to help individuals who have trouble on judging what information online is true and to not get tricked

The media is one of the most common ways to get information. People can log on to a news website, they can obtain information through mobile online articles, and can watch the nightly news channel on various stations to learn about what is going on in their local city and in the world as a whole. There are dozens of news stations that people can obtain their information, such as CNN, Fox News, CBS News, and the local news station. However, the place in which these individuals obtain their information might not always be the most effective, most factual and accurate, or the most

Anyone can know a part of a story, and have an opinion on the whole story. No one knows it all, and no one ever will. Some people will try to search, but most will be satisfied, content, with their findings. We would think that as people, our curious mind would want more, just like we do with many things. More is always more. Not with news and information. In America, Television news networks, newspapers, and other news outlets constantly release information with all kinds of biases and people listen blindly. The public needs to be aware of the different ways media can tweak and omit information so that viewers and readers can receive the full, most accurate, and non-partial information out there.

When considering a problem or dilemma in any circumstance it is ideal that one must look at two or more sides depending on how many there are, in order to come out with an accurate and educated view of the problem itself. If this happens all the time, in every situation where a problem arises, where everyone looks to find a solution to the problem by researching and viewing the problem itself from multiple points of view, all of the society itself will be more educated and aware of important matters, and will more easily distinguish between right and wrong positions on certain matters. In the real world, many people will believe the side with the most coverage or the most information, and they do not care enough to do their own research or

Whom should we listen to? The best person to listen to is the actual source, to hear the information from the individual at hand and if it’s not a person and it’s a specific topic to gather information about the subject yourself. Majority of those who have been taught to understand what are reliable sources and what unreliable understand where to get information if needed. The issue is that people are disregarding the proper way of getting reliable and factual information. People rather just be lazy and have someone tell it to them ten to dig a lot deeper to gather the information that they need to form their own thoughts and opinions about anything. There is a newspaper about fake news from Jeff Parsons and the Researchers at the University of Cambridge speaking about an experiment to preemptively fake news so that they can rid people of any misinformation (Parsons, How to stop fake news).. The experiment involved 2,000 U.S. residents. Dr. Sander Van Der Linden, the lead author of the study explained, “The idea is to provide a cognitive repertoire that helps build up resistance to misinformation, so the next time people come across it they are less susceptible (Parsons, How to stop fake news).” This was a great experiment and a very necessary experiment because of the fake news and the impact it has in our society we need to figure out to stop it and to also make sure that we are

Stossel’s and Goldberg’s conversation, Goldberg tells Stossel the reason behind bias in the media when he states, “as a result of groupthink, the news that your colleagues said “we’re just telling the truth”, but some were telling the truth filtered through a liberal prism and that’s the problem with bias; that too many like-minded people are making the decisions on what the audience and reader get to read and see on T.V..” This means that most news sources are bias due to the people at the news network who all have the same beliefs. That is why when a current event occurs, it is important that the individual goes to the correct sources or goes to several different sources to get all sides of the event or story, unbiased.

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But how reliable are your sources? A lot of the time, people will take their data from places that support their own opinions. For example: those against gun control usually turn to sources like the NRA for their information, whereas those in favor of gun control will listen to a more liberal provider of facts and data.

However, these decisions aren’t always as easy as “having common sense” because sometimes, it means deciding whether to have faith in or to doubt those we trust. If Google is “always working to improve its algorithms” in attempts to filter fake news and both Google and Facebook “will take steps to prevent fake news sites from generating revenue though their ad-selling services,” there really is no more we can do but to acknowledge (and spread awareness about) the disquieting fact that some information we receive is true and some is false

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“Find a news source that you like and you trust,” he said. “And then find one that’s legitimate that you don’t agree with because … then you’ll be able to arrive at the truth.”

“And when we do take the time to thoughtfully evaluate incoming information, there are only a few features that we are likely to pay attention to: Does the information fit with other things I believe in? Does it make a coherent story with what I already know? Does it come from a credible source? Do others believe it?” (URLhttps://www.desmogblog.com/2012/09/20/psychological-study-reveals-why-misinformation-so-effective)