@CharlotteBellingham

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?
@vitorafmonteiro

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

In advance, I apologise for a long comment: A lot of it is not HOW but WHERE. I know a big part of your argument is that "bias" is not the problem, but even using your "pro-milk" example, one could start saying that milk mixed with honey and sugar could cure cancer and then your bias would take you to outright falsification, and bias in a very split down the middle environment DOES lead to intentional or at least uncaring to verify inacuracy. On paid information, unfortunately I have been noticing a trend that even professional print and digital media have fallen into a sort of clickbait, not the weird top and sides fait-divers adverts, but a turn of actual news titles into clickbait to a certain audience, and back to the issue of bias, a media outlet leaning to a given political position can have inacurate titles that they know will "vibe" with their audience's views already and just aid naturally to have their audiences prejudices reinforced. The pundit issue is interesting, because if it is a pundit inserted in a news show it is not different from the respected tradition of an opinion piece inserted in a print paper, but when we got a whole show of a pundit reframing and chewing and regurgitating for us recent news, that is a whole other (more harmful) animal. And maybe it is just my opinion, but I think Trevor Noah kind of evolved the "Daily Show" from comedy working as news to a Hannity/Olbermann style pundit show.

There's also the issue that a lot of print and digital media may not be paid by weird clickbait links, but they often are paid by conglomerates with their own interests and in some countries even by the local government. Timothy Snyder in "On Tyranny" and many of his talks on it comments on how one of the first steps of authoritarians is to get rid of local press that is more tied with local contexts and to the people and sources there, leaving only big centralised outlets that tend to be linked to if not a government at least to powerful, privileged segments of society. So, in a way a lot of mainstream media is already in the click bait and prejudgement reinforcement game, and saddly I'd say some countries just have one good quality mainstream media outlet or none at all.

The issue of going to the primary source is something a lot of people are not equiped to do, I'd say that the biggest weakness of pre-university education is that it doesn't give a good grasp of how important it is to not only put information in but state properly where you got first the info and if that is a source close to whatever is the originator of info, and a lot of people live their whole lives unaware of that and so become easily prey to unsourced information. Abuse of unmentioned sources has been a scourge of journalism for years (James L. Brooks' "Broadcast News" has some great comments on this). But even more important than the source and the where as you point, it is important for someone to keep a healthy and somewhat open attitude towards new information without conspiracy theories and prejudments as to be less easily swayed if the info that gets to you is inacurate or misguided (especially if it already says what you want to hear). Even opinion as news is less harmful if you are ready to be critical thinking and not passive about them as you consume them.

Since that, as you say a lot of outlets or informations are not bad per se but can have issue, there are some practical things to have in mind that someoned advised me on how to handle mixed bag quality news and know when they are particularly bad, that I find important enough to share with you:
1-sometimes the difference between full truth or some degree of lying in a title can be due to how the outlet/source reacts to the topic and the degree of truth/lie may be only determined by intensity in the tone (it is known that many titles are at best "tecnically true", but sometimes a title has 100% or even 90% of accurate info, but an enraged tone can come with a specific angle that is clearly trying to scream us into sharing an opinion on the reported facts).
2-the body of the article is biased 100% of the time unless it is on a non-political murder, on someone who saved a life, or something that someone who is disabled or handicapped did (the 1st raises less conspiracy theories and brings up less politically-guided tendencies to add asterisks to the news, and nobody dares to sh*t on the other 2 unless they are really biased against the specific person who saved a life or was saved, or against disabled people/handicapped).

3-go and read the same news from AT LEAST 5 different sources, preferably all with different political leanings of even from different countries, if there is huge discrepancy on how they focus the story, might as well not think that sh*t happened or average out the ideas so you get the closest to the accurate facts that were reframed by the source as possible.

4a-if you see anything where LGBTI+, "people of colour", feminists, etc. are the devil, the news is actually opinion in disguise and probably work of the "closed walled borders" gang, so skip and move on.

4b-if you see anything where there is no harm that is not rooted in "white capitalist patriarchy" or where ANYONE (emphasis on anyone; not anyone is good regardless of the collective group they are part of) from the groups above is a hero, the news is probably something from the "break general rules of conduct in society FOR GREAT JUSTICE" gang, the news is actually opinion in disguise and do as indicated at the end of subsection 4a.

Anyhow, sorry for bothering any of you, carry on (this goes to TJ1 as well).
@Ilham-dv8nx

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

BBC is a good source. They’re not as bias as others and are much more straightforward than certain sources
@queenluci6664

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

Dude, you fucking called it! Now we have deepfaking technology
@zukocawe7213

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

I'm glad I'm not the only one wary of the prospect of technology that alters video-/photographic material for the purposes of misleading people
@paxtonghandi1380

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

love this video! favorite thing you said: learn how to recognize an assertion. what a great point.
@Seedling.sophie

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

@ dude at my high school who base all their opinions and get all of their “info” from edgy memes. Yikes
@jamesrahilly6419

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

I find when trump accuses some people of being rapists e.g. A percentage of migrants from south america, it isn't followed by enormous media "listen and believe" campaigns. I can't say the same for every news source.
He's reliable in that sense because his political enemies will ensure due process.
@DCNRS90YT

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

I mostly use fact check sites if I hear anything not true, and I would notice if a new story is fake or a joke.
@uilium

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

Get rid of ad funded media somehow.
@isaacalsop4209

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

Dude I love your videos, but why do you disable the like dislike buttons? I wanna like your videos lol
@davidmeza3157

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

D-Wade? Intelligent AND a hall of fame basketball player!
@TomasPetkevicius94

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

Hide his hair with your fingers and he'll start to look somewhat like Kaney West.
@casualcommenter9730

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

I make the attempt to pursue understanding perspectives that upset me. I had a lot of ideas from when I was a little younger, that I had no reasoning behind, other than it felt right to think that way. Having something feel right, or the opposite feel wrong, has been the strongest indicator for me to identify where my lack of understanding lay. I feel much more centrist as a result. Not sure where to go from here
@TheOKAY

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

Milk enthusiast? Lol
@angelineturner3298

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

I can agree with T1J as I've seen 'journalist' Paul Joseph Watson's videos and the response videos where his nonsense gets debunked and his sketchy tricks exposed where he doesn't cite sources and disguises headings because the information that suits his flawed thought pieces are not from a reputable source and of course he works for a fake news organisation set up to see overpriced supplements, he rams home multiple points by screaming into a camera so that his audience cannot use their critical thinking and he's not the only one doing these sorts of tricks, and often I've seen the other 'approach' of talking louder than your opponent (even if they are talking more sense and have more authority/experience) which is from the Milo Yainoplous school of pop journalism
@WMGIII

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

A side note for you T1J: Trump's comment about rapists coming in from Mexico came on the heels of news that a stunning percentage (as high as 80%) of females sneaking into the U.S. from south of our border were raped along the way. Rape in Mexico and Central America is much more common than official statistics would suggest because their heavily male-dominant culture frowns on reporting it.
@Caroleeena

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

Realistically altered media is a problem NOW. Please consider doing a story on that. It's so frustrating.
@Lamilton82828

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

RT is the best…
@cannibale101

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

What is your background, academically speaking or not? I really like how intelligent, nuanced and rigorous your positions and train of thought are, in this vid and others.
Thanks a huge lot for confronting my ideas on a regular basis btw.
@LightiningHobo

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

I feel like one of the best ways to be informed is to hit the books and talk to people. There are social-economical-political forces at work that the media does not address. By understanding the general framework of the dominant ideology and the systems in place that perpetuate that way of thinking, you can better discern the news. By talking to people, I mean being politically engaged in your local community.
For example, you can understand the larger context of crime news if you understand what BLM stand for, or you can understand economic news better if you understand what occupy Wall street stood for. Imho, to be really informed is not to just be up to date, you need to comprehend the larger theory behind what is happening.
@JulikaExplica

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

I'd like to see more black people with channels that talk about things other than racial issues, I don't know if it's just in Brazil, but I've only seen black people talking about hair styles or racial issues. Don't get me wrong, I subscribe and watch a lot of these channels and love them. BUT, I've been seeing myself clicking a lot more on your channel lately, because of the variety of things you talk about, and it has nothing to do with you being black. It's really weird for me to talk about black people without sounding racist or something like that, but I just meant to say that sometimes the community gets stuck on only racial issues, that are really important and get lots of attention within the community but forget to talk about other things, in general, that would give the community a lot more representativity, at least on youtube.
@brendanhutsell208

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

I like keeping a balance, but I do admittedly have more liberals I watch than conservatives
@johnsaysthings

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

I generally try to avoid getting my info from sources with very blatant political biases. Stuff like Fox News Channel, MSNC, Breitbard, HuffPo, etcetera.
@wordpainter1

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

This video was much-needed and extremely informative. I think a lot of people can take away from this—so many people want to be "right" that they deliberately choose to listen to news sources that aren't entirely correct or accurate. There's some things I don't agree with you on (very few but they're there) but honestly you are one of the most socially-aware people I know who is 100% level-headed and you never let your emotions get in the way of logic and reasoning. Like, no matter the topic. You encourage education, action, and self assessment (and improvement) which are all things that I really appreciate and think more people need to adopt for themselves. Long winded comment aside, I adore your channel and always look forward to your videos. Have a good day!
@DanielBMS

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

BeatMania style music!
@MariaDellaporta

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

You hate milk?
@Savnoc

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

Good video, but you missed one potential point: Checking for context. In the news, some statements are taken out of context or the supporting information leaves out certain facts. Sometimes people can pretend to deliver the full picture with what seems like strong sources, but they don't deliver all the relevant information you'd need to get the full picture. Or in some cases, the news hasn't checked the proper sources.

For example, a recent story from the Washington Post claimed Russians hacked into the US electrical grid. It turned out that the Post hadn't actually contacted anyone involved with the investigation. The Post had to change their article multiple times, and eventually should've done a full retraction – because literally nothing in the Washington Post article ended up being true. The "Russian hack" was an employee remotely accessing their email account.
@karenwest6350

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

The only way I can handle milk is with cereal, I don't know how people drink it raw.
@catastrophic37

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

Good video! Seems more or less common sense, but yeah most people seem to lack that these days…
@motherisnotpleased854

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

Trust, but verify. – Its a pretty good approach to most things I think.

I'd like to add that for those of us who cannot afford to pay for the sources with the better quality information, I'd just like to point out that you can read many of them for free (online) thru your local library system. Their digital lending programs usually include many major newspapers and news magazines that you would normally have to pay for.
@alicedoesntwearpants

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

I am currently studying librarianship and we discuss these kinds of topics a lot! Our whole profession is built on freedom of information so don't forget that librarians are always there to help if you need to find reliable sources!
@jsredrose

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

I work at a library (and therefore pretty much LIVE at a library) where there are print and online subscription news sources already paid for by the library. Free and available to all for browsing, and if you have a library card, you can check out the print issues. FREE!
@trekcube

July 31, 2025 at 3:31 am

To be fair the argument about the statement trump made about immigrants was in the context of illegal immigration and I do think there's a difference between legal immigrants and illegal immigrants. So it's a bit more nuanced than saying he said all Mexican immigrants. And that detail makes a big difference I think.