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Tom and RP give a crash course on digital literacy (how to spot BS in the news) subscribe: to the news letter: https://tnp.us/rpdaily/

Why?…There are 3 certainties in life

Death, taxes and fake news

Fake news will find you

Fake news farms

Exploring 1 example

Fake news that Pope was endorsing trump

Even after this was exposed as a fake in July, it went viral again right before the election…

Seen by 8.7 million people right before election

Seen more than top election news stories from credible sources

Source: The top 20 fake news stories outperformed real news at the end of the 2016 campaign (Vox)

Fact Checking 101: Example Article

1.Uses old photographs from September 2020 (Article dated May 26, 2021)

1. Example of One - quotes few sources

Digital literacy rules of thumb:

Requires some self awareness-- Does it matter to you?

How do you feel reading it? Emotionally..

If a headline appears too wild to be true, it's probably too wild to be true

Find a second source that happens to be a credible source

Beware of the "example of one"

A story being built around one incident and presenting it as a trend.

Don't underestimate how lazy some journalists can be.

When you come across a clickbait headline, always ask yourself if the article backup what the headline said. More often than not, it doesn't.

Disney land sandwich for $100, actually feeds 8 people

Know the difference between a primary source and a secondary source.

Know the difference between an opinion piece and a news article.

Credible sources employ professional journalists and fact checkers, non credible sources do not.

There are people out there who can help you find good information:

reference desk at library,

sites that are nonpartisan devoted to get accurate information like factcheck.org

You can fact check yourself

Go to better sources like a book or long form article, google has trained us for easy, quick answers that lack nuance.

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Some good articles

Checkpoints (The New Yorker)

Fact-checkers do it a tick at a time.

Note: We shot John McPhee with Gordon Gund, but he didn't make the film

Researching his role in "The Lifespan of a Fact," the actor embeds in The New Yorker's fact-checking department.

"I just fact-checked a fucking article!" he said. "Nothing I do today will be harder than that."

Today's Yes or BS is the RP Daily newsletter. sign up here: https://tnp.us/rpdaily/ on today's show…what really happened at the Wuhan lab? plus…why RP thinks we should prepare for the killer asteroid.

Yes or BS

1 Y / BS: We're turning the military into "pansies." https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/21/conservative-critics-military-policies-490197

2 Y / BS: Employer vaccine mandates will not be the norm https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/05/21/employers-colleges-vaccine-mandates/

3 Biden's first foreign crisis: pass / fail https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/us/politics/biden-israel-diplomacy.html

4 Y / BS: Counties should get to exercise self-determination and secede from states https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/us/oregon-idaho-secession.html

special guest today! Marko Papic is ridiculously sharp on geopolitics and investing. we got flabbergasted…not only by how much Marko knows, but by how wrong our understanding of the rest of the world was before this show. lots of truth here, hope you enjoy.

ps Marko's new book is called 'geopolitical alpha'

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Yes or BS

Y / BS: Only unvaccinated people are at risk if they take off their masks

Health Officials Seek to Clarify Covid-19 Mask Guidelines

https://www.wsj.com/articles/health-officials-seek-to-clarify-covid-19-mask-guidelines-11621184767

Y / BS: America Is Failing Its Moral Test on Vaccines***

America Is Failing Its Moral Test on Vaccines

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/opinion/biden-covid-vaccines-world-india.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

***This article specifically argues we need to do more to help the rest of the world

Y / BS: We need more safeguards so neither China nor Elon Musk rules Mars

China lands on Mars in major advance for its space ambitions

https://apnews.com/article/china-technology-business-science-e1c1d0679aa78a8cc79c04a4d1375322

(The best we have are a handful of space treaties and principles, listed) https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties.html

Your Vote

Y/BS: It's too soon for hugs

Hugs are coming back. Not everyone is thrilled.

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/hugs-are-coming-back-not-everyone-is-thrilled

23% Yes

77% BS

RP Daily has a newsletter! It's definitely worth checking out. Click here to get Today's Yes or BS. https://m.tnp.us/rpdaily On today's show… Does the GOP have a future? What might it become? And…RP shares scientific truth debunking growing misinformation on COVID masks. Plus…a deep conversation on the pros and cons of online schooling.

the truth vs free speech on social media. holding on to the big lie or holding on to your congressional seat. it's time we decide where we draw the line. tom and rp definitely have their thoughts. want more rp daily? sign up to get our emails https://m.tnp.us/rpdaily

YES OR BS Y / BS: Facebook did the right thing Facebook's 'Supreme Court' Tells Zuckerberg He's the Decider https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/technology/facebook-oversight-board-trump.html

Y / BS: Zuckerberg abdicates responsibility as "arbiter of the truth" Good Riddance, Donald Trump? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/opinion/trump-facebook-oversight-board.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

Y / BS: Summer will see a big Covid decline CDC projects a surge in U.S. Covid cases through May due to variants before vaccinations drive a 'sharp decline

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/05/cdc-projects-a-surge-in-us-covid-cases-through-may-due-to-bpoint1point1point7-variant-before-a-sharp-decline-.html

unfortunately the same can not be said for far too many of the headlines and articles we are consuming today. don't freak out, listen to tom and rp talk it out instead.

De Blasio calls city workers back to offices; some aren't happy

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/de-blasio-calls-workers-back-to-offices-some-arent-happy

Y / BS: It's safe to go clubbing (if everyone has a digital pass)

Spain experiments with a digital pass

https://news.trust.org/item/20210502105246-1roh2

Y / BS: Irrational exuberance is here again

'This is not going to end well': Billionaire Leon Cooperman says stock market will be lower a year from now - MarketWatch

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-not-going-to-end-well-billionaire-leon-cooperman-says-stock-market-will-be-lower-a-year-from-now-11619797332

Bull:

From the basement

Pent up savings

Pent up enthusiasm

41% into stocks!

Fiscal and monetary easing

MASSIVE $ in…

Great earnings

Bear:

Capital gains increase

Already higher than pre-CV19

Y / BS: the air we breathe isn't equal

People of Color Are Exposed to More Pollution (NY Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/climate/air-pollution-minorities.html

Y / BS: GOP party loyalty = buying into a lie

Election falsehood now a symbol of GOP loyalty (e.g. Mitt Romney getting booed)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-trump-election-falsehood/2021/05/01/7bd380a0-a921-11eb-8c1a-56f0cb4ff3b5_story.html

Graphic to photographic - MArshall McLuhan

...to psychographic...

Y / BS: COVID is here to stay*

*but protecting most vulnerable through vaccinations will get us close to normal

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/covid-herd-immunity-vaccine.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

Y / BS: the smartest thing Joe Rogan ever said

https://www.axios.com/joe-rogan-walks-back-anti-vaccination-spotify-4ab56dcf-b60e-41c6-9c49-fe7f22be7d04.html

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