Recently the family has been in a
“debate” regarding the new way the media is talking about the weather,
environment and other nefarious things.
That is, the latest buzz words are “climate change” and “global warming”
is so last year. I really don’t go up
very much in conspiracy theories so I haven’t been noticing anything
particularly nefarious about the change of wording. In order to appease the
theorists I decided to do a little research; below is a very good link to a
site that gives a reasonable explanation of the terms and their use past and
present.
The truth is that people love conspiracy
theories and with the internet they have free rein to seek out as many theories
as they like. The trouble is that
nothing at all is truly validated, which can be very delightful for someone who
wants to go around in circles about any subject. I would just as soon jump ship before that
happens, thank you very much.
I saw a rather interesting video
recently from a former CBS journalist in which she spoke about something called
“astroturf” which referred to a company (or whatever) paying someone in the
public to support a theory, product, etc., it is the opposite of “grassroots”.
I think it’s vital that when we listen to the
news from any media form we also use our life experience and analytical
abilities to evaluate what is as near the truth as possible.
“What if” is a fun game, but let’s
remember that it really is only a guessing game.
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