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We couldn’t agree on whether it was black and blue or white and gold! People were at each
other’s throat all because of differences between eyes or device screens. It’s no wonder
journalism has polarized us: we were already polarized!

Of course, it didn’t start out like this. Right? Surely there was a time from the good ole days
where newspapers told the truth, journalists couldn’t be bought out and consumers were
never stuck in echo chambers.

You probably already know what your position on this question is. Even comedian Bill Burr
laments a time when you didn’t know how your local weatherman voted. Then again, Noam
Chomsky believes it’s always been the case that media outlets have had a secret agenda.
Although, he did doubt initials claims of the Cambodian genocide, which turned out to be
true. Maybe he knows as little as a stand-up comic?

Is there a grain of truth in journalism today or is objectivity like finding a needle in a hay
stack? Is it true that there’s no such thing as bad news and is the future of journalism one of
tribalism? The good news is you can relax. It doesn’t matter whether you wear a tin foil hat – or are
thinking of wearing one!

So it's time to learn How History Works because today, we’re going to fact-check the fact-checkers.

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