New York Times Evening Briefing Analysis

As a pretty frequent reader of the news, I try to keep myself updated on current events. I find it interesting and quite important as a citizen of this country. I consider myself on moderate liberal, so I tend to read and like the New York Times and Washington Post. I get daily emails each day during the week from The Skim and News York Times Evening Briefing in attempt to get an overall of what is currently happening around me. The Skim and New York Times Evening Briefing are definitely liberal sources. I know this, however I chose to tolerate this fact since I tend to agree with these sources. When reading The Skim, I tend to allocate my attention to international issues such as ISIS, the current presidential election, and human rights concerns. …show more content…
I like my friend’s posts when I agree with what they have to say and when the information is relevant. Additionally, I do not post articles on my page. I just find it a waste of time and I don’t have to desire to exert the effort. However, I do not defriend people who post things I do not agree with. Also, I do not comment on those particular posts and try to start something (“social media war”). I simply scroll past the post. My reasoning process for this is that fighting over social media is stupid and insubstantial. It is easy to hide behind a screen. If people have an opinion they should be willing to share that point of view face to face. These individuals should not be afraid to be heard by their peers and community when they are passionate concerning a certain subject …show more content…
However, I have turned to a few methods that have helped. When statistics seem absurd I try to find the source where the statistic originated from. From there, I see if the source is credible. This means I attempt to more additional research regarding the certain source’s reputation. Usually, website such as FactChecker.org are good to turn to in these types of situations. Additionally, when looking at news piece I try to look for both sides of an issue. When the certain article contains both sides of the issue, I tend to believe the article more and find it more credible. Nevertheless, I sometimes fall to the “majority is believing it” reasoning error. When a lot of my friends are discussing a certain issue and it is getting a lot of hype of Facebook, I tend to always believe most of the facts since everyone around me is believing them. In these situations I do not do research of my own, which is upsetting now thinking