The smartest person "in the room" can be challenged by doing a little research and providing a bibliography identifying sources. When it comes to information the gap between the have's and the have not's is much smaller and personal memory does not matter as much. Some sites are devoted to fact-checking.

TV changed Political Talk in the 60's. We could see what was going on in the country and in the world at the dinner table.

Now when we see watch something on TV we can look for additional footage online. Checking that it has been presented is in the correct context and without too much bias.

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The smartest person "in the room" can be challenged by doing a little research and providing a bibliography identifying sources. When it comes to information the gap between the have's and the have not's is much smaller and personal memory does not matter as much. Some sites are devoted to fact-checking.

TV changed Political Talk in the 60's. We could see what was going on in the country and in the world at the dinner table.

Now when we see watch something on TV we can look for additional footage online. Checking that it has been presented is in the correct context and without too much bias.

There is still incorrect information. For every one side, there is another, how to choose? Pro this will spin, against it will spin too. "Fact checking" sites, can they all be trusted? Can any be trusted all the time? Who qualifies them to be the determiner?

TV put the propaganda right in your living room. It came to you, you didn't even have to read, it TOLD you what "was happening" and more importantly, WHAT to think about it.

Very rarely is what is reported actually the Who, what, where, when, and why. The why is usually suspect. Bias is everywhere. I have bias, you have bias. That's the problem.