I posted the article I read because it happened to be recommended to my feed by a Lemmy stranger. In that way, my post and the OP’s are the same.
I am not in disagreement that journalism can be of higher quality, which is visible difference. But my own actual point is that the trustworthiness ultimately comes down to critical thinking of the reader to decide for themselves and form their own opinions. Dismissing all opinion pieces simply because they are labeled as such limits exposure to information and hinders the ability to discern factuality.
I never said that opinion pieces should be categorically disregarded. Just that they should be taken with the same seriousness you would take a YouTube commentator. They’re just opinions spouted by some person and should not in any way be confused for journalism.
I posted the article I read because it happened to be recommended to my feed by a Lemmy stranger. In that way, my post and the OP’s are the same.
I am not in disagreement that journalism can be of higher quality, which is visible difference. But my own actual point is that the trustworthiness ultimately comes down to critical thinking of the reader to decide for themselves and form their own opinions. Dismissing all opinion pieces simply because they are labeled as such limits exposure to information and hinders the ability to discern factuality.
I never said that opinion pieces should be categorically disregarded. Just that they should be taken with the same seriousness you would take a YouTube commentator. They’re just opinions spouted by some person and should not in any way be confused for journalism.