Facts are more accessible than ever, yet charlatans are thriving. Are humans getting more shameless? Or is brain science showing us that we just need something to believe in?
Oklahoma Joe: News literacy may be more important than ever
Joe Hight
Your truth may not be mine.
I said that recently to my University of Central Oklahoma Media Ethics students when talking about truth versus facts.
It’s an understanding we all need in a society in which more people are basing their truth on conspiracists, partisan politicians and media instead of seeking to find facts.
According to one Merriam-Webster’s definition, truth is “a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or
accepted as true.” Fact, however, is defined as “something that has actual existence.”
While seeking our own truth, we need to get the correct facts. We need to embrace the importance of news literacy.