Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No’ mean ‘No.’ Anything more is from the evil one.
Jesus Christ: Matthew 5:37 Aprox 30 AD
During my brief time as a credentialed member of the press I shot a lot of video and did a lot of interviews. You can see them all on Rumble (since youtube banned me for my opinions on the last election just before I hit 1000 subscribers) You will note that the quality wasn’t always the highest and occasionally people would interrupt but I made it a point never to edit my videos for the simple reason that by doing so nobody could question the credibility or accuracy of my work. When I had an opinion to give I gave it but when I filmed I showed reality as it was.
On that subject Jeff Bezos the billionaire owner of the Washington Post put out a long piece about restoring the Washington Post’s Credibility to readers:
Our profession is now the least trusted of all. Something we are doing is clearly not working.
Let me give an analogy. Voting machines must meet two requirements. They must count the vote accurately, and people must believe they count the vote accurately. The second requirement is distinct from and just as important as the first.
Likewise with newspapers. We must be accurate, and we must be believed to be accurate. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but we are failing on the second requirement.
Do you note the problem emphasized here? The problem isn’t that they are pushing bullshit, the PROBLEM is people aren’t believing the bullshit anymore.
My solution to this problem is quite simple
- If you want people to trust you act trustworthy.
- If you want people to believe you tell the truth.
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