Hasnain says:

One thing that always stuck me about the US (both in the media and in the public) is how trusting people are - you hear someone say something and assume it’s the truth and don’t question it, unless they have a bad reputation. It was quite jarring as it’s the opposite in Pakistan where you assume everyone has an agenda and is out to screw you. Both extremes are bad for their own reasons, but I wish the US generally had more distrust and skepticism. Especially in the media.

“Before Musk, the person setting the day’s news agenda on Twitter was Donald Trump. As it became clear during his first campaign that Trump mostly did not tell the truth, the press corps gradually brought more scrutiny to the candidate’s statements. In some cases, cable networks stopped carrying his public appearances live, since they could not be fact-checked effectively in real time.

Musk’s broken promises have yet to reach anything near the volume of lies that Trump told as president. But given his recent track record, it’s well past time for the press to grant him an equal measure of skepticism.”

Posted on 2023-08-08T02:44:27+0000