Re: Why Media Lens don't use Vanessa Beeley as source Archived Message
Posted by George Brennan on May 24, 2019, 2:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Why Media Lens don't use Vanessa Beeley as source"
The two Davids are very great men, IMO, because they are the only journalists, apart from the specialists, who for years have shown the appropriate response to impending Climate Disaster, which should be one of panic bordering on hysteria. They are also a bit cracked, as is shown by their judgment that this is still an excellent forum. No doubt they accept with buddhistic serenity the fact that none of today's regular contributors regard the following, as I do, as a self evident truth " A key part of their credibility is that they are either neutral, or in fact pro-Western. Ritter, for example, is an ex-Marine, Republican-voting war supporter. Because of that, his criticism of US-UK positions carries more, not less, weight." The argument from authority is the most pervasive argument we can and do deploy when we argue matters of fact. We can directly prove very little of what we know. Nearly everything we believe, even everyday things, we believe because we were told it was so by someone whose word we take on trust because they are not likely to be mistaken and have no visible grounds for partiality. Ie an unbiased expert, or better yet an expert who is arguing against his bias. Such have to be our cited authorities when we are hoping to persuade someone else rather than just ourselves. gb gb.
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Message Thread:
- Why Media Lens don't use Vanessa Beeley as source - George Brennan May 23, 2019, 7:28 pm
- Re: Why Media Lens don't use Vanessa Beeley as source - ceemac666 May 23, 2019, 8:32 pm
- Re: Why Media Lens don't use Vanessa Beeley as source - George Brennan May 24, 2019, 2:49 pm
- Agree completely ceemac - mike May 24, 2019, 6:40 pm
- Re: Why Media Lens don't use Vanessa Beeley as source - Thomas Newfield May 23, 2019, 10:41 pm
- Response from Eva to ML FB thread - mike May 24, 2019, 4:33 pm
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