ill don't know the news is made up? Because I think people think that it's only the news from the other side that's made up. No no it's all of it. All the news about public figures and politics is made up. Let me say as clearly as possible. All of the news, all of the news about public figures and politics is made up. And what I mean by made up is usually in the early stages the facts are wrong. You know the source wasn't real. The thing somebody quoted didn't really happen right? So in the beginning stories are just wrong on the facts. But they're always wrong in the context. They're always wrong in the context always. There's not a single story I've never met anybody involved with the story who is willing to say yeah that's they got that story right. Never. It's not even a thing.

And when I meet people who think that the news is still sometimes correct I don't know what to do with it anymore because I used to argue well if you'd read this source or check this source but I know that doesn't make any difference. So here's what I've decided on and it seems to disarm people. I show empathy for them being victimized by the news. I just say I'm sorry the news did this to you. And I'm never going to have a conversation with somebody who thinks the news is telling them anything useful. That would be the biggest waste of time. You should start your conversation with this. Do you believe the news is real? If they say yes or they say well if you do your own research or you watch your own things just walk away. As long as somebody thinks that the news on one side is real and the other side is not real you can have a conversation with that person. The minimum requirement for an honest conversation is both sides, both sides of the news are presenting narrative which is not real. It's just a narrative. Yeah I treat them as somebody who's been victimized by the press.

As Mark Twain said if you don't read the newspaper you're uninformed. If you do read it you're misinformed. Exa