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Hans Rosling: Don't use news media to understand the world (english subtitles)
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Sep 13, 2015
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Why we need data on what the poorest think
Hans Rosling always presents data. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYnpJGaMiXo
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⬐ abc_lisperThere is something to learn from Hans Rosling - Fighting with facts without getting angry.⬐ brerlapnIt's funny, but I actually have more innate suspicion of people saying "it's not so bad" than I do of the doomsayers--and I know better. One of my favorite quips is "just because it confirms your worst fears doesn't make it true." (And I often have to use it as a mantra to remind myself that I know better than to believe whatever bleak headline someone just shared on Facebook.)For those who find Rosling interesting, I'd recommend http://www.gapminder.org/ , which includes the tool he talks about in his TED presentation.
⬐ mellingThe news media in the US in pretty bad.Don Lemon asking a rape victim why she didn't defend herself.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/11/19/don_lemon_to...
Pondering whether MH370 disappeared into a black hole:
CNN was asking presidential candidates if they would have supported the Iraq War. I seem to recall CNN was very positive about the wars before they started. The stories that they ran certainly didn't have a negative view.