Cómo beneficiarse del periódico Tweet

Cómo beneficiarse del periódico

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“Necio es quien nunca lee el periódico, y más aún quien siempre le hace caso.” 

August von Schlözer, historiador y periodista alemán de fines del siglo XVIII.

EN UN sondeo realizado en Francia y Gran Bretaña se pidió a miles de encuestados que ordenaran un total de trece instituciones según la confianza que depositaban en ellas. Concedieron el último lugar a la prensa, y antes de esta, a la política y los grandes negocios. Si bien es cierto que la mayoría de los estadounidenses dicen fiarse de los diarios, los estudios del Centro de Investigaciones Pew revelan que cada vez tienen menos fe en ellos.

Tal escepticismo suele estar justificado, sobre todo si un rotativo hace afirmaciones que afectan directamente a los intereses del país donde se edita. ¿Qué ocurre en tal caso? No es raro que se sacrifique la verdad. Bien dijo Arthur Ponsonby, estadista inglés del siglo XX, que “cuando se declara la guerra, la primera baja es la verdad”.

Pero aunque no haya un conflicto bélico, es prudente examinar las noticias con sano escepticismo. Así, si el lector es cauteloso, normalmente logrará saciar en las páginas del diario su sed de información.

Todos manipulamos. / Every one manipulate Tweet

Cambiamos la verdad, los hechos, la opinión de los demas sobre nosotros. /

 We change the truth, the facts, the opinion of others about us.

 

Manipulamos el ambiente, nuestro entorno... / 

Manipulate the environment, our surroudings...

Manipulamos nuestras capacidades y nos creemos con mayores capacidades. /

We manipulate our capabilities and we believe ourselves with greater capabilities.

Al final... todo es humo en el viento. /

At the end ... everything is smoke in the wind.

Que poetico! / Very poetic!

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Five Common Fallacies—Don’t Be Fooled by Them! Tweet

Five Common Fallacies—Don’t Be Fooled by Them!

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“LET no man deceive you with empty words.” This advice was given nearly 2,000 years ago and still rings as true as ever. Today, we are bombarded with persuasive voices: movie stars peddling cosmetics, politicians promoting policies, salesmen pushing products, clergymen expounding doctrine. All too often the persuasive voices prove to be deceptive—little more than empty words. Yet, people in general are easily mislead by them.

Often this is because people fail to distinguish truth from fallacy. Students of logic use the word “fallacy” to describe any departure from the path of sound reasoning. Simply stated, a fallacy is a misleading or unsound argument, one in which the conclusion does not follow from preceding statements, or premises. Fallacies may, nevertheless, be powerfully persuasive because they often make a strong appeal to the emotions—not to reason.

How to Benefit From the Newspaper Tweet

How to Benefit From the Newspaper

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“Foolish is the man who never reads a newspaper; even more foolish is the man who believes what he reads just because it is in the newspaper.”

—August von Schlözer, German historian and journalist of the late 18th century.

IN ONE survey several thousand people in Britain and France were asked how much trust they placed in each of 13 institutions. The press came in last, even after politics and big business. In the United States, most readers still say they believe their newspaper. But surveys by the Pew Research Center show that the percentage of believers has declined.

There is often justification for skepticism, especially when what is said involves the national interests of the country in which a newspaper is printed. What happens then? Truth is often sacrificed. As Arthur Ponsonby, an English statesman of the 20th century, once noted: “When war is declared, Truth is the first casualty.”

Even when war hasn’t been declared, it is wise to examine the news with healthy skepticism. If you exercise appropriate caution, the newspaper can generally satisfy your appetite for the news that you need.

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