{"id":85148,"date":"2021-09-21T08:02:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T12:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=85148"},"modified":"2021-09-21T08:02:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T12:02:31","slug":"wow-theyre-getting-very-desperate-indeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=85148","title":{"rendered":"<h2>WOW! They&#8217;re getting very DESPERATE indeed!!!<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>CNN&#8217;s Brian Stelter presents the case against reading and thinking for yourself<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>By Steve Watson | INFOWARS.COM<\/p>\n<p><strong>People \u201cdoing their own research\u201d is highly problematic and hurting the government\u2019s pandemic response, CNN reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd192ZGxfY2hpcnBfMTI3OTQiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoidmRsX2FuZF9jaGlycCIsInZlcnNpb24iOjN9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1439963014195728390&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newswars.com%2Fcnn-stop-doing-your-own-research%2F&amp;sessionId=302fa380b020f04a5dfe9718851dded32e7858cf&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1439963014195728390\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>From\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/09\/19\/media\/reliable-sources-covid-research\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/h815H\">Archive<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><strong>Four little words \u2014 \u201cdo your own research\u201d \u2014 are hurting the US pandemic response, CNN\u2019s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said on \u201cReliable Sources\u201d Sunday.<\/strong>\u00a0And it is having real consequences as\u00a0<strong>personalities from Nicki Minaj to Sean Hannity continue to promote the idea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Minaj helped raise doubts about Covid-19 vaccines on Twitter last week, claiming she would only get the shots once she\u2019d \u201cdone enough research.\u201d It may seem like a reasonable, even positive, attitude, and it is a favored talking point echoed by many in the right-wing media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The problem is that most people simply don\u2019t know how to do their own research<\/strong>, especially when it comes to understanding the complexities of medical science.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The concept has lately become associated with Covid-19 and QAnon, but the phrase \u201cdo your own research\u201d dates back to the 1890s when it was associated with skepticism surrounding the smallpox vaccine<\/strong>[\u2026]<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cNobody\u2019s going to the library and looking up authoritative sources to do their own research,\u201d Yael Eisenstat<\/strong>, a Future of Democracy fellow at the Berggruen Institute, said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"3WpUrrjZ\">\n<div id=\"ifwAd\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/yael-eisenstat-cia-analyst.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>[\u2026]\u00a0<strong>\u201cScience is a consensus building process,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0[Renee DiResta, research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory] said. \u201cNot something where we know the facts immediately, the moment that someone wants to be Googling for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Correction: An earlier version of this story misattributed the quote about researching authoritative sources. That statement was made by Yael Eisenstat. The statement regarding consensus building in science was made by Renee DiResta.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The New York Times in February published a similar article stating that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=62056\">\u201ccritical thinking\u201d \u201cisn\u2019t helping in the fight against misinformation.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-ad\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infowarsstore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Educate yourself further by tapping into our store&#8217;s vast collection of books and movies.<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The article argued that instead of looking at all sides of an issue and thinking critically about it for one\u2019s self, everyone should just look up stuff on Wikipedia and take whatever the biased leftists who run the site say as gospel.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/nyt-stop-critical-thinkig.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>USA Today in April issued a warning against browsing for books,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=62199\">insisting it can lead people down an \u201cextremist rabbit hole.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ifw-player expanded\" data-video-id=\"61497f7dd1261b026489f557\">\n<div><iframe src=\"https:\/\/api.banned.video\/embed\/61497f7dd1261b026489f557\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/usa-today-browsing-books-extremist-rabbit-hole.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Last year, Forbes ran an article titled,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/OVTPg\">\u201cYou Must Not \u2018Do Your Own Research\u2019 When It Comes to Science,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0which Stelter appears to have just cribbed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/forbes-dont-do-your-own-research.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>A recent MIT study found that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=62558\">purebloods<\/a>\u00a0are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/rick-moran\/2021\/07\/17\/mit-study-vaccine-hesitancy-is-highly-informed-scientifically-literate-and-sophisticated-n1462591\">actually \u201chighly informed,\u201d \u201cscientifically literate\u201d and \u201csophisticated.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/files\/mit-study-unvaxxed-highly-informed.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The issue came up during the FDA\u2019s recent hearing on booster shots:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd192ZGxfY2hpcnBfMTI3OTQiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoidmRsX2FuZF9jaGlycCIsInZlcnNpb24iOjN9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1439116672229543944&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newswars.com%2Fcnn-stop-doing-your-own-research%2F&amp;sessionId=302fa380b020f04a5dfe9718851dded32e7858cf&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1439116672229543944\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In contrast, the average CNN watcher is a complete moron.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswars.com\/cnn-stop-doing-your-own-research\/\">https:\/\/www.newswars.com\/cnn-stop-doing-your-own-research\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN&#8217;s Brian Stelter presents the case against reading and thinking for yourself By Steve Watson | INFOWARS.COM People \u201cdoing their own research\u201d is highly problematic and hurting the government\u2019s pandemic response, CNN reports. &nbsp; 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