On 18/04/2013 3:58 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote: > At 03:45 PM 18/04/2013, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: >> If I read something on Reddit or Hacker News I don't know its ownership >> so I greatly decrease its credibility and trust. I'm more inclined to >> check sources for these reports than for newspaper reports. >> >> Linking this subject to another thread... I trust our currency (owned by >> the Australian government) much more than I would trust Bitcoin (owned >> by whom? with what credibility?). > I don't disagree with any of the above. Trust is relative, and even > if I may trust a person on one domain, I won't necessarily trust in > all domains. And I certainly don't trust mainstream media just > because a story has been supposedly vetted by an editor because there > are too many vested interests involved and too many barrows being > pushed for unexposed reasons or even outright denied reasons that are > also untrue denials.
There's multiple levels of trust operating here. With a newspaper I can reasonable trust that I know who wrote it, especially if it is a known name. However, I might not trust that what they wrote is true or of value. Think Alan Jones and his latest rant re the Boston bombing. I think I can trust that it was he who said it, but my trust in his opinion is something else. -- Regards brd Bernard Robertson-Dunn Sydney Australia email: [email protected] web: www.drbrd.com web: www.problemsfirst.com Blog: www.problemsfirst.com/blog _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
