Today, there’s a lot of talk about so-called “fake” news. This was an idea coined by the current president of the United States. It is unfortunately used to attack the news media — but equally unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, depending on your point of view) it raises an important question: so how can you trust the news you see, watch, or hear? How can you know what is “fake” as opposed to what is “real”? What is the difference between “fake” and “real” and how can you know that!? This question of the real vs. the fake is exactly what Descartes wanted to settle once and for all.
So, you see, there is a deeper problem here that goes beyondthe Trump name-calling against new reporters as being “fake news”. The question is, what makes any news “fake” or “real” … and how can you tell the difference between them? Trump seems to think he knows — but does he? Do you?
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