Post #1714256
2026-04-26 09:29 UTC
The thing is, he is very critical of mainstream media. There is nothing wrong with he critical thinking of other people, it is being critical against his own thinking that is the problem!
If they bring up the perspective of someone who is negatively affected by a policy that he likes, he will say that the media are biased and are bringing it up to try to affect the public, that they have some kind of agenda. I agree that all media have agendas and bias, that is the nature of humans, of course you are going to want to bring in the perspective of someone you sympathize with! But he is getting to a point of thinking it is some kind of conspiracy and only media that reports things he likes are any good and he seems uncritical of their agendas or their agenda is good.
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@sealhaslupus@lemmy.world 2026-04-26 12:28
i think it’s important to distinguish the difference between being critical of a subject (e.g. being judgemental) and thinking critically for oneself. No doubt your father has a reactionary response to media because the ecosystem demands it from their audience and he now likely sits in a susceptible demographic. Something to consider is if your father is starting to experience a cognitive decline (e.g dementia). How physically active is he? Does he have personal interests or hobbies that give him continued purpose? These play a part in how he responds to his environment and perhaps why you’ve noticed a trend among the elderly and maybe even within your own family.