{"id":13685,"date":"2020-03-10T06:41:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T10:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=13685"},"modified":"2020-03-10T17:25:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T21:25:21","slug":"who-are-you-and-why-should-we-trust-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2020\/03\/10\/who-are-you-and-why-should-we-trust-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are you and why should we trust you?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200310_062936_2.jpg\" alt=\"Who are you and why should we trust you? Also, what are your thoughts on media today? To what extent can we trust news outlets + major publications?\" class=\"wp-image-13681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200310_062936_2.jpg 551w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200310_062936_2-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><figcaption>Who are you and why should we trust you? Also, what are your thoughts on media today? To what extent can we trust news outlets + major publications?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nI&#8217;m glad you asked. It&#8217;s always wise to be critically aware of information sources. My assistants are librarians, who tend to be pretty good at finding information and try hard to adhere to a librarian code of ethics of neutrality. The news media is a complex mix. The most important thing: When you agree wholeheartedly is when you&#8217;re at your most misinformation-vulnerable. Pause &amp; reflect before clicking like or share. To find out more about finding dependable information in the news environment, visit library.bc.edu\/know-news.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m glad you asked. It&#8217;s always wise to be critically aware of information sources. My assistants are librarians, who tend to be pretty good at finding information and try hard to adhere to a librarian code of ethics of neutrality. The news media is a complex mix. The most important thing: When you agree wholeheartedly &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2020\/03\/10\/who-are-you-and-why-should-we-trust-you\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Who are you and why should we trust you?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13685"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13695,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13685\/revisions\/13695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}