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Why People Think They Are Lying

Network news ratings are decreasing, and TV news credibility has reached an all time low.  The press blames the Internet for this demise.  I’m not so sure about that.  It may be more related to how people process the news than it is how people access the news.

In other words, I don’t think it’s because the networks are doing a bad job, or that all things human are sitting in front of computer screen searching out news information.  No.  I believe it is more important to think about how an average person decides whether something is real or fake, credible or invented, live or edited, natural or rehearsed, then it is to worry about where they get their news from.  And I think conventional news organizations are missing this point and worrying about the wrong things. (more…)