David French had a good piece today on respecting sources of information from "strange messengers" (although I took it not in the way he intended).
I’ve certainly learned to be less allergic to strange messengers over the past few years and have long been disdainful of conspiracy theories - perhaps because they come from unvetted, non-expert “strange messengers” - but after the Epstein death/Hunter laptop/covid lab leak theory/dominant media not taking election fraud seriously and now 1/6…. well….it made me a consumer of sources I used to think were “icky” like Steve Bannon, the Revolver, Epoch Times, and the Daily Mail.
The real problem is obvious as the nose on our faces: sources for truth are scattered in a million different publications and fringe Twitter feeds, partially because there is no publication wealthy or impartial enough to do the sort of investigative reporting needed on institutions often huge and morally bankrupt.
The money quote from 2021 from Clear Talk Media host Monica Matthews: “This year taught me one thing. Trust no one.”
It’s impossible to know what to believe or trust, so in that respect we all should have pity on each other since we’re all in the same boat whether we know it or not. David French and I may *think* we know the truth, but we're both navigating the choppy seas of increasing governmental corruption combined with the rot of the traditional watchdogs, the media.
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