How do we know what is going on in the world?

Have you ever stopped to think about how we know about the outside world since we are all staying at home and practicing social distancing? Is it through contacting friends and colleagues through Zoom or Skype? But wait, aren’t the people we contact also staying at home and social distancing? How do they know what is going on in the world?

We depend on news reporters to know what is going on in the world. But can we believe them? The president keeps calling them fake news. But the president repeatedly lies, almost pathologically, so does that mean that the ones he calls fake news are reliable? If that is true, then the ones that he calls real news are really fake news. This is so confusing. 

Now the president is suggesting that we take sanitizer internally. Even I know that is a good way to injure or kill yourself. Drinking Chlorox or Lysol is not smart. Why doesn’t the president know this? I have to wonder how many people will attempt to take sanitizer internally because the president suggested it. The only good thing about that is that only a true Trumper would believe anything so idiotic. If they did follow his suggestion, then there will be fewer votes for his re-election.

How do you know what is going on outside your home?