How to seek truth in the era of fake news | Christiane Amanpour

Known worldwide for her courage and clarity, Christiane Amanpour has spent the past three decades interviewing business, cultural and political leaders who have shaped history. In conversation with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Amanpour discusses fake news, objectivity in journalism, the leadership vacuum in global politics and more, sharing her wisdom along the way. "Be careful where you get information from," she says. "Unless we are all engaged as global citizens who appreciate the truth, who understand science, empirical evidence and facts, then we are going to be wandering around -- to a potential catastrophe."
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[@perryman9587]

My advice to Amanpour: Teach people to think critically and do their own research about what they are watching instead of not watching it.

[@MaddeningFly]

Not in KZbin's comment section, that's for sure...

[@renukote]

MaddeningFly be smarter than globetards by researching flat Earth

[@MaddeningFly]

rene ibarlucea Thanks for the confirmation, I guess...

[@TippyHippy]

Lol I hope this gets top comment.

[@C_Bat]

It's quite hard to filter out the crap without disrupting free speech... It's up to us, ourselves to see the whole picture ourselves by reading much more information from all sides with critical methods of thinking.

[@C_Bat]

Vincent Yeah, where there are ill-informed peoppe, it doesn't work well; whereas countries with well-educated people, like European countries, it works.

[@linusbrendel]

The problem is that people develop a certain mindset when reading specific news sources and tend to stick with sources that perpetuate that way of thinking. It gets more and more difficult for people to challenge their views, because the willingness to do so diminishes in a world that becomes more polarized by the day. Another problem is that algorithms in search engines will prefer suggestions that cater to your individual views.

[@wangdangdoodle4944]

Linus Brendel In so deed

[@beardollars]

But as stated in this talk the entire feature of technology is to send people "on their own path". You're telling people to be smart and use the technology the exact opposite way that it's been designed.

[@justSomeUserOnYT]

Linus Brendel this is called an echo chamber

[@Games4Dummies]

"an algorithm to filter out the crap" this looks scarily close to suggesting censorship

[@FilipeBrasAlmeida]

Nail on the head. Truth, love, and freedom. Orwell would be proud.

[@rubenhernandez8623]

Turning off the TV 📺 it’s the best way to see news 😱

[@chandrapanchabhikesan7712]

(Pancha Chandra): Christiane Amanpour is a CNN anchor par excellence. Her viewpoints are carefully thought through and the objectivity she shows educates us all! What a gem who has blazed wonderful trails! She has been lauded with prestigious awards. The TRUTH is her mission.

[@micheall1127]

What's so scary is about 1/3 of the people who clicked on this video are doing the exact opposite of what she's talking about.

[@mohamedadamhassan1791]

Amanpoor is my favorite journalist

[@IvanKP_97]

Associated Press, Reuters, PBS, BBC, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Economist, Fortune, Nature, Science Magazine,& Nat Geo. There you go - a list of reputable centrist, center-right,& center-left sources ranging from politics to economics to science. It's really easy to gauge bias and reputation there's no excuse for using extremely biased, fake, or click bait sources

[@SuperAtheist]

I remember when TED posted good videos about technology. .

[@ParthRastogi]

11:28 that's what you say when you do that yourself

[@saagopian15]

They only seem to talk about Facebook but they never mention Google or KZbin? STRANGE!👀

[@omygod9062]

This all about censorship

[@angelic8632002]

Only real way is to learn the fundamentals in a lot of different subjects, and then you can start to infer if something seems off and check multiple sources. Taking bias into account. There are no short cuts here and no simple answers. Simple is for those who don't understand the concept of responsibility.

[@LeisureSuitL]

17 minutes and all they needed to say was "Don't watch CNN, MSNBC, don't read WaPo or the NYT". TED talk over.

[@pokegui]

what are your references?

[@darrenmiliband4807]

magnificently explained. thanks Christian.

[@denisolsem8418]

If there was an algorithm to "filter out the crap" this video would not exist.

[@kesorealtors5801]

Truth and Love⭐⭐

[@kinsmed]

Thanks for the closed captioning attribution. Now I can tell if "CA" is talking or "CA"...

[@odioaleman]

When r/theonion and r/nottheonion are indistinguishable, what do you do?

[@radwulfeboraci7504]

It doesn't matter whether you sort or not. People who don't want to look won't and prefer

[@rocketrocket1123]

~i know am talking nonsense~ 12:20. We know.

[@user-me3nc5tt8k]

1:59 For Assignments, Good Luck everybody!

[@tareqalislam8653]

Love u Amanpour!

[@nabinrana883]

Awesome 👍

[@BLUE2U]

Stick to the brand names you know -> translates to -> keep drinking the Kool-Aid

[@Waterskilakeaustin]

Articulate, informational, truthful! Great full!

[@abhi00sachan]

What to comment, I am in a tunnel....All wisdom is with these media smart guys.

[@genebohannon8820]

Leadership! Turning a country around when the rest of the government and 1% fight himthe whole way. That is leadership. Intestinal fortitude Ya'll

[@crazyme6568]

And thank you for that Amanpour, it motivates me more to contradict those tyrants. It's a really mind torturing, devastating and it's a battle (seriously, TOUGH, VERY TOUGH)of ME vs TECHNOLOGY VS HUMANOID, to be fair enough for the ACCOMPLICES, I'VE LEARNED A LOT, even to the point I been cat calling as CRAZY one, coz of out of nowhere opinion, and eventually I used it as my username, am sorry guys but I think 007 is a MISSION that can be POSSIBLY ACCOMPLISH. Shoutout to TO THIS TWO HANDSOME MR. BONDS, LETS TRY TO PASS YOUR TITLE, FOR NOW TRY GIRL POWER, JESSICA ALBA IS THE BEST TO BE THE FIRST MRS. BOND. Hehehe.. Peace! P.S. I'll try to share my references, still gathering and doing some notes. ☺☺☺

[@marius6279]

I only wander one thing: did she never wrote a news story unbiased?

[@vanpark6108]

Love and truth. The most important two values in human life yes

[@cihangirerdal5524]

Firstly Christiana Amanpour should report news in an honest way I think.

[@RileyReneau]

RIGHT< how is she here??

[@yourmomsasshole7301]

IM SOO GLADE THIS IS A REAL TED. AND NOT A TED X VIDEO

[@yourmomsasshole7301]

Same

[@crazyme6568]

I'm sipping my coffee now...

[@ryancannone2698]

It’s not so much fake news as it is keeping truth

[@138_paul]

It is not the responsibility of a government to provide the truth, it is the duty of an individual to discover the truth. People have the rigjt to be wrong, in fact we are mostly wrong.

[@LionelNguyen25]

Why there is so much dislike from this video?

[@carloss3757]

BEST HYPOCRITE EVER 😂😂😂

[@ConTodayTempo]

truth is what happens

[@FunkyPrince]

People in this comment section forgot "filtering" doesn't mean "censuring".

[@AllanBrunoPetersen]

Follow the sources.

[@c32amgftw]

Lol you are asking the devil about heaven

[@Newtube_Channel]

The media is now considered open relative to 20 years ago. This new media presents various amounts of information from different sources to the consumer. It now remains for the consumer to decide, for better or for ill, which information to home in on. There is no true oracle in the sense of the word. There never has. I feel the state of the media is simply a reflection of the human condition -- namely confounding contradictions and contrasts all bound into one.

[@Newtube_Channel]

@Adam Jacobs Those pundits are in excess of the world population. Truths, objectivity and facts all describe some or other form of illusivity. The world is in of itself highly subjective and people are just a product of that and vice versa. Yes socials allow people to have a say on this and that but it's just that, a say. There is no such thing as absolutism. How far can one resolve the truth and on which bases. Even objectivity is a matter of subjectivity. No hope.

[@mostafizurrahaman6398]

Most of the brand News channels, Firstly the think about their stand and express that news than they think the news is true or false

[@artoriasdoge3144]

That must have been one of the most uninteresting ted i've seen. They invited that woman that gave zero concrete information and just speaking her mind. Why don't you invite some mass media specialist that could give us some numbers? I'm not saying she is wrong, but i'm used to scientific reasoning on this channel...

[@unf3z4nt]

I do not even like Facebook at the first place.

[@legomom2boys]

This is a great trailer for the documentary "The Social Dilemma." After viewing this, please see how technology feeds us 'fake news'.

[@tenacious645]

This woman didn't watch the Ted talk about the fallacious nature if algorithms

[@majedahmed5410]

What is the truth...! If ignorance is bless .. Haven will be full people ..!

[@RevenantCheetosx]

I’m Bond, James Bond and I have the license to...report.

[@MrGreenstar2012]

At least they're finally admitting that they are fake news

[@gloriaf6971]

People aren't able to separate facts from opinions. Journalists need to just report the facts and refrain from commentary.

[@oo7abbas]

the Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW said that it is enough for a person to be a liar if he spreads the information without verification. The modern world have to come to this principle for a better and safer world.

[@Chuffin_ell]

If they lie to you one time, why would you EVER believe anything they say again?

[@purrrbot]

Because as global citizens it's our job to hold journalists and people in power to higher standards and accountability. If you simply give up on the truth, you give into and become complicit with a false narrative and reality. Very few times in history has the truth been factually presented without bias or agenda - humans by nature are incapable of being explicitly objective. You have to make the effort to double, triple-check your information from a number of sources - not just from your two favorite echo chambers. What are the similarities between this information being presented on local, national, and global news sources? Find the consistency in information. What are the common denominators? That is the closest you will get to learning the facts.

[@Lamplighter4712]

and to show TED that we out here do have a brain here is another factor . Even thought renewable energy has many advantages here are some disadvantages . As we have seen already .. Nuclear Plants can be very dangerous .. and destructive in natural disasters damage them .... Solar power in a huge way could increase the levels of UV rays and radiation .. just have to see if that will be the case ... Wind power and Water power are probably the best way to go .. and to put the generator onsite of the buildings is the best way .. as it will cause less damage to the terrain and wild life . These so called wind power farms and such are going to be wasteful in the end as they take up space that could be used for farming and such .. and eventually the birds and wild life will adjust to their presence .. but it is better to create the generators on the houses and building and then hook them into a grid and simply create power storage places in various areas .. That way if there is an power outage .. alot of people will not be effected if they can maintain their right to switch of the grid and produce their own power .. but these projects again are about leaderships need to control the population .. they lack knowledge and faith that the cosmos will control this and give us the best outcomes in the end .

[@kenacton5356]

create a filter that remove all opinions but yours .... wow we solved the problems..

[@shineemonkey19]

Because news usually reflect an opinion and not a fact. Thus news then wouldnt it always be 'fake' then. If we consider only facts as real then wouldnt almost all news be fake since they always reflect an opinion be it from the journalist or the news agency it comes from. However when it boils down to authenticity, who then can challenge Amanpour's authenticity but Amanpour herself. It is her opinion and her ideas and her experience. It is true to herself so who then can challenge her unless u know and understand her opinions better than herself. I an not defending her but simply stating my opinion. My opinion isnt a fact. Its an opinion just as how most news articles are, whwther obvious or not they always perpetuate the subtle if not obvious opinion of the writer.

[@natekennedy7274]

Amanpour speaking about fake news is like having a Saudi Arabia lecture on human rights

[@renosdr5251]

tell us the truth A-MAN-POUR teach us more we like being stupid

[@papartiska]

Filter the crap agree 100%

[@aleins01]

👍

[@Bluesteel2024]

Like how she admits she’s talking nonsense XD 12:14

[@duggydugg3937]

the threat to us is the national debt no other issue is as dangerous....! corrupt gvt has allowed treasury to put us in debt,...$26 TRILLION.. if this doesn't worry you .. you are comatose

[@straightstreetdesign]

so anyone not agreeing with you is fake news .. that is objectivity in journalism?

[@Lamplighter4712]

OK I have given this 2/3 of a view .. and already see flaws .. One dangerous thing that the internet has taught me is to be critical of all information even that coming from people that taut they have 50 million degrees behind their names .. which only means that they are good at following instructions and memorizing information . Understanding and Wisdom cannot come by degrees . First of all the problem I have with their point on Islam and no one should be slaughtering or genociding anyone ,, But because different customs .. traditions .. and lifestyles habits are necessary to people living in different parts of the world in different climates and terrains ... the world does need some boundaries in place as someone living in a climate where vegetation is available all year around .. might not always be able to understand someone living in a climate with short growing seasons . Example .. " The white man is greedy" Many of the tribes of fair complexioned poeple have lived in the colder and more hostile climates .. It was important to them to learn how to store and preserve food .. As fresh supplies were not always going to be available .. and because that window of opportunity for vegetation was limited .. they have to intensely labor .. get it while the getting is good .. So that is in the DNA of most fair complexioned people . No they are not greedy .

[@Lamplighter4712]

Why is it only mentioned when Christians go wrong .. and yet we totally overlook the other side .. It does not make the news that Islamic Extremist tore through a school in Africa slaughtering Christian students .

[@Lamplighter4712]

Climate Change ... I have learned that the world has been going on through this for billions of years and how much human activity affect it remains to be seen . But it is total nonsense to think that the corporations do not want to change and move away from Fossil fuels .. Fossil fuels are very expensive to extract . High Rate of injury .. and dangerous jobs .. they pay out much every year in workman comp for serously debilitating injuries to workers in these fields .. Renewable energy is cheaper to make .. much safer to work with and in many cases the cost is almost zero .. pure profit .. and the process of converting to these forms of energy will be a huge bonanza of profits for the corporations .. but the tactic is to scare the people into the need for change .. then gouge the prices of conversion equipment sky high .. to they can rake the public of its resources and monies ... so there is the game .. So there is what is behind the climate change propaganda .

[@Lamplighter4712]

I learned to question even the World Health Organization . I am old enough to remember when they put out the news everywhere that these baby formulas were superior to human breast milk . And now we see a generation with serious health problems and obesity in part because of sluggish digestive system and improper metabolic functions .. so no entity .including for profit science should be dictating to the public anything .. including no forced religions and so on ... as people should maintain the right to make up their own minds .. and even question the science .

[@nokomismn9685]

+Theresa Franklin - The white man's specialty is war. That's why his Pentagon rules the world.

[@Lamplighter4712]

That is another untruth . The whitemans pentagon does not rule the world . White people of european descent are largely a minority . China owns us all . But one becomes specialty at war because one if they were to survive they had to endure many attacks . They learned from their enemies .. but nope another propaganda misconception is that the white man rules .. never has and never did .. but needs to be sure that the world thinks he does .

[@joshtaylor3397]

It's a journalist's job to seek the truth until the truth becomes inconvenient for them. Just look at CNN.

[@phy29]

Truth last forever lies have a lifetime and die the day truth is oblivious....

[@OscarCuriel]

Fake news are just sad

[@nataly2337]

What a great speaker! I love everything she had to say

[@achange7930]

First thing to do is realize that EVERY SINGLE news organization has an agenda. Second thing to do is to realize that that agenda is not about telling the truth.

[@EmanP223]

Do they actually believe their own BS? Holy cow!

[@dewolff6937]

Lesson learned believe only what you want to believe, librals especially.

[@frederickhartray9701]

What does CNN say about what Israel does? Do they criticize Obama's wars as much as Putin's war? Did they make us aware of the US's involvement in the coup in Kiev.

[@hemantpurohit4425]

Christiane Amanpour , you inspire us to take up journalism , reporting & writing editorials !!!!!

[@marlonbrando6615]

I would sooner wash my face in a muddy puddle than write journalism. I don't give a damn about the politics just give me truth, and if it's an opinion piece don't assume I already agree with you or make unsupported assertions in the most matter of fact annoying way.

[@manueljesuspaucar5951]

That woman who always ask "the hard question" never ever ask about the Israel Nuclear weapons.

[@SasukeUchiha-pv4xn]

Ted Ed talking about fake news .Oh the irony

[@tonizek7748]

Someone from cnn talking about fakenews, wow!

[@Payne_Inc.]

Her 👣 💖

[@jdhayes99]

I am routinely astonished at the arrogance of journalists who seem to think we are all stupid beyond belief. No, it is not Donald Trump which erodes my faith in mainstream media. Donald Trump is an obvious con artist. What erodes my trust in media is the incessant stream of lies and misleading framing.

[@grandparocky]

The opposite side of the President's position it amazes me that she is taking this stance The internet is not helping and is in fact hurting us come now!

[@Vikashyadav-st2ss]

3:40

[@tyandar716]

They are with the truth :)). This is journalism... What you are doing.. What you are doing in my country. They are the CNN with the apple of truth :)

[@baceace5955]

Mum I did good.

[@azizaelkadiri7272]

😣😣😣

[@CM_Burns]

LOL The irony of someone from CNN telling us about fake news..........

[@alshirani3964]

Here I have a simple question from Mrs. Amanpour and hope to receive an honest & correct answer from her. I know since she criticized the Iranian regime and supported the Iranian demonstrations against them and also some of her critical comments against Russia, then her job position and also her fame has been increased all over the US & etc.... Here are my questions: Mrs. Amanpour, if you believe that you are living in a free & democratic country, will you dare to criticize the demonstrations against the Iranian regime and also the CIA's involvement in those protests? Will you ever support the Iranian leader? Will you tell the truth and criticize the American involvement in the Ukraine and also criticize the American Empire's military basis around the world & etc?

[@michelenakamura3360]

This is a personal opinion interview not a news story.

[@TimmacTR]

By not watching the mainstream medias and liberal propagandists.

[@aristochat3]

Lol ted is beyond parody

[@MarksHomeTeam]

This was truly dissapointing.

[@craftspirit]

How many lies did she say?))

[@WarrioW]

A journalist that works for CNN talking about truth? Are you serious???

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

yes "Filter out the crap."

[@mehdididi3383]

How to seek truth in the era of fake news = Facebook people, Please figure it out = very misleading title. Although, I have to say that I liked her quote: If you don't take a stand you are an accomplice.

[@mariadelourdesstoccobarboz667]

Christianne i need tô walk away and leave ALL behind otherwize I have tô walk away forever...I need your Help! Someone i can Trust with the trufh.... I shall bê true...the situation is daring...i woundnt bê good any other Way....find me ..call me ..bê my Uber take me wnere i should bê before its too late. LOVE ALWAYS.

[@RachelKissinger]

Yeah. This is not the TED Talk I was hoping for. Bummer. I shut it off at 4 minutes. Just because there is a consensus does not make something truth. Sorry. Truth goes much deeper than that. Just like Jack Nicolson said in A Few Good Men , "you can't handle the truth!" We as humans avoid the real truth because we cannot handle it.

[@isaacw3212]

This should be good