Misinformation, the media, and the role you're playing in both | Blake Simpson | TEDxNashville

Misinformation is everywhere. 2020 amplified both the power and danger of misinformation in society. How did we get here and who is to blame? Blake Simpson has over 20 years of experience building compelling storytelling for some of the world’s most iconic brands across technology, QSR and retail. From her early days at 30 Rock with NBC News, to her current home at Under Armor, Blake appreciates the power of transparency and responsible storytelling and has always focused on creating consistent and compelling narratives for leaders, employees, consumers, and communities worldwide. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@jhaychylla]

My main take away was: We need to get back to being a critical thinker. I agree with her wholeheartedly. I took a course on journalism in college and I remember my instructor emphasizing that besides informing the public of truthful, verifiable information, the goal is to motivate people to think critically about what's being conveyed to them. Thank you Ms Simpson for your excellent presentation. It was very refreshing. Misinformation is more prevalent today and one has to fine tune their discernment, sift for truth better in order to get and stay ahead of the curves on this information highway.

[@smol5601]

Critical thinking is a luxury. Most people have lives, friends, a career, a hobby. If everyone spent their times fact checking information, nobody would have time to do anything! It should be the professors responsibility to be the reliable source so that your average Joe can spend one hour listening to a podcast and move on with his life, so that he doesn’t have to spend 24 hours fact checking everything.

[@bonechillingtales123]

She did a great job being fair and laying out her case here. This needs more views! She’s right.

[@ineslacasta4236]

amazing topic, great ted talk.

[@SeeScotland]

Personally I'm never on auto pilot and I never feel there's to much information. As Judge Judy Says "if it doesn't make sense it's not true " Lies never stand upto commonsense.

[@heavyriff7637]

She is 100% right on! Very few people do their own research and think for themselves. You can take any subject, the COVID one is a great one. Digging in and doing research u will find many many holes in what the media pushed regarding COVID. That is non debatable. Stop believing everything u hear and think for yourself!

[@kaylabaker8051]

❤

[@JuliaSable]

This speaker claims to be a journalist? She gave no specific examples to support her arguments. If you don’t cite evidence or sources, you aren’t modeling better behavior than any opinionated loudmouth on the internet. She spent the whole time describing the problem and didn’t suggest how to solve it beyond “We need to do the work.” I care deeply about the misinformation/disinformation problem. I like the sound of the points she’s making. But I’d like it even more if she argued them like a professional journalist.

[@matthewfurlani8647]

that's because she is more about virtue signalling than solving the problem. the truth is that the left wing publications also spread misinformation/disinformation. as she claims she would like to think she grew up in an informed household. so to fix the problem means her entire world view might be wrong. this is a hard pill to swallow and often it's easier to ddenny reality than accept you've been wrong for decades

[@DudeWang123]

If you really want to learn something about misinformation, why not reading some books or papers, these are more specific😊

[@jhaychylla]

She is very professional and you may not know the constraints on her to deliver this lecture in the brief time that she did. How much did you anticipate getting in this time frame? What good is it giving a jab to her regarding your thoughts on her journalism skill? Why couldn't you have given her credit where it's due and leaving her with encouragement and gratitude for what she did? I ask in a friendly manner and hope that you take it as such.

[@velmaelyambu6580]

If you listened to her closely, you would have already picked it up yourself on how to mitigate misinformation and disinformation. 😘

[@ThreeSingleandco]

I really like her point that misinformation is especially powerful with today's media because we're able to choose the information that we expose ourselves too. This leads to the creation echo chambers, in which we can only escape through outside opinion. And also the anecdote at 11:25, even the most well-informed can be vulnerable to misinformation if they blindly gain their facts

[@aparnajairaj1498]

This needs to get more views! Such a relevant take on misinfo!

[@emiliobello2538]

Here for Communication Class

[@xjar]

Ugh same

[@emiliobello2538]

@@xjar now my semester of that is over

[@llh3025]

They actually teach this nonsense?

[@emiliobello2538]

@@llh3025 yes. That’s what I thought when I found this in the course section

[@best-of-dutch-music3791]

Dr Faucci the most knowledgeable??? What about your own opinion? seem to have built on some misinformation as well.

[@siaripop7]

Based on his lifetime of researching epidemical diseases I would say he is at least one of the most knowledgeable and outside of those in the peanut gallery, not many have refuted that!

[@ToddiusMaximus]

@@siaripop7 you rethinking that statement?

[@owlnyc666]

If he is not, who is? What is the misinformation that he is not? Who said he is not? How did they know it? And what are they trying to sell? I do believe he very knowledgeable,. He is definitely more knowledgeable than Donald Trump. Is he the MOST ? I don't know. 😉😀🇺🇸

[@GO.D.]

Everything is based on facts always

[@donm1612]

@@owlnyc666 Whether Fauci is knowledgeable or not, he purposely spread misinformation about natural immunity - internal email from Fauci Oct. 19, 2021.