| 0s | In this era of fake news, it's more |
| 2s | important than ever, to distinguish between |
| 4s | fact and opinion. Look I've just got to say it, |
| 7s | This whole, fact versus opinion thing |
| 10s | has always seemed to me, to be a mess, |
| 12s | and here, i'm going to argue that the |
| 14s | |
| 15s | is an intellectual train wreck, that has |
| 18s | somehow crashed through our schools, |
| 20s | our punditry and even our pop culture. |
| 23s | I'm going to try to convince you that |
| 24s | |
| 26s | should be dropped from our cultural |
| 27s | |
| 32s | School teachers, talking heads on tv and |
| 35s | countless videos on YouTube, |
| 36s | all seem to agree, you've got to separate |
| 39s | |
| 41s | and it's always presented as something easy, |
| 43s | the sort of thing everyone should |
| 44s | |
| 46s | Hell, they teach fact versus opinion to |
| 47s | second graders, but i say there's nothing |
| 50s | |
| 51s | It's confusing and the reason it's confusing |
| 54s | is because the whole thing is a jumbled |
| 56s | |
| 58s | Let's take a look at Pixar's inside out, |
| 61s | reinforcing the standard fact opinion message. |
| 65s | We made it! We're finally gonna get home! |
| 69s | Oh no, these facts and opinions, look so similar. |
| 73s | |
| 74s | |
| 76s | Did you catch how Bing Bong throws all |
| 77s | the opinions into the fact box? |
| 79s | That's supposed to be funny, but I'm not sure I get it. |
| 83s | I have opinions and I think they're true. |
| 85s | I bet you think your opinions are true to. |
| 87s | If we didn't think they were true, |
| 89s | then we wouldn't hold those opinions, |
| 91s | and sure we make mistakes, but at least |
| 93s | some of our opinions have to be true. |
| 95s | So what exactly is wrong with Bing Bong |
| 98s | |
| 99s | in the fact box? Maybe it's not enough to be true. |
| 104s | A fact needs to be well supported, but first, |
| 107s | I'd want to hear more about what's so wrong with using fact |
| 110s | to just mean truth, and second i'm pretty |
| 113s | sure at least some of my true opinions |
| 115s | are well supported. So again, |
| 118s | I'm wondering, why a true |
| 119s | well-supported opinion, can't go in the fact box. |
| 123s | Remember, we've been told at nauseum, |
| 125s | it's important to separate fact from your opinion, |
| 128s | but what gives a fact this higher status? |
| 130s | Well, not that it's true and well supported, |
| 133s | if that were the criteria, |
| 135s | then we'd have to allow opinions into the fact box. |
| 138s | Now that was all pretty fast, |
| 140s | So let's start over and begin at the beginning. |
| 143s | |
| 146s | This time let's go to brainpop, |
| 148s | Dear Tim and Moby, my Dad says you can't |
| 151s | trust everything you see on the news, |
| 153s | because they mix facts and |
| 154s | |
| 156s | what does that mean? Sincerely, Lilli. |
| 159s | Thanks for writing in Lilli. |
| 161s | A fact is a statement that can be proven true or false. |
