# Don’t Do Your Own Research

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/dont-do-your-own-research>

**By** Julian Sanchez, Paul Matzko, Aaron Ross Powell

**Published:** September 10, 2021

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## Shownotes:

Many people have developed some level of skepticism about mainstream news media. By not trusting the news your alternative is to conduct your own research on certain topics. However, no one is capable of researching every possible domain without somehow relying on someone else’s interpretation of the issue at hand.

Why don’t people trust the news or the government? Why should you not conduct your own research?

## Further Reading:

[How the National Security State Manipulates the News Media](https://www.cato.org/commentary/how-national-security-state-manipulates-news-media), written by Ted Galen Carpenter

[Twitter thread](https://twitter.com/normative/status/1426540580453195778?s=20) on “doing your own research” by Julian Sanchez