Hans Rosling: Don't use news media to understand the world (english subtitles)

The news media in the US in pretty bad.

Don Lemon asking a rape victim why she didn't defend herself.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/11/19/don_lemon_to...

Pondering whether MH370 disappeared into a black hole:

CNN was asking presidential candidates if they would have supported the Iraq War. I seem to recall CNN was very positive about the wars before they started. The stories that they ran certainly didn't have a negative view.

There is something to learn from Hans Rosling - Fighting with facts without getting angry.

It's funny, but I actually have more innate suspicion of people saying "it's not so bad" than I do of the doomsayers--and I know better. One of my favorite quips is "just because it confirms your worst fears doesn't make it true." (And I often have to use it as a mantra to remind myself that I know better than to believe whatever bleak headline someone just shared on Facebook.)

For those who find Rosling interesting, I'd recommend http://www.gapminder.org/ , which includes the tool he talks about in his TED presentation.