Examples are researches, articles from media, youtube videos, podcasts etc. how do I know that what the people in these media outlets are saying is true? Do I just take the information at face value or do I need to do some specific research?
I’m asking this as I’ve come to information in the past that was then contradicted by some other information (apparently). Especially when it comes to debate and I would say that there are documents that the CIA has staged coups all around the world, the other person can just say “show me the proof I don’t believe you” and I’m just left standing there not knowing what to say or saying “saw it in a youtube video which showed the documents” which isn’t much of an answer I feel like.
Hope this makes sense.
I don’t think you can, philosophically, know for certain that something is, without any doubt, Truth.
You can decide, for yourself, by finding the sources, seeing if they match other trustworthy sources, and seeing if they are sources that you find to have been trustworthy in the past.
A news report by the IOF is not likely to be believable to me because it disagrees with sources I find reliable (Middle East Eye or Al Jazeera or whoever), and is often found to have been untruthful.
*edit: there’s not a way to bridge the gap and prove your point to a disbelieving liberal. They believe state sources that a Marxist finds untrustworthy, and disbelieve sources we would typically find trustworthy. If they live under an idealist truth, you can’t sway them (in my opinion).