Years ago i posted they functioned as learning aids for me. Being so relatively cut-off from your media, fact checking theirs has proven a useful learning tool for me.
Chuckle, so if anyone ever asked if i had learned anything from them i'd have to say yes. Course, i've also learned how much they have yet to learn. As you have.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”