facts are often used to push a political agenda many people remember the news on loop showing the planes striking down the twin towers on 911 yet we dont see nearly as much about the bloodshed of muslims in palestine or yemen bloodshed in which the us is complicit news is not neutral nothing is sometimes we need to dig deeper to see what drives behaviour i understand a grandparent wanting whats best for their grandchildren but sometimes we focus on the bandaid more than that cause of harmbefore jumping to conclusions we need to ask meaningful questions with empathy and take a step back to discover patterns that build up to what we perceive as a problem lets say this doctors grandkids were only given fruit and given books instead of screens has this solution addressed the root of the issue details matter going to the library and vetting resources are wonderful i love it when a student or faculty member comes to me to find reliable sources but i like it even more when they want to understand why something is reliable and i like it the most when they challenge what is commonly viewed as reliable by unpacking its invisible biasesbut before fighting alternative facts with facts lets take a look at biases identity class race gender sexuality religion all of it lets think about how emotional interests and ego precede us and most importantly lets try to see when its worth it to keep on fighting and when its time to draw the linethe author nisha mody is a health and life sciences librarian based in los angeles usa