[JanezStupar]

Milgram and Stanford Prison experiments show us that "ordinary good people" are the ones who turn into monsters if you give them the right incentives/conditions.

What was one of major factors in bringing down the Soviet Union - was information campaign of which Radio Free Europe was a major part. While, indeed their policy was dissemination of truth. Undoubtedly it would have been seen as "fake news" by the Soviets.

While I have no idea what is the solution to this problem, I am pretty sure that censorship is the worst thing we can do.

Also consider - that the main stream media conglomerates have recently justified "fake news" sources by doing a horrendous job themselves.

[enraged_camel]

I wish people would stop touting the Stanford experiment as some sort of truism. It was a deeply flawed experiment that didn't observe proper scientific principles and the conclusions were largely subjective and anecdotal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment#Cri...