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by leereeves 3413 days ago
> Public (online) discourse is vulnerable to manipulation by bad-faith actors (and this manipulation is impactful on a geopolitical scale).

This is true, but it's not limited to the right.

Just one example, the Washington Post and other liberal papers reported that a Muslim-American Olympian was detained by customs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/02/09...

The fake part? They never mentioned that it happened in December.