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by whoopdedo 2420 days ago
Except news isn't religion. The fake news sources will have you believe that their lies are of equal stature as others' facts.

If you're talking about a central authority choosing what information people get to see, wouldn't that make Facebook and their algorithm the Church in this situation?

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> The fake news sources will have you believe that their lies are of equal stature as others' facts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodernism

> news isn't religion

Anecdotally it feels that way in modern society.

Ask a random person if they believe Fox news.