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by watwut 2055 days ago
It is not just that. You do not need to made new outright lies in order to cater to preconceived biases. But, that is literally what is happening and was happening for years. It reflects also the fact political actors figured out that cynical insertion of massive lies is good for them and thus doing it.

Just catering to preconceived biases leads to basically good faith bias with a bit of manipulation. The current situation is well beyond that.