[alisonkisk]

> cobble together responses from peers or sources they trust to build up their view.

A demoralizing moment was when I realized that I have a decent resistance to BS stories and advertising, but then I'll trust the opinions of friends and "convention wisdom" ... who formed their opinions based on BS stories and advertising.

> Video evidence of police brutalizing protesters and news reporters cut through a lot of the noise and made things clear.

And sometimes they are edited to make the perpetrator look the victim, giving a clear but wrong view.