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by HanyouHottie
1017 days ago
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"[...] false information and conspiracy theories, whose prevalence may lead people to doubt the very existence of 'truth' or a shared reality." This is an insane modern take that I have yet to understand. Can anyone shed some light on how this notion of subjective truth came to be? There have always been conspiracy theorists and rumor spreaders and communities within which they flourished, and discerning the reputation of a source of information has always been a required skill in order to not fall victim to actors like these. What changed? |
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https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12180
The former legal counsel for FOX argued internally that the First Amendment protected the network for spreading lies about election fraud even the employees privately thought there was no election fraud.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/20...
In other words, there are little repercussions for the blatant political lies and as a result people don’t know what to believe. I have a member of family who used horse dewormer on himself when he got Covid. He also was not vaccinated because he believed it would alter his DNA. I used to make fun of dumb hicks and now I realize I am part of a family of dumb hicks.