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by a_wild_dandan 350 days ago
Content authenticity follows from the source's credibility. This is why chains of evidence are crucial. If squinting at pixels were the harbinger of a post-truth reality, then it's already many decades late.
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That's what we have now where people flat out refuse to believe something unless it's being reported by their news source of choice. Only the sources people trust as true aren't aligned with actually being true.
Good luck telling that to aging grandparents and people in third world countries who are just getting acquaintanted with the internet.
even in first world countries grandparents are reading the print version of The Epoch Times lol