[byearthithatius]

It is getting easier and easier to fake stuff and there are becoming less and less fully trusted institutions. So sadly I think you are right. Its scary but we are likely heading towards a future where you need to pay to get verified information and that itself will likely be segmented to different subscriptions for what information you want.

[torben-friis]

> Its scary but we are likely heading towards a future where you need to pay to get verified information

…are you describing a newspaper?

[andrewinardeer]

> It is getting easier and easier to fake stuff

This is why the moon landing hoax was revolutionary in the 60's. The size of this project was enormous.

[fgalhwrg]

As an American, confirmation that the landing was a hoax would make me even prouder than my current belief that it was real.

[encrypted_bird]

The moon landing was filmed. Problem is, Stanley Kubrick was such a perfectionist that he _demanded_ they film on location.

[lukan]

On the other hand, he shot Full Metal Jacket in England and not Vietnam, so maybe he was able to compromise ..

[slaterbug]

Yeah, they filmed it on Ganymede instead.

[encrypted_bird]

Haha, perhaps.

[seec]

Well the thing is that technically information is free, but creating it is definitely not. So, if Ads are not paying for it, and people won't pay for it either, who does?

Fake news exists because of the perverses incentives of the system; where getting as many clicks as possible is what matters. This is very much a result of social networks and view-based remuneration.

I don't think it's that bad if people need to pay for real information...

[lukan]

Fake news mainly exist, because the need to disguise, manipulate and lie for power gains is probably a old as humanity.