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A parallel false equivalence: snopes sometimes makes mistakes therefore it's as bad as breitbart. And the idea that misinformation has no impact is the equival
by whybroke 10y ago
A parallel false equivalence: snopes sometimes makes mistakes therefore it's as bad as breitbart.
And the idea that misinformation has no impact is the equivalent of saying advertisement has no impact. Or propaganda.
What is happening is an attempt to cast doubt on the genuine information sources critical to a well informed electorate. The same way doubt has been successfully cast on climate change and natural selection. The word 'Lugenpresse' was used to do this in a previous generation.
That anyone genuinely believes the implication of this, that the entire free press of all democracies world wide is conspiring against the American people while Putin's press and tabloid websites are their sole champion, could not possibly be more absurd.