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> There is a theory that says people will be inoculated against fake news, if only they're exposed to enough of it. Rwanda is possibly the best most recent cou
by flavor8 8y ago
> There is a theory that says people will be inoculated against fake news, if only they're exposed to enough of it.
Rwanda is possibly the best most recent counterpoint to this argument. Granted that the medium was radio as opposed to internet, and that there are therefore different regulatory mechanisms that can be applied (public airwaves vs TCP/IP) - but it shows the danger of getting people into a warped reality bubble.
https://blogs.library.duke.edu/rubenstein/2013/05/10/radio-in-the-rwandan-genocide/ https://blogs.library.duke.edu/rubenstein/2013/05/10/radio-i...