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The other way around. Fake news and the older term have the the same origins. Neither are accidental. Both are designed to short-circuit critical thinking. Con
by jakeogh 8y ago
The other way around. Fake news and the older term have the the same origins. Neither are accidental. Both are designed to short-circuit critical thinking.
Consider how logically meaningless the term "conspiracy theory" is. A great deal of US law is specifically written to address conspiracies.
They are forms of psychological warfare.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15003606 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15003606