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I think people are willing to suspend their disbelief, if the message aligns with their beliefs. A couple of minutes of scrolling on facebook reveals a ton of o

I think people are willing to suspend their disbelief, if the message aligns with their beliefs. A couple of minutes of scrolling on facebook reveals a ton of obvious fake stuff, and people lapping it all up. Just planting the seed is enough.

devchix 7y ago
You are exactly right. An episode of The Secret History of the Future, From Zero to Selfie has a snippet interview with Hany Farid of Dartmouth, talking about the fake photo of John Kerry and Jane Fonda, in context of the 2004 US Presidential election. "After the election, after Kerry lost, I remember listening to a radio station news story, and they were interviewing somebody who voted for Kerry's opponent, and he said 'Why didn't you vote for Kerry?' and he said 'I couldn't get that image of Kerry and Fonda out of my head. And the reporter said, 'Well, you know that was a fake image,' and this is true. The guy said, 'I know, but I couldn't get the image out of my head.'" https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vaGlzdG9yeW9mdGhlZnV0dXJl&episode=MDkwMzdjNTItNDk3ZS0xMWU4LTllYjUtOGI5ZGNmZDRjMDk1 https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcG... near the 22:40 mark.