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Of course there was disinformation ("fake news") before 2016 -- nobody would dispute that -- but it wasn't really framed as a crisis yet. So I would suggest you
by jboynyc 7y ago
Of course there was disinformation ("fake news") before 2016 -- nobody would dispute that -- but it wasn't really framed as a crisis yet. So I would suggest you don't just dismiss this whole essay on the basis of semantic squabbling about the tl;dr summary.
- swiley 7y agoWho has to frame it as a crisis for it to count? I remember being very disturbed by the fake news getting upvoted on reddit when I was in high school. I remember talking about it with other people who were also disturbed.
- asjw 7y agoWhen you were in high school Reddit accounted for maybe 5% of the users that Facebook and Twitter have right now Most of them were not moms or grandmothers
- j4kp07 7y agoTIL The Spanish-America war of the 19th century, was not a crisis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism#Spanish–American_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism#Spanish–Amer...