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The conspiracy grows faster than the claims can be fact-checked. This isn’t the media’s fault. In fact, conspiracies often use the media de-bunking as more evid
by take_a_breath 6y ago
The conspiracy grows faster than the claims can be fact-checked. This isn’t the media’s fault. In fact, conspiracies often use the media de-bunking as more evidence they are correct.
If I invent a claim that I am an alien, it isn’t the media’s fault if a bunch of people believe me. By the time the media can de-bunk my story, I’ve already pivoted to how other aliens have taken over the media and they can’t be trusted.
- dvfjsdhgfv 6y agoYes, I get that. The problem is, with any other topic, the media would readily pick it up and maybe make a big story out of it before it could even bud. However, the email leak was a huge embarassement to the Democrats and hence the mainstream media, whereas Fox could conveniently choose to keep silent on the matter and watch the conspiracy theories grow. Meanwhile, the Pizzagate article on Wikipedia is still protected.
- take_a_breath 6y ago== However, the email leak was a huge embarassement to the Democrats and hence the mainstream media== I think I’ve lost the thread, here. Are you suggesting that the media didn’t report on Podesta’s emails?
- dvfjsdhgfv 6y agoThey did it in quite general terms, and practically omitted all the details that a significant part of the Pizzagate was built on.
- take_a_breath 6y agoSo, they didn’t report news that was fake? The same people who call the media “fake news” are now upset that the media didn’t report on actual fake news. Strange times.