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> Disinformation isn't a matter of opinion, but crucially a matter of fact. If you mean that disinformation involves either misrepresenting facts, or (much mor
by pdonis 5y ago
> Disinformation isn't a matter of opinion, but crucially a matter of fact.
If you mean that disinformation involves either misrepresenting facts, or (much more common and much more insidious) carefully choosing which perfectly valid facts to highlight and which ones to ignore, yes, I agree that's true. But the excuse disinformers always hide behind when called out on this is that choosing which facts to present always involves matters of opinion and judgment--after all, there are so many facts that it's impossible to present them all, so everyone has to pick and choose. And that is true: there are too many facts to present them all. That's why disinformation is so hard to combat: because there can never be an objective test for it. It's always going to come down to one person's opinion against another about whether a given presentation is a fair one or not.
> If we disagree about what is disinformation, there's a good chance you are wrong.
Huh? I'm the only one who could be wrong if we disagree? Who gave you papal infallibility?
- wolverine876 5y agoThe facts! Attempting to cast facts as opinion is classic propaganda. You are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts.
- pdonis 5y ago> Attempting to cast facts as opinion is classic propaganda. So is stating your opinions and claiming they are facts. And so is shouting out certain facts loudly, in order to distract attention from other facts that you don't want people to pay attention to. And so is accusing someone else of doing one of these things, loudly, in order to keep people from noticing that you are doing another.