I think one of the reasons these lies spread so quickly is that they’re often based on a tiny shred of truth to make them sound believable. Mayim Bialik, for ex

I think one of the reasons these lies spread so quickly is that they’re often based on a tiny shred of truth to make them sound believable. Mayim Bialik, for example, did hawk snake oil called Neuriva and made some questionable claims as to its efficacy. For anyone familiar with that controversy I can see how it’s not a big leap to read the fake headline you saw and think “yea, okay, I guess that seems like something she would do.” I wonder what the end goal is for whoever is running those ads? To get people worked up at Mayim Bialik hosting Jeopardy!? To sell CBD gummies? Or just to piss off people on both sides and stir up American pop-culture controversy?