Ah the internet. What hath we wrought. This stuff is my jam now. It’s insanity all the way down. 1) This article is more about media literacy, and has a longe

Ah the internet. What hath we wrought. This stuff is my jam now. It’s insanity all the way down. 1) This article is more about media literacy, and has a longer headline which conveys this. 2) There are countries that successfully teach media literacy. Finland comes to mind. 3) Conspiracy theories are virulent. If they get their grips into someone, or if someone is convinced of it, almost nothing will get them out. Conspiracy theories always have barbs that make removal difficult - at their outset, they discredit the proof and sources that show it’s incorrect. 4) America has a relatively unique situation, which is much worse today than it was even a few years ago. The best analogy I have no longer mechanistically analyzes the media machine. Instead you have 2 information markets in America (and the English speaking world in general). One of them is captured utterly, and sets the media and political agenda. The consolidation of local news channels, and then much later, the rise of the net, were a problem for both the media hemispheres. But post the launch of Fox News, the market on the right failed in a far more insidious manner than the left. This has been achieved by using conspiracy techniques. The intentional decimation and degradation of trust in institutions has been a specific goal since before the 90s.