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Monday, January 25, 2021

‘Disinformation' vs. "the normal level of BS"

"...when I look at disinformation, I try to understand what's the normal level of b------- out there. There are always going to be people who deny the Holocaust. There are always going to be people who think the Earth is flat. They're always going to be, you know, Roswell folks. That is a constant. But when you add in actors with a certain amount of either monetary resources or network resources that can reach millions of people calling for specific kinds of public action, that's when I get really worried. It's different having arguably the most influential man in the world call for public protest in order to flip an election where there is no evidence of mass fraud..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/disinformation-can-be-a-very-lucrative-business-especially-if-youre-good-at-it-media-scholar-says/2021/01/19/4c842f06-4a04-11eb-a9d9-1e3ec4a928b9_story.html

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