Subtitle: Springfield’s immigrant community was targeted by far-right extremists months before Trump shared racist rumors

  • SirDerpy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    And, that’s exactly how we got so dumb.

    Check out The Manufacturing of Consent. Or, if lighter reading is your thing, 1984.

    • Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Controlling media and having a fact-checker pop up are two different things. Let people spout their nonsense, but flag sources of misinformation as unreliable.