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Re:Taiwan's digital minister on combatting disinformation wi... by NotPaidToPost on Monday June 03, 2019 @01:42PM (#20085874)
If the truth was self-evident fake news would not exist...

Often there isn't even one truth.

And of course when you have two competing versions there is no guarantee that one is true, or that one is not true for that matter.

I'm just saying to people should use caution and not take anything at face value.

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Re:Taiwan's digital minister on combatting disinformation wi... by Ericson2314 on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @04:17PM (#20098811)
> If the truth was self-evident fake news would not exist...

Note I saw saying "if there are two narratives". The "fake news" situation is often just one narrative. (US cable news has no narrative. Or brain.)

The government shouldn't assume it's correct. But if there is a wide variety of narratives it should be less difficult for the populace.

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