Re:Epstein Suicide Conspiracies Show How Our Information Sys...
by ggggtez on Sunday August 11, 2019 @03:38PM
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Am I getting a false dichotomy here? Why do we need false narratives at all in the mainstream news? It didn't used to be like that, and there is certainly some reason to expect falsehoods are not inherent and unsolvable.
Re:Epstein Suicide Conspiracies Show How Our Information Sys...
by AndrewBissell on Sunday August 11, 2019 @03:51PM
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Well, when the paper of record's take on the Epstein events is a "what, me worry?" level of incuriosity, I'd say there's a loooooooooooot of problems to be solved.
Re:Epstein Suicide Conspiracies Show How Our Information Sys...
by dbskdb on Sunday August 11, 2019 @03:51PM
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The trick, though, is filtering out the 98 trash stories out 100.
But ya, pizza gate guy broke the Epstein story (honest, look at the court case on unsealing the proceeding records)
1. People getting 2-3 narratives from mainstream news sources, one of which they believe, both of which are often false.
2. People getting 100 narratives from unknown sources, none of which they fully believe, a handful they think are plausible, most are false.
It's good to have everyone on the same page believing what is true, horrible to have everyone on the same page believing what is false. Given that the mainstream can't be trusted, I'll go with #2.