Re:The Singularity is Near: How Kurzweil's Predictions Are F...
by boulos on Friday October 16, 2020 @11:03AM
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American intervention in Cuba due to newspapers absolutely fits the “most people believed it” criterion [1]:
> American newspapers fanned the flames of interest in the war by fabricating atrocities which justified intervention in a number of Spanish colonies worldwide.
> American newspapers fanned the flames of interest in the war by fabricating atrocities which justified intervention in a number of Spanish colonies worldwide.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_of_the_Spanish–Am...