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Re:Perverse Downstream Consequences of Debunking by linuxftw on Monday May 10, 2021 @02:22PM (#27109140)
I disagree with your assessment. "Verifiably false" typically means "Corporate media says it's false."
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Re:Perverse Downstream Consequences of Debunking by potta_coffee on Monday May 10, 2021 @02:45PM (#27109384)
Media on all sides cannot be trusted. You're being downvoted by people that trust media.
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Re:Perverse Downstream Consequences of Debunking by h2odragon on Monday May 10, 2021 @04:04PM (#27110254)
Everyone who tells you something had a reason to do so. If it wasn't "you paid them", then its a good bet someone else did. Even when you paid them to tell you the truth, you have to assess what they mean by "truth" and how honest their effort to deliver it was.

If a doctor says "take this pill," do you huck it down or look it up and see if its something you actually wanted to eat?

People trust "authority" too much.

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