LINK ‘Nothing on this page is real’: How lies become truth in online America - The Washington Postlies become truth in online America
Scary and true. When satire becomes accepted as fact. I kept saying that the satire articles were doing more harm than good a decade ago. And here we are.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I love satire but if you lack critical thinking abilities you go REALLY, OMG!! and hit the share with all your other idiot BFFs and NO ONE fact checks we get seriously STUPID. This is how it happens.
silverotter11
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Nov 19, 2018
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Unfortunately you can't fix stupid and you can't legislate the truth in social media. I think the only real answer is to educate the population in critical thought.
rogueflyer
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Good luck with that!
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