When it comes to fake news, who are the real villains? The outlets pushing it, or the believers?

[ck4829]

We are in a dazzling era of technology, that people from just a century before would look at what we have and see an age of miracles and fables come to life.

At the touch of one's fingers, one can search for information, you can get 3, 4, 5 source verification, you can google to see if that "expert" is really an expert, instantly talk to people on the other side of the world, see scientific experiments performed in real-time, talk to people in the know about things, there are AIs that can tell them facts about things, have weights, measurements, dates, and other numbers accurately checked and converted, see and take photo and videos, and more. So much more.

There is no excuse for being faked out today.

Oh, but ck, the world we live in is so fast-paced... It's not that fast-paced, nobody is being chased by flying sharks and hitmen wearing rocket skates. You can check something before you subscribe to it.

Oh, but ck, there are some people who are truly technologically illiterate... No, if you can get to Breitbart, then you can get to the pages that say Breitbart is fake news.

There is no excuse for being faked out today.

We complain about fake news... when an equal problem are the ones who should and can know better but willingly take fake news by the hand and swallow what they sell without protest or question!

Critical Race Theory

[Bev54]

1. Both have culpability

[RockRaven]

2. +1000

[Gaugamela]

3. As Henry David Thoreau said:

“The only sin in the world is ignorance.”

[Hoyt]

4. It's like trump is just evidence of the number of stupid rubes in this country.

[ck4829]

5. And it's like aggressive stupidity, makes it all the worse

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Critical Race Theory

[Leith]

6. There's a reason we have outlet covers

and cabinet childproofers to keep them from opening up and consuming whatever they find in there.

Parents of toddlers know that their little ones can move fast and will get into things they shouldn't.

It should be the same for propaganda outlets. They should be required to admit before, during, and after their stories that there is no factual evidence or even a superficial appearance that what they are saying is true. The judgment of the viewers and (listeners of hate radio) is no better than toddlers with no life experience to know what's bad for them.

Yucky taste teaches toddlers about what's bad for them. Hearing stories that outrage trumpanzees and teabaggers just make them reach for more outrage.

I apologize for insulting toddlers with the comparison.

[ck4829]

8. Toddlers can be excused, these functional adults can not

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Critical Race Theory

[Initech]

7. Alex Jones

I swear that man is a terrorist, and enabler of terrorists, and he should be treated as such.