Americans struggle to tell the difference between fact and opinion: Study

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4. This seems obviously true. And it spans intelligence and social standing.

I went out to breakfast with a friend. I’m sure he leans into the trump camp but doesn’t seem rabid and he’s an intelligent guy. I’ve stayed away from politics with him because I can tell he’s at least a RWer. He caught me off guard this morning saying that Biden was going to switch the official US currency to bitcoin and I laughed in his face. I felt kind of bad because I think I hurt his feelings so proceeded to discuss it with him. Never mind the difficulties and legalities, it’s just ludicrous on face value. I tried to press him as to where he got his information but he’d figured out by then I was a non believer and wouldn’t tell me b

I just mention this because he’s an intelligent guy, owns his own successful business, and I have all sorts of discussions in the past. Though I’ve steered clear of politics we have a lot of things in common. What was that law that was repealed in the 80s where news had to be factual? That was the beginning of the end for America.