Social media, Russian troll farms, & the future of Western democracy

Von Due · 11-05-17, 12:26 PM

As for fake news, and it has been mentioned: The problem is not isolated to the fake news itself but that Gully McMug (that would basically be pretty close to all of us) have a strong dislike for the extra work that is fact checking. It just isn't convenient and beside, who wants to be living under a rock and be the last to spread the latest stories we read online? Then there is the phenomenon of us deliberately searching around for any straw to cling onto that confirms our preconceived ideas. The problem with fake news lies very much in ourselves.

11-05-17, 12:26 PM	#7
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,690 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	As for fake news, and it has been mentioned: The problem is not isolated to the fake news itself but that Gully McMug (that would basically be pretty close to all of us) have a strong dislike for the extra work that is fact checking. It just isn't convenient and beside, who wants to be living under a rock and be the last to spread the latest stories we read online? Then there is the phenomenon of us deliberately searching around for any straw to cling onto that confirms our preconceived ideas. The problem with fake news lies very much in ourselves.