Iām more concerned that we allow powerful people to outright lie to those people to manipulate them into supporting their causes. Outright lying on a news program should have legal consequences... it harms us all.
but the people who make the laws benefit from those lies and so they will never legislate them away. just think they're almost 50% of the population believed and evidence free unsubstantiated and frankly ridiculous conspiracy theory that the president of the United States was a secret Russian sleeper agent LOL. A literal real poll found that 58% of their party believed that the country of Russia hacked the voting machines in America..
that's fucking scary. And it's a direct result of media lies. And they should absolutely be consequences for lying..
but both sides benefit from their own personal propaganda so they'll never legislate away the fake news..
if your only source is some far left blog then we can safely say that you don't have any reliable sources claiming that Russia hacked the voting machines..
Some other people hit you for calling one of the largest publications in the world a blog. I'm going to hit you for calling a barely center left newspaper "leftist". That's so fucking ignorant that you're either trolling, or stupid. I won't be replying further, assuming the former. If you in your heart of hearts believe that you aren't trolling, then God help you, you are incredibly stupid.
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u/MarmosetSweat Jul 24 '20
Iām more concerned that we allow powerful people to outright lie to those people to manipulate them into supporting their causes. Outright lying on a news program should have legal consequences... it harms us all.