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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
One of the kings of fake news gave an interview. Interesting to see if this isn't the future of "news" with social media being social media.
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I honestly think we're entering a post-truth era. Social media and algorithms have opened the door to a world where people will get exactly what they want: simple narratives that confirm their existing beliefs. Complexity, nuance, and any notion of a common political forum are being tossed in the dustbin of history.
And it won't even require lying - just an absence of context. In a plugged in world that captures the behaviour of half a billion people (and that's only the english-speaking world), you can find evidence of anything. Stirring political calls to action. Political corruption. Police heroism. Police brutality. Scientific alarms about X. Scientic debunking of X. Races and genders casting slurs at one another in every permutation imaginable. Anything you want or fear to see in the world - any crime or injustice or scandal - will be validated before your eyes.