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Originally Posted by finnbow
“Many voters headed to the polls convinced that border crossings are higher than ever before (they are not), violent crime rates are rising (untrue) and inflation is soaring (ditto). We will never know how much this garbage may have swayed voters…”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/o...ial-media.html
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The "trust but verify" requirement is not longer applicable to those who live in social media.
"A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes", (unknown origin).
If I claim that a steam locomotive is a clean burning engine as the name implies, how many would challenge me? I will just keep repeating "its a steam engine, it uses steam to generate power" over and over and over........