Good article "How America Lost It's Mind"

[drfuzzy]

In the Atlantic.  It's long, but it's a good read.  Basically, it's a breakdown of how "fake news" became a thing, and how/why the average (I hate that word but can't think of a better one at the moment) American lives in their own personal "don't confuse me with facts" bubble.

The article is pretty much guaranteed to piss off a whole bunch of people - starting with Republicans, conspiracy theorists, and particularly fundamentalist Christians.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...source=fbb

[vorlon13]

"Fake News" has been a thing for as long as I can remember. Clear back to the Kennedy Assassination in '63.

The Warren Commission muffed the sequence/timing of Oswald's shots (not fixed till Jim Moore's book in the 1990s) and led to all manner of consequences, none of them good.

[AFTT47]

It is a good article - and somewhat depressing.

It's a good personal reminder for me why I totally disrespect the fools who voted for and support Trump.

[Minimalist]

In the Atlantic.  It's long, but it's a good read.  Basically, it's a breakdown of how "fake news" became a thing, and how/why the average (I hate that word but can't think of a better one at the moment) American lives in their own personal "don't confuse me with facts" bubble.

The article is pretty much guaranteed to piss off a whole bunch of people - starting with Republicans, conspiracy theorists, and particularly fundamentalist Christians.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...source=fbb

They need pissing off.

Sadly, they are the least likely to read it.  Too many big words.