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#ClimateChange #Misinformation
https://thinc.blog/2024/10/12/is-this-a-disinfo-blip-or-tipping-into-a-abyss/
Misinformation is too technical, too freighted, and, after almost a decade of Trump, too political. Nor does it explain what is really happening, which is nothing less than a cultural assault on any person or institution that operates in reality. If you are a weatherperson, youβre a target. The same goes for journalists, election workers, scientists, doctors, and first responders.
Where I start wanting to toss people over the rail is when they go, "Even if it's FAKE, it's STILL real!"
@mcfate exactly and many so called influencers, and politicians rely on that, as well as by the time someone does disprove it the media has moved on.
@NorthernInvader
The biggest problem with disinformation is that it's asymmetrical.
Someone can tell a lie in ten seconds β "Haitians are stealing people's cats and EATING them!" β that will take WEEKS to refute.