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[–] CottonSeed@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

fact checking is too easy and ubiquitous to think you can just lie about the facts, so innuendo and framing are the really pernicious aspects of modern propaganda thats framed as news. so, no, I don't think it's necessary to wait.

[–] bramblepatchmystery@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You don't think it is necessary to fact check authoritarian governments before believing what they tell you?

Wow. Just sit in that for a little bit.

[–] CottonSeed@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago

Wow. Just sit in that for a little bit.

this is an appeal to ridicule. it's not a rebuttal.

[–] CottonSeed@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago

what have they published that has been proven to be false?