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GusBob

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3. You see it here on DU lately

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Thu Aug 1, 2019, 03:14 PM

Aug 2019

DU use to be hyper-hyper vigilant about sources. We all remember the " got a link? " comments

Nowadays, like 4 times in the past week, someone posts a link to twitter (because DU is now just a "link to tweet" place)
that is factually in error and most posters swallow it hook line and sinker

I'm starting to think its a new form of fake news cyber warfare, getting folks to fall for faulty information to make them look ignorant

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Is truthful, factual information disappearing? If data is now more valuable than oil, likely yes. [View all] ancianita Aug 2019 OP

I tell people to read the OLD newspapers that wrote up the history as it shraby Aug 2019 #1

Important. ancianita Aug 2019 #2

You see it here on DU lately GusBob Aug 2019 #3

I've been seeing it here and everywhere. Links to reputable on the ground journalism and experts ancianita Aug 2019 #4

Example from Facebook -- a site called UpWorthy posts photoshop of Trump crossing the Delaware. ancianita Aug 2019 #5