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marylandblue

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4. In the Middle Ages, most news was fake.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat May 25, 2019, 07:07 PM

May 2019

Everything spread by word of mouth and there was no good way to verify anything. If there was a rumor that your neighbor was a witch, you believed it because everyone said so. Now we are going back to that, except the rumors come with videos.

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Welcome to our sad, new, distorted reality -- the explosion of fake: fake videos, fake people on Face [View all] riversedge May 2019 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2019 #1

'Social media' has created a fake world and is actively destroying democratic sinkingfeeling May 2019 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2019 #3

This is bigger than Facebook. marylandblue May 2019 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2019 #7

Facebook is the premier offender for now. marylandblue May 2019 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2019 #9

Yes, that's why I said social media. sinkingfeeling May 2019 #10

In the Middle Ages, most news was fake. marylandblue May 2019 #4

A whole lotta people don't want "truth" - they want that which fits into their paradigm. NRaleighLiberal May 2019 #5