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How the Cult of “Fact-Checking” Helped Trump Win

4 pointsby livestyleover 8 years ago

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gozur88over 8 years ago
I agree with the article, mostly, but this:<p>&gt;If you overload people with preachy, preening nonsense on a daily basis, you thus overload their cognitive faculties, and they are going to ignore you.<p>is overly dismissive. You haven&#x27;t overloaded anybody&#x27;s &quot;cognitive faculties&quot; when you feed them them transparent nonsense. Their cognitive faculties are working quite well, despite your efforts. They&#x27;re not ignoring you because they&#x27;re confused; they&#x27;re ignoring you because you don&#x27;t have any credibility, and credibility is the coin of any news organization.<p>There&#x27;s a reason trust in the American media is at historic lows.
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