There are far too many people in this country who now believe things that are just not supported by factual data, or at least not real factual data.
It seems like when the Internet first took off, everybody was told that just because you see something there doesn't make it true.
Of course some things there are true and being able to tell the difference is hard.
When you have a President of the United State telling lies, no matter how moronic, it doesn't help.
The internet more than most relies on grabbing your attention and clicking on an item. The amount of traffic they get lets them sell ad space and also helps them in search algorithms.
So the crazier the better! This famously was a feature of the old Hearst newspapers the led t the term Yellow Journalism.
It has stayed with us since it started but much of it was relegated to papers not considered a part of mainstream media. Well thy now attack maindtream media and its often hard to tell where a headline originates before you click on it. Since that's all they need they won. Further, they don't even need you to read the article, just click on an ad.
What happens to almost all of us is the appearance of those headlines become our source for news and since the ones that spread are not reliable we have significant misinformation.
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