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You know, it's sad.
It really is.
It's sad and infuriating.
That no matter how many times people fall for a fake news story that strokes their confirmation biases...
...tomorrow they'll fall for ANOTHER ONE. https://www.theepochtimes.com/supreme-court-responds-to-claim-that-john-roberts-shouted-at-other-justices-over-texas-lawsuit_3624378.html
It really is.
It's sad and infuriating.
That no matter how many times people fall for a fake news story that strokes their confirmation biases...
...tomorrow they'll fall for ANOTHER ONE. https://www.theepochtimes.com/supreme-court-responds-to-claim-that-john-roberts-shouted-at-other-justices-over-texas-lawsuit_3624378.html
Some Texas elector claims some anonymous person told him he **heard** Chief Justice Roberts yelling at the other justices so loudly he could hear the yelling through a wall...
Let me tell you I would have done with that Texas elector's story:
Nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
Let me tell you I would have done with that Texas elector's story:
Nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
That's because **I LABOR TO STAY AWAY FROM ANONYMOUSLY SOURCED STORIES**.
What happened is here a scuttlebutt rumor from an anonymous source went viral based on an absurd claim.
Because the Court wasn't even meeting in person to decide this Texas case.
What happened is here a scuttlebutt rumor from an anonymous source went viral based on an absurd claim.
Because the Court wasn't even meeting in person to decide this Texas case.
Oh wait...HAL TURNER?
Where have I heard that name before?
Oh yes, I remember now...this is the same guy that claimed 55,000 Chinese troops tried invade Maine and were blown up by bombers. https://factcheck.afp.com/false-claims-deadly-strike-chinese-troops-us-spread-online
Where have I heard that name before?
Oh yes, I remember now...this is the same guy that claimed 55,000 Chinese troops tried invade Maine and were blown up by bombers. https://factcheck.afp.com/false-claims-deadly-strike-chinese-troops-us-spread-online
We have a public...EVEN ON THE RIGHT...that is now **conditioned** like Pavlovian dogs to begin SALIVATING at fake news crafted **especially** to appeal to their confirmation biases.
A lot of you fell for this "Roberts yelling!" fake news because you WANTED TO BELIEVE IT.
A lot of you fell for this "Roberts yelling!" fake news because you WANTED TO BELIEVE IT.
You've got to learn to FIGHT THE CONDITIONING.
You've got to learn to QUIT LEAVING YOURSELVES AT THE MERCY of ruthless media grifters who are constantly trying to push the right buttons to get you to click.
You've got to learn to QUIT LEAVING YOURSELVES AT THE MERCY of ruthless media grifters who are constantly trying to push the right buttons to get you to click.
Let me show you how easy this is.
I'm intimately acquainted with the biases of the Right.
If I **wanted to** I could do nothing all day but craft stories based on rumors & scuttlebutt dressed up to outrage you & pull you in and get me clicks.
I'm intimately acquainted with the biases of the Right.
If I **wanted to** I could do nothing all day but craft stories based on rumors & scuttlebutt dressed up to outrage you & pull you in and get me clicks.
Template:
[person really hated by the Right] EPSTEIN
[did something really bad] HAD TEEN GIRLS BUTCHERED
[plot twist!] AND BURIED ON HIS REMOTE ISLAND!
[source] VERY HIGH LEVEL ANONYMOUS OFFICIAL!
See how EASY that was?
[person really hated by the Right] EPSTEIN
[did something really bad] HAD TEEN GIRLS BUTCHERED
[plot twist!] AND BURIED ON HIS REMOTE ISLAND!
[source] VERY HIGH LEVEL ANONYMOUS OFFICIAL!
See how EASY that was?
Here's another example:
Template:
[subject] HUNTER BIDEN
[did something evil] TORTURED LITTLE ASIAN KIDS
[plot twist!] ON VIDEOS & PICTURES FOUND ON ABANDONED LAPTOP!
[source] THE HIGHEST LEVEL KIND OF OFFICIAL THERE IS, REALLY! TRUST ME!
Template:
[subject] HUNTER BIDEN
[did something evil] TORTURED LITTLE ASIAN KIDS
[plot twist!] ON VIDEOS & PICTURES FOUND ON ABANDONED LAPTOP!
[source] THE HIGHEST LEVEL KIND OF OFFICIAL THERE IS, REALLY! TRUST ME!
See how FUN this is?
Template:
[subject] Hillary
[did something really bad] Held devil worship rituals
[plot twist!] in which live babies were eaten!
[source] a little birdie told me!
Template:
[subject] Hillary
[did something really bad] Held devil worship rituals
[plot twist!] in which live babies were eaten!
[source] a little birdie told me!
How about this one, just launched against Sidney Powell by the Left?
It's the same template. Using anonymous sources.
It's the same template. Using anonymous sources.
Starting around 2008 we had a whole generation of journalists that lost their mojo in the echo chamber.
They now passively sit on their asses waiting to get fed rumors from their low level sources which they don't even bother to verify or investigate before publishing.
They now passively sit on their asses waiting to get fed rumors from their low level sources which they don't even bother to verify or investigate before publishing.
If you think high level people inside the White House are talking to the NYT's you'll really believe anything at this point.
Lazy people on both sides are taking rumors from low level people & dressing it up as scoops from high level sources.
It's stupid to keep falling for it
Lazy people on both sides are taking rumors from low level people & dressing it up as scoops from high level sources.
It's stupid to keep falling for it
There's a reason this reads like a liberals fantasy version of a Trump White House meeting.
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1340350358355398657?s=20
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1340350358355398657?s=20
