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The primary affect of attacking media institutions is to cultivate the idea that all media is "fake" or "biased" and that none can be "trusted". The distortion is dangerous because it removes a vital check on government power and without it, allows corruption. Moreover, this distortion allows citizens to confirm their own bias by consuming the news that fits their worldview while branding contrary news as "fake".
This is not true. Not all news is biased, fake, or untrustworthy. Stop repeating this. This is exactly what politicians want you to believe and they are succeeding when you go around spewing this nonsense. Get this "idea" out of your head. It's not true and it is the root cause of atrocities throughout history.
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https://www.adfontesmedia.com/... The primary affect of attacking media institutions is to cultivate the idea that all media is "fake" or "biased" and that none can be "trusted". The distortion is dangerous because it removes a vital check on government power and without it, allows corruption. Moreover, this distortion allows citizens to confirm their own bias by consuming the news that fits their worldview while branding contrary news as "fake". This is not true. Not all news is biased, fake, or untrustworthy. Stop repeating this. This is exactly what politicians want you to believe and they are succeeding when you go around spewing this nonsense. Get this "idea" out of your head. It's not true and it is the root cause of atrocities throughout history.