Here we go kids

[Magicman]

his didn’t used to happen much in the olden days,

In the olden days every statement was not required to pass a political smell test.

 

[MNVikingsGuy]

In the olden days every statement was not required to pass a political smell test.

In the olden days only a person’s kids and neighbors knew if they said something stupid - now we all get to see.

 

[D2Cat]

How about not telling the complete story? Then when the whole presentation is made the viewer gets more information to make a decision.

 

[D2Cat]

More fact checking.....

EXPOSED: Facebook's Independent COVID Fact-checker Site FactCheck.org Funded By $1.9 Billion Vaccine Lobby - GreatGameInternational

A so-called independent fact-checker website FactCheck.org is exposed to be funded by the same $1.9 billion vaccine lobby group that it is supposed to check. The site is a Facebook partner whose articles are used to censor critical voices on the social media platform. It is headed by the former...

greatgameindia.com

 

[random]

The problem of misinformation is pervasive, and can have serious consequences: https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200605/lancet-retracts-hydroxychloroquine-study

It's not just limited to recent times, either:
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2015/10/share-reproducibility

And as for the "news" spouting BS to push a narrative - Anyone remember this https://ew.com/article/1993/02/26/datelines-disaster/

"If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed." - Mark Twain

Unfortunately, most people don't want to put forth the effort to dig.

 

[D2Cat]

Here is another one. If a guy lies about his credentials, not likely his scientific opinion is worth much.

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/950118

this didn’t used to happen much in the olden days, rare but not never. Now it is a daily occurrence.

Or any opinion!