this post was submitted on 09 May 2024
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How often have you just read a headline? It's not about creating cases that stand up to scrutiny, it's about creating the impression of a movement.
Nudging people by making things appear more reasonable than they otherwise would be.
Also our brains are really good at forgetting the "fake" part of fake news after a while.
Yeah I heard that somewhere. Maybe I'll look it up later...