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[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Also our brains are really good at forgetting the "fake" part of fake news after a while.

[-] prex@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah I heard that somewhere. Maybe I'll look it up later...

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