No, disinformation is a definitely thing. Its a cheap and easy way to weaken democratic societies.
While the mainstream media definitely have a bias and tend to de-emphasize certain stories, (that are anti-capitalist, mostly) to say disinformation isnt real, or to say stories (like “russiagate”) get labelled as disinformation only because “they dont want you to know the truth”
… that is in fact disinformation. Im sorry.
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No, disinformation is a definitely thing. Its a cheap and easy way to weaken democratic societies.
While the mainstream media definitely have a bias and tend to de-emphasize certain stories, (that are anti-capitalist, mostly) to say disinformation isnt real, or to say stories (like “russiagate”) get labelled as disinformation only because “they dont want you to know the truth” … that is in fact disinformation. Im sorry.
Dont be sorry.