Wednesday, January 02, 2019

Last Line of Defense

"What viral insanity should we spread this morning?" About this one man who made millions of Americans (mostly conservatives) believe the stories he made up were true. As a social experiment Christopher Blair started a Facebook site to see if Donald Trump's followers would really believe anything, even if not in the least bit supported by facts. In short: yes, a lot of people are extremely gullible.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fake-news-donald-trump-facebook-last-line-of-defense-conservatives-social-media-a8639981.html

Here's a list of obviously fake stories that an amazing number of people simply took for truth:
https://www.snopes.com/tag/the-last-line-of-defense/?fbclid=IwAR3fkOL2AdW-8yjseu37OYGvuAUFO-0adovlF1AvDcu_yDI1m8tTsQRk7aM

"The good chunk of the population who believe aren't based in reality," Blair told PolitiFact.

https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2017/may/31/If-youre-fooled-by-fake-news-this-man-probably-wro/

Here's how the people who proudly wear 'MAGA'- hats think about the business man turned president:



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