FACTS STILL EXIST
by Jennifer Egan
Dec 24, 2018
3 minutes
ONLINE, LIES AND TRUTH LOOK THE SAME. THIS HAS been a boon for professional liars, who take advantage of the fact that two-thirds of Americans get their news from social media, and use these platforms to market falsehoods—as moneymaking ventures (paranoid fantasies make excellent clickbait); as vehicles of personal fame; or, for foreign powers like China and Russia, as a way to spread propaganda in hopes of influencing voters and thereby our elections.
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