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   On 13 Feb 2024 11:51:59 GMT   
   TimS  wrote:   
      
   > On 13 Feb 2024 at 09:50:25 GMT, "Bob Latham"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > > In article ,   
   > >    Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> Online misinformation is a whole new can of worms.   
   > >   
   > > Who decides which is misinformation and which is censoring the truth?   
   > >   
   > > During covid we were continuously told this and that were   
   > > "misinformation" or a conspiracy theory. Someone decided.   
   >   
   > Well, you figure it out. We were told the vaccines were coming, and they   
   > did, and I've taken every one that has since been offered, and guess   
   > what, I've never had Covid. Meanwhile we were also told that the vaccines   
   > didn't work, caused millions of fatalities, were the spawn of Satan, were   
   > an attempt to control us all with microchips, etc.   
   >   
   > So no prizes for guessing which viewpoint I support.   
      
   	Perfectly reasonable and I did the same for the same reasons and   
   with the same results. There does seem to have been a recent upswing in   
   heavily polarised viewpoints of late though and a lot of putting people   
   into buckets neither of which fill me with happy thoughts.   
      
   	When all around lies are being shouted how do you spot the quiet   
   voice of truth ? Is it even there ? Remember that every news story where you   
   know the details at first hand was misreported - the one time I got to   
   question a reporter about a specific incident he told me that the truth was   
   too unbelievable and would have damaged the credibility of the paper so   
   he softened it to make it more believable - I still have a hard time   
   with that logic but it's not always (ever?) conspiracy driving the lies.   
      
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