James Randi, the magician and paranormal skeptic, tells the story of the time he arrived early at a faith healing show. He witnessed stage hands greeting elderly participants with wheelchairs. One woman with a cane took a chair and was later brought on stage during the show. She was encouraged to get out of the chair and walk, which she did.
Randi found the woman after the show and asked her if she felt she was deceiving the audience. She eventually said yes, but then said that she still believed.
How much of a role do you think ideology plays into the political fake news? Isn't it likely that, except for the occasional mentally ill, gun owner on a mission, most of the people repeating fake news don't believe the news itself; do believe in the ideology behind it and are actually lying when they say they believe it.
A complicated mess. If that's the case, I don't know how we untangle it.
James Randi, the magician and paranormal skeptic, tells the story of the time he arrived early at a faith healing show. He witnessed stage hands greeting elderly participants with wheelchairs. One woman with a cane took a chair and was later brought on stage during the show. She was encouraged to get out of the chair and walk, which she did.
Randi found the woman after the show and asked her if she felt she was deceiving the audience. She eventually said yes, but then said that she still believed.
How much of a role do you think ideology plays into the political fake news? Isn't it likely that, except for the occasional mentally ill, gun owner on a mission, most of the people repeating fake news don't believe the news itself; do believe in the ideology behind it and are actually lying when they say they believe it.
A complicated mess. If that's the case, I don't know how we untangle it.