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2016 Postmortem

Skinner

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2. I think the focus on whether voters believed a headline, in isolation, is missing the point.

Reply to bullwinkle428 (Original post)

Wed Dec 7, 2016, 02:10 PM

Dec 2016

Yes, it's unfortunate that people believe things that are false. But asking whether someone believes a particular story, without any context does not really do anyone much good.

More important is whether citizens can learn to use their critical thinking skills and the tools available to them in order to discern the likelihood that a particular story is fake. Or can they at a minimum learn to be more skeptical?

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Buzzfeed : 58% of CLINTON voters BELIEVED fake news stories [View all] bullwinkle428 Dec 2016 OP

It is worth remembering that we aren't a better breed of people, just people, and that JCanete Dec 2016 #1

I think the focus on whether voters believed a headline, in isolation, is missing the point. Skinner Dec 2016 #2

Completely agree. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #3

We wish, but... JSup Dec 2016 #6

We're all a bunch of bias-seeking dumbasses - left and right. SpankMe Dec 2016 #4

Whenever I see a story quoting GOPs saying totally evil or completely mornoic things, BlueProgressive Dec 2016 #5