week-old "Qanon" Hit Piece - Narrative Reinforcement.
America is experiencing 'truth decay' at an alarming rate, experts warn
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"experts warn" 'truth decay'
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The term 'truth decay' was first used on Qresearch in 2018.
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our media has been suffering from
Truth Decay
KEK
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(Singapore Yahoo Finance - Oct 17, 2020)
"America is experiencing 'truth decay' at an alarming rate, experts warn"
Fake news — specifically, factually inaccurate information that is presented as vetted by professional journalists — has become a nationwide phenomenon over the past few years, particularly on social media.
Many Americans are more ill-informed than ever before given how easy it currently is to spread misinformation — false information that is spread regardless of intent to mislead — and disinformation — deliberately misleading or biased information manipulated narrative or facts.
The RAND Corporation is calling this trend “truth decay,” defined as “the diminishing role of facts and analysis in American public life.”
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that is presented as vetted byprofessional journalists
→ (Who are deemed: "Professional Journalists?)
“truth decay,” “the diminishing role of facts and analysis in American public life.”
→ (Who is: "The Arbiter of Truth" of Facts & Analysis?)
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The three trends of truth decay
Dr. Jennifer Kavanagh, a senior political science for the RAND Corporation, explained the three particular scientific trends that characterize truth decay.
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(3 trends - summarized from article)
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(Disagreement about objective facts and data)
She argues on the subject of (Vaccines):
"we have clear data, clear evidence"
"we have an overwhelming body of evidence showing that they’re safe"
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(The blurring of the line between fact and opinion)
“Online, it’s really easy to mix opinion, facts, analysis, falsehood, and it’s difficult for a reader to disentangle those different types of information.”
“It’s a really tricky challenge because that line between making sure that we’re providing accurate information and getting disinformation out of the ecosystem and protecting free speech and letting people express their opinions and their beliefs, is a fine line,” Kavanagh said.“I think one step that can be taken is better labeling of false information, making sure that people are aware when they’re seeing information that has been proven false. You see some social media platforms, like Twitter, starting to do more of that.”
(The Point of the Article)
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(The declining trust in institutions) =Gov & Media
“And then the final trend that we look to is declining trust in institutions,” Kavanagh said. “Especially those that are, or were, looked to as sources of factual information,so the government, the media.Trust in those institutions has been down and as a result, people feel not only is it hard to figure out what’s a fact and what’s not, but they’re not sure where to look to find those facts. And so, those trends together is how we would describe this phenomenon that we call truth decay.”
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The article - springboards into a ("Qanon" Hit Piece)
QAnon ‘allows them to make their own reality’
While there are endless amounts of conspiracy groups circulating online,QAnon is the most rampant.
Her conclusion:
The Government & The Media = ""The"" Trusted Arbiters/Sources of "TRUTH".
But,
"Qanon" et al make up their own reality.
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btw,
(Dr. Jennifer Kavanagh) - RAND member. Harvard degree. Georgetown professor.
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/america-truth-decay-experts-134729786.html
https://www.rand.org/about/people/k/kavanagh_jennifer.html