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Trump Leads a ‘Machinery’ of Misinformation in Second Term (www.nytimes.com)

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Mr. Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with false or misleading statements — 30,573 of them, or 21 a day on average, according to one tally. Back then, though, aides often tried to play down or contain the damage of egregious falsehoods.

This time, Mr. Trump is joined by a coterie of cabinet officials and advisers who have amplified them and even spread their own. Together, they are effectively institutionalizing disinformation.

While it is still early in his term, and many of his executive orders face legal challenges that could blunt the impact of any falsehoods driving them, Mr. Trump and his advisers have ushered the country into a new era of post-truth politics, where facts are contested and fictions used to pursue policy goals.

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[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

The man's a damn liar through and through. Truth means nothing to him, just look at what he's named his narcissistic social media platform! And this goes way beyond, "if the politician's lips are moving they're lying!" I fucking hate the downplaying of this man.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

The well has been poisoned. Have to uproot everything involved in the current system and start over.

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