It's Not "MIS"information, it's "DIS"information From Conservatives

"Misinformation is spreading on social media as some fight to stop what they call censorship. The Supreme Court is now grappling with how the First Amendment applies to the online world."

Misinformation: wrong information by mistake.

Disinformation: wrong information by design.

Click on the link below for a 15-minute "60-Minutes" segment parsing out the difference and exposing the dishonesty of Republicans/conservatives/MAGAs:

The Right to be Wrong 

A Look Under The Hood Of Fox News

The two most dangerous media outlets presently are Fox News and Talk Radio. Both have dominated mainstream news in terms of number of viewers/listeners for many years. Legitimate news outlets have been trying to understand how this could happen. Click on the link below for a 7-minute video from Beau of the Fifth Column giving insightful commentary on the problem, focusing on Fox News.

Let's talk about "just asking questions" 

An Evidence-Based Look At Fake News

"Does fake news spread better than true news? Do bots spread fake news? What can we do against fake news? Does social media increase political polarization? Is it true that we all live in political echo chambers? In this video, we look at what scientific studies have found and what we can learn from that."

Click on the link below for the scientific details "Without The Gobbledygook:"

Fake News, Echo Chambers & Polarization: How Bad Is Social Media?

The Battle Against Fake News

This post is presenting several links to information regarding what needs to occur to control fake news:

Fake news on social media: Whose responsibility is it?

Responsibility, Overconfidence, & Intervention Efforts in the Age of Fake News

Who’s ‘mainly’ responsible for curbing disinformation?

How to combat fake news and disinformation

Causes and consequences of mainstream media dissemination of fake news

How to Hold Social Media Accountable for Undermining Democracy

Hold tech companies accountable for fake news

Fighting Fake News

News Media Under Attack By Republicans

" - - - The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers & be capable of reading them."

~ Thomas Jefferson (link)
 
In the Founding Father's time, the only media were essentially newspapers and the above quote indicates the precious nature of media as it relates to government.  As all can clearly see presently, the Republicans routinely attack the press indiscriminately.  However, in recent years, this problem has expanded to include television, with Fox News and Sinclair Broadcast Group being two prominent offenders.  I hope you are at least as angry at this as I am.

(Crux Now)

Fake News Effecting Medicine

Traditionally, the public puts great trust in medical physicians and assumes, when he or she is in contact with them, that they will be getting science-based medicine from them.  Following is an example of how even physicians can be influenced by fake news.