and call it "THE TRUTH".

There’s so much misinformation and disinformation out there that many people can’t make heads or tails out of it. Finding the truth involves fact checking everything you come across with trusted sources. Many people won’t bother with that. And it’s going to get worse as we see more deep-fake videos that will pop up.

I went out to breakfast with a friend. I’m sure he leans into the trump camp but doesn’t seem rabid and he’s an intelligent guy. I’ve stayed away from politics with him because I can tell he’s at least a RWer. He caught me off guard this morning saying that Biden was going to switch the official US currency to bitcoin and I laughed in his face. I felt kind of bad because I think I hurt his feelings so proceeded to discuss it with him. Never mind the difficulties and legalities, it’s just ludicrous on face value. I tried to press him as to where he got his information but he’d figured out by then I was a non believer and wouldn’t tell me b

I just mention this because he’s an intelligent guy, owns his own successful business, and I have all sorts of discussions in the past. Though I’ve steered clear of politics we have a lot of things in common. What was that law that was repealed in the 80s where news had to be factual? That was the beginning of the end for America.

There was a Fairness Doctrine that required presenting all sides of issues to anybody who wanted to exercise that right.

From the report, among the items that respondents had to determine as fact or opinion, item six:

One example statement is "The Earth is between 5,000 and 10,000 years old."

I could understand if people realized this statement is not factually correct and were a little uncertain how to answer. It may seem like a quibble but in effect they were partially measuring if people understood the difference between:

1) A statement of fact
2) A statement that is a fact

There was no telling him otherwise. He died in 1986 and firmly believed "ozone" that they talked about on the news was because we sent space ships up and poked a hole in it.

He also thought flouride in the water made people's insides glow.

No social media. No idea where he got it... but there was no talking to him on this.

1. Immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally have some rights under the Constitution
2. ISIS lost a significant portion of its territory in Iraq and Syria in 2017.
3. President Barack Obama was born in the United States.
4. Health care costs per person in the U.S. are the highest in the developed world.
5. Spending on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid make up the largest portion of the U.S. federal budget.
6. The Earth is between 5,000 and 10,000 years old.
7. Immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally are a very big problem for the country today.
8. Abortion should be legal in most cases.
9. Increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour is essential for the health of the U.S. economy.
10. Government is almost always wasteful and inefficient.
11. Democracy is the greatest form of government.
12. Diversity helps make America great.

Correct Answers--The first six are statements of fact (whether or not they're true); the latter 6 are statements of opinion.

https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/fact-opinion-differentiation/