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Monday, 26 December 2016
quote [ Defence minister reminds Israel on Twitter that ‘Pakistan is a nuclear state too’ after fake story says Israel had threatened to destroy Pakistan ]
If the world ends over a tweet, I'm going to be pissed.
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HP Lovekraftwerk said @ 4:06pm GMT on 26th December
It was once postulated that Fox News' purpose wasn't just to provide an echo-chamber for right-wing hooey, but to undermine everyone's belief in the very concept of news. If they could create doubt in their rivals' audiences, that was just fine with them.
We're getting to the point where the very concept of "I existed prior to this moment" will be called into question by the person making the statement.
I'm also wondering how courts will change thanks to this post-fact mentality. If there's no reasonable expectation that, say, a President of the United States would every actually mean anything he says, can he ever be impeached for lying to Congress?
HP Lovekraftwerk said @ 5:47pm GMT on 26th December
It was once postulated that Fox News' purpose wasn't just to provide an echo-chamber for right-wing hooey, but to undermine everyone's belief in the very concept of news. If they could create doubt in their rivals' audiences, that was just fine with them.
We're getting to the point where the very concept of "I existed prior to this moment" will be called into question by the person making the statement.
I'm also wondering how courts will change thanks to this post-fact mentality. If there's no reasonable expectation that, say, a President of the United States would ever actually mean anything he says, can he ever be impeached for lying to Congress?
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HP Lovekraftwerk said @ 4:06pm GMT on 26th December
It was once postulated that Fox News' purpose wasn't just to provide an echo-chamber for right-wing hooey, but to undermine everyone's belief in the very concept of news. If they could create doubt in their rivals' audiences, that was just fine with them.
We're getting to the point where the very concept of "I existed prior to this moment" will be called into question by the person making the statement.
I'm also wondering how courts will change thanks to this post-fact mentality. If there's no reasonable expectation that, say, a President of the United States would ever actually mean anything he says, can he ever be impeached for lying to Congress?
