Misinformation is not like a plumbing problem

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Misinformation is not like a plumbing problem you fix. It is a social condition, like crime, that you must constantly monitor and adjust to.

~ Tom Rosenstiel

2 thoughts on “Misinformation is not like a plumbing problem”

  1. One major problem is knowing who the OP on any information was and whether they were paid or had another reason to tell – or not tell – the truth as they knew it (and whether what they knew/were told wasn’t already misinformation.)

    Really good misinformation passes the ‘sounds right’ test to the one hearing it, which makes the truth all that much harder for them to believe.

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