This is my list....some folks would write a 500-page book, but I think three thoughts brings you to ponder the 'big' things.
1. Misinformation doesn't necessarily have to be news. It could be songs, photos, movies, documentary pieces, pamphlets, and gimmicks.
An example....you get suggesting the idea of free railway travel cards for everyone who works...meaning bus, tram, subway and regional rail service would be free for you. If you stood up and said 'nothing is free'.....you'd be correct, and this is merely misinformation, but accepted by a political group as non-misinformation.
An example....some song could be emotionally charged-up to be anti-war. It also could be misinformation.
An example....if you read through half the information that various governments have put out over the past forty years on nuclear energy....probably half of it would be regarded as misinformation.
2. Most misinformation can be corrected with facts, and the BS can be removed from the focus.
If you forbid the misinformation and refuse to discuss facts....that brings people back to the starting point....with questions over your intention.
3. Finally, censoring people or silencing them....isn't a progressive act of civilization....it's fascist. Sit and ponder over that for a while.
I think over the remainder of 2022....we will discuss this misinformation topic a good bit. Maybe we need that discussion.
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