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  • The New True (or, The Internet: The Incredible Credibility Machine)

    There’s an old saying, “don’t believe everything you read in the newspapers.” Obviously, this advice applies to the Internet. …As the Internet has become the medium of choice for uncounted millions around the globe, it has also acquired the power to grant credibility not only to fringe and potentially dangerous ideas, but even to outright lies… Why is this a problem? …because there is a growing culture that is accepting the malleability of truth.

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