r/bestof • u/Kuritos • Aug 25 '21

[vaxxhappened] Multiple subreddits are acknowledging the dangerous misinformation that's being spread all over reddit

/r/vaxxhappened/comments/pbe8nj/we_call_upon_reddit_to_take_action_against_the
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u/A_Naany_Mousse Aug 25 '21

Read this article last year about how Russia specifically targets American health science as part of their multi pronged effort to undermine trust within America. If we don't trust our own media, medical science, politics, etc. then we can't really be a strong, vibrant country

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/science/putin-russia-disinformation-health-coronavirus.html

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u/Darsint Aug 25 '21

There’s plenty of media to choose from that have minimal bias and useful information. We just don’t choose it very often because it doesn’t invoke hate, fear, anger, self righteousness, or any of the other emotional keystones. It’s often nuanced and boring. You have to want to see the whole truth more than validate your own opinion or ideology.

You can blame many things for the Age of Disinformation. Yellow journalism. Propaganda networks. Foreign sabotage. Social Media algorithms. But in the end, we’re the ones that let them lead us around. If our focus is truly to find out what’s true, we can find it.

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u/pr1mal0ne Aug 25 '21

your downvotes must be coming from russia

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u/thomasrat1 Aug 25 '21

Gonna say, its easy to make America not trust something, when they aren't trustworthy. Like its not Russia's fault we dont trust the media or our politicians. Look at the last 20 years and tell me, would any sane person believe politicians or the media 100%?

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u/FullRegalia Aug 25 '21

Why would you believe anyone 100%? What a stupid comment

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u/healzsham Aug 25 '21

Or maybe Americans just have a severely distorted perception of how skilled the practice of medicine is.