as i've recently gotten to know more public figures, i've become increasingly horrified at the amount of outright lies there are about their lives. the public doesn't give a *shit* about the truth. news outlets and mobs just say blatantly false things, zero fact checking
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its a creeping uncanny disgust. i *knew* media wasn't trustworthy, but I don't think I realized the *degree*. Some part of me believed that people cared at least a little bit about the truth before they tried to destroy others, but I was wrong. we're no better than lynch mobs.
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i've only barely begun to taste it happening to me; sometimes i stumble across tweets or forum posts where people confidently say a wrong thing about my life history or beliefs and i'm like ???? how the fuck did you get so confident about something so untrue?
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if the rest of the world just outright lies about you and believes it and tries to destroy you based on things that aren't true and they refuse to believe any evidence to the contrary, i am *not* surprised some public figures turn bitter or aggressive. it's gotta be a nightmare.
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On some level all myths exist for the spiritual and psychological needs of the myth-tellers not as a true representation of their subjects.
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At always says. “The Corporate Press is the enemy of the people.” Their depravity and malfeasance truly knows no bounds
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I used to work in a news station. The power to shape public opinion goes straight to the heads of "journalists"
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