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Politics. Hoyas. YMMV. Views expressed are mine alone, obviously. @TheLobbyShopPod

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    1. Liam Donovan‏Verified account @LPDonovan 2 Jun 2019

      I'm torn on the Daily Beast bruhaha--there's an interesting story underneath it all, but the identifying details seem gratuitous. But ultimately what bugs me is that the apparent journalistic imperative is based on the conceit that this sort of content dupes or persuades people.

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      Liam Donovan‏Verified account @LPDonovan 2 Jun 2019

      Boomers aren't sharing dubious political content because they're overly credulous (though they may be); they're doing it because it validates their priors, signals their tribe, and above all else just feels good. Authenticity is incidental at best. Literally too good to check.

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      • Armed Liberal 🧡💙🐊S.B.🐊🧡💙 Travis Hall Ryan Edmunds Dowling- #PSU #Feminist Adam Tavitian matt The OG ToniB(TFSTTFG) David A. Graham Michael Watson
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        1. Liam Donovan‏Verified account @LPDonovan 2 Jun 2019

          Now, I don't know how you fix that--seems like the bigger issue is our highly curated feedback loop of social channels that tell us what we want to hear--but it's certainly going to take more than some crack reporting outing the blue collar purveyors of boomer catnip.

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        1. CTIronman‏ @CTIronman 2 Jun 2019
          Replying to @LPDonovan

          See, Rather, Dan

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        2. m.r.‏ @Ranzington 2 Jun 2019
          Replying to @LPDonovan @AviWoolf

          When it comes to Boomers vs. other generations, I think you would find they are overly credulous.

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        3. Liam Donovan‏Verified account @LPDonovan 2 Jun 2019
          Replying to @Ranzington @AviWoolf

          My whole point is that credulity isn't what's driving the behavior. They don't actually care.

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        1. AMaierIRL‏ @AmaierIRL 2 Jun 2019
          Replying to @LPDonovan

          Glenn Greenwald repeating the phrase “day-laborer” over and over again to elicit sympathy for a person whose goal was to deceive people and profit from it was irritating.

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        1. Zeb Mannix‏ @zebmannix 2 Jun 2019
          Replying to @LPDonovan

          I think in this era it’s more important and necessary than ever to shed light on exactly who or what is spreading misinformation. It’s a literal fact that Russians and other governments are a large source of it. We SHOULD get to the bottom of who is spreading this misinformation

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        2. Niels Rosenquist‏ @nielsrosenquist 2 Jun 2019
          Replying to @LPDonovan

          It’s kind of endogenous, right? People feel disposed towards a side and this content keeps them enraged/locked in to said opinions/tribes by activating the ol midbrain to the nth degree. Like crack, it’s orders of magnitude more powerful and thus that much harder to quit.

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        3. Liam Donovan‏Verified account @LPDonovan 2 Jun 2019
          Replying to @nielsrosenquist

          I think that's right, but that's the part that seems deserving of more scrutiny. The specific content is just grist for the mill.

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        2. Robot Bastard!‏ @Robot_Bastard 2 Jun 2019
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          I mean, remember when someone literally typed a letter using Microsoft Word and put “1972” as the date and Dan Rather went ride-or-die for it being real...

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        3. Liam Donovan‏Verified account @LPDonovan 3 Jun 2019
          Replying to @Robot_Bastard

          The incident that gave us the phrase "fake but accurate," which is the entire point

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