If media stop publishing fake news, they won't be accused of publishing fake news.
Easy, eh?
Trump's 'Fake News' Rhetoric Is Going To Get Someone Killed | HuffPost
Nationalist and populist sentiments are making their way into the mainstream. Elections and democracy are maintained but those in power who seek to undermine every institution that gives democracy meaning. The rise of populist movements are being funded by right-wing billionaires intent on reducing governmental constraints on their business interests. These movements have struck a chord among white people who feel like security is slipping away, their social status and privileges eroding, their cultural identities threatened by outsiders.
You have to believe in facts. Without facts, there’s no basis for cooperation. If I say this is a podium and you say this is an elephant, it’s going to be hard for us to cooperate.
He applied the analogy to the U.S. withdrawal of the Paris Climate Accord, noting that if American leaders deny the existence of climate change, even though most scientists around the world have reached consensus on the issue, it will be hard to cooperate with other countries on the issue.
The denial of facts could be the “undoing” of our democracy.
Thanks Obama. Good words.
