DISINFORMATION DYSTOPIA: “It made me question what I was seeing with my own two eyes..I found myself becoming..cynical about everything that I saw... it was almost like the notion of observable reality was kind of drifting out of reach.”-@NPR @mckaycoppins
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A WAR FOR POWER: “This is a war for power..What I would say is that nobody benefits in the end if our entire information ecosystem collapses into this dystopia of disinformation and propaganda and lies and conspiracy theories where nobody can sort out reality.”-@mckaycoppins @NPR
REALITY EROSION: “There are a lot of countries where the average person has no idea day to day what to believe, what's true. And it's very hard for them to grasp kind of at reality..it erodes confidence in democratic institutions. It erodes ability to sort out fact from fiction.”
DYSTOPIAN DISTORTIONS: “It actually makes it harder for Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, to compete in the marketplace of ideas because reality doesn't exist as a regulating force.”-@mckaycoppins @NPR as interviewed by @NPRKelly
BE SKEPTICAL: “We all need to be inherently skeptical of anything we see on the Internet that confirms our worldview too much..there is a vast industry of people whose entire job is to create content to tell you that you're right and the rest of the world is wrong.”-@mckaycoppins
SEEK ADDL SOURCES: “Be skeptical..seek out second and third sources to confirm, especially before you share it or make voting decisions based on it.”-@mckaycoppins @npr @NPRKelly
