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Tag: <span>fake news</span>

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If we sow hate, we will reap division

Trump Sows Hate Whatever the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, there is one thing we can all agree upon: America is deeply divided, and that’s not good for our (capital D) Democracy. Nastiness, vilification, and “otherism” have become normalized.  Violent rhetoric has adults and children afraid that people will take up arms to “take our country back.”  What hope do we have at Unity? We all bear personal responsibility for this, starting by recognizing our own personal biases; I know I have them.  What have you said about Democrats? about Trump or his followers? about immigrants, politicians, transgender or …

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Trump’s News Chasm

Will the real news please stand up?  (Raise your hand if you get that reference.) Anywho, In December of 2016, President-elect Donald Trump began to use the term “fake news,” and he would continue to use it thousands of times.  The propaganda technique was so successful at discrediting legitimate, mainstream news that his supporters believe it is false and biased, and that only Fox and other Trump-sanctioned outlets serve up the truth—much like state-sanctioned media. In this way, Trump suppresses opposition information.  This explains why most Trump supporters don’t consume mainstream media and thus don’t know—or don’t believe—he poses a …

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How Easy Would it Be for Trump to Destroy Democracy?

This is how autocrats do it. For the past decade, hundreds of articles and books have warned about the danger Trump poses to our (capital D) Democracy, often citing his similarities to dictators. Hundreds of former staffers and government officials—many from the Defense Department—have denounced Trump for president and warned of the threat he poses to national security.  Even  Trump’s ex-wife, Ivana, said that Donald read a book of Hitler’s speeches (a veritable roadmap),  kept in a bedside cabinet. It’s unprecedented. Yet millions of people are poised to select him to be one of the most powerful people on the …

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