Draggingtree Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 The Atlantic How the Left Lost Its Mind Polemicists, conspiracists, and outright fabulists are feeding an alternative media landscape—where the implausibility of a claim is no bar to its acceptance. · MCKAY COPPINS JUL 2, 2017 Updated for clarification at 12:15 p.m. ET Last month, Democratic Senator Ed Markey delivered what seemed like an explosive bit of news during an interview with CNN: A grand jury had been impaneled in New York, he said, to investigate the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia. The only problem: It wasn’t true. The precise origins of the rumor are difficult to pin down, but it had been ricocheting around social media for days before Markey’s interview. The story had no reliable sourcing, and not a single credible news outlet touched it—but it had been fervently championed by The Palmer Report, a liberal blog known for peddling conspiracy theories, and by anti-Trump Twitter crusaders like Louise Mensch. Soon enough, prominent people with blue checkmarks by their names were amplifying it with “Big if true”-type Tweets. And by May 11, the story had migrated from the bowels of the internet to the mouth of a United States senator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Draggingtree I got about 1/2 halfway in when the pain became to great. time to go to my Safe Place................. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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