# How Disinformation Deforms Democracy

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/how-disinformation-deforms-democracy/
- Published: 2025-02-15T09:15:47-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image credit: ZEBU for Noema Magazine. Essay by Nathan Gardels. Noēma Magazine – January 24, 2025. The great virtue of not having a political future is that leaders can actually speak their minds and say what needs to be said. Mostly, that moment comes at the end of a career, as when the celebrated World War II general turned president, Dwight Eisenhower, warned on leaving office in 1961 that the military-industrial complex was growing uncomfortably powerful for a peace-time democracy. Last week, it was Joe Biden’s turn to speak truth after power. […] Click here to view original web page at www.noemamag.com Related articles: Some Facts About Fact-Checking: Defending the Imperfect Search for Truth in an Era of Institutionalized Lying – Tech Policy Press Musk shows why he’s such a powerful ally for Trump and would be an even more menacing enemy – CNN Bernie Sanders Launches Tour ‘to Fight Oligarchy’: Here’s Where He’s Going – Newsweek