Opinion: Misinformation is destroying our civilization
1 min readAmerica is being crippled by the anti-American throes of misinformation being vomited by foreign and domestic sources.
The damage is not new to political practices but has soared to new heights in the United States, which is fighting for its tradition of democracy day by day.
The New York Times editorial Board has written that “It is disturbing enough that American democracy is being threatened by disinformation, the proliferation of which is facilitated by the shadier side of modern technology — phony websites, social-media bots, manipulated video and audio, digitally fabricated “deep fakes.” How painful to be reminded that among the bad actors spreading such chaos and division are prominent elected officials sworn to serve the public. […]
