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[Roberto J.]

It was not an article but an email. Here is a copy

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I remember a story I told out of Stockton, California, last year. A local
blog that trafficked in misinformation was filling the hole left behind by
the city’s newspaper. That blog became the go-to source for much of the
community. And some of its work was honest, but it also trafficked in
racist memes and manufactured political scandals.

I remember one official who lost his election because of these lies. He
told me that he knocked on 4,000 doors. Even people who knew him told him,
"I like you, but I’m reading all this stuff online and I’m not sure." He
warned that Stockton was a harbinger of what could happen nationally.

*He warned that lies will become the truth if something isn’t done about
disinformation.*

The demonization of fact-based journalism and the slow blurring of lines
between truth and fiction is sinister; a very effective way, in my opinion,
to decimate democracy and stifle our ability to hold those in power to
account.

It's worth noting that before I reported on that official in Stockton, the
first person telling stories about that local blog was a reporter from
CapRadio, an NPR station in Sacramento.
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On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 17:15 Bill Wright <bwright at uncharted.software>
wrote:

>
> Thks Roberto, but the article did not come through on your link.  The link
> just goes to the "front page" of the NPR website.
> (NPR is another high quality news source.  :-)
>
> What was the title of the article and then we can search for it.
> Thks.
>
> Bill.
>
> William Wright
> Partner
> Uncharted Software Inc.
> c 416-708-6677
> w 416-203-3003 x227
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 1:18 PM Roberto J. via Sundaycommunity <
> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>
>> This article came handy to explain some of the missed-used of modern
>> means of communication. Disregard the cry for donations.
>> We safe, we well,
>> Roberto
>>
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