SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agoAbacus Data Poll: Defining the ballot box questionsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up137arrow-down1imageAbacus Data Poll: Defining the ballot box questionsh.itjust.worksSamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMacroCyclo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 days agoIt makes me sad to know that the only reason Carney is surging in the polls is because old people are scared of Trump…
minus-squareSamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoThose are pretty much the generations heavily influenced and grew up with Facebook. The Liberals could have really done themselves and society a favour if they did something about the misinformation on there.
minus-squarebrax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoExcept they did the exact opposite - making it easy to post misinformation, but impossible to post credible sources calling it out.
minus-squareprodigalsorcerer@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoBut now it’s easy. If something that looks like news is posted on Facebook, it’s misinformation.
minus-squarebrax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoSure, if your brain is firing on all cylinders and you have that level of critical thinking.
It makes me sad to know that the only reason Carney is surging in the polls is because old people are scared of Trump…
Those are pretty much the generations heavily influenced and grew up with Facebook. The Liberals could have really done themselves and society a favour if they did something about the misinformation on there.
Except they did the exact opposite - making it easy to post misinformation, but impossible to post credible sources calling it out.
But now it’s easy. If something that looks like news is posted on Facebook, it’s misinformation.
Sure, if your brain is firing on all cylinders and you have that level of critical thinking.