I really like this post and also the way you go about it. You don't just focus on one thing (like for instance covid) and then daily look for any particular conspiracy that could be linked to it to generate content for it which I've seen many others do over the years, I.e. really milking it dry. On top of it all I also appreciate that you don't give ultimatum like "I'm 100% sure what I'm telling you is true" but rather let the readers think for themselves which I would've hoped others over the years would've done as well. We're still in a period where we don't know anything for sure and I don't even know if we ever will but jeopardizing people's health just so you can continue to monetize and lay emphasize on the important of your content cause it may grant you more revenue. I guess I'll never find the answer to the amount of deaths some content creators may have caused by getting some people not to vaccinate or how many they may have saved doing the same. I guess those with still some morals will either be really happy about their actions later on or rrally devestated. Or it'll just never fully come to light and they already know it so they'll never have to feel responsible.
Ultimately the core of this misinformation problem comes from the establishment itself. There are no trustworthy sources of information left. Every single institution has been corrupted and there is zero honor left in the world.
Everyone has an agenda. Everyone mixes in lies with the truth to make the story seem more believable or just to increase shock value and viewership or align with the political demographic being targeted.
It's a really sad state of affairs to realize that some random snippet from 4chan could be more factually accurate than an article written by the Associated Press, and yet time and time again we get clear cut examples of this being the case. The world is upside-down.
Complete lack of trust in the establishment (which is justified) leads to citizens looking for their own answers in a sea of data and misinformation. The outcomes resulting from these developments have not been pretty.
I mean... the press is owned by billionaires, so naturally there's going to be less bias from 'random fuck on 4chan'.
Sure but most people do not think like that.
More folks need to trust billionaires less.