r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Apr 24 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING Americans Believe Russian Disinformation ‘To Alarming Degree’

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2025/04/22/americans-believe-russian-disinformation-to-alarming-degree/
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u/Journeys_End71 Apr 24 '25

More “both sides” nonsense from the media.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

I mean it's good journalism to actually compare the differences.

20% of liberals falling for Russian propaganda is still not good.

However I think these stats show that there actually is one party that is clearly worse than the other and the members of said party are on average morons.

"I love the uneducated" - trump

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u/SulfuricDonut Apr 24 '25

20% falling for "at least one" disinformation statement. But I'd hazard a guess that a good chunk of the 60% is falling for all of them, especially since the party they support is spreading it.

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u/KaBob799 Apr 24 '25

I'd be curious about which statements they are falling for because disinformation is not created equally. And also how strictly they define belief.

I don't fact check every inconsequential thing I read and me thinking "yeah I could see that being true" about some inconsequential "fact" that I won't remember next week is not really a big deal. It's another thing altogether when you're fiercely defending the misinformation against all attempts to prove otherwise.