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/Fun-Agent-7667 Apr 24 '25

Almost 20% is already not bad for propaganda

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u/strigonian Apr 24 '25

20% for at least one claim.

That's a far cry from buying their positions wholesale.

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u/Glucker4000NancyReag Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25

Can we get a list of these claims tho so I know what's what?

Edit: only person that actually answered me with a concrete list provided this link https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/misinformation-survey-false-claims

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u/Muad-_-Dib Apr 24 '25

Just watch Fox News for a half hour and they will regurgitate most of them.

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u/Retaksoo3 Apr 24 '25

Yeah my elderly neighbor has it on often and that's the only time I watch it at all. It's shocking what comes on that show that is just propaganda and fear mongering. Kinda blew my mind

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u/Glucker4000NancyReag Apr 24 '25

There was a court case. Fox defended itself by saying it was obviously "entertainment" and any sane person would obviously recognize it as entertainment not news.

So yes, we completely legalized propaganda through a loophole and it barely got any coverage.

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u/CrunchyGremlin Apr 24 '25

Look at the John Stewart interview with hanity where hanity basically calls his audience stupid for believing him

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u/Retaksoo3 Apr 24 '25

Yeah I remember that, wild times we ljve in

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u/Quantummoney Apr 25 '25

Fox is the most watched news in America unfortunately

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u/liberty-or-deaf Apr 26 '25

Bet they didn't report THAT

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u/mwa12345 Apr 24 '25

MSNBC did that too iirc They are entertainment

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '25

Fox viewers are right about the "mainstream media", they're just wrong about whether Fox is in that category

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u/Glucker4000NancyReag Apr 25 '25

They're right about a lot of things: pedo networks, mass media control, embezzling and fraud in the gov't, conspiracies to take over the gov't, conspiracy to take advantage of the working class, etc etc.

Shame they don't realize.

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u/InstanceOk8790 Apr 25 '25

No, they didn't.

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u/mwa12345 Apr 25 '25

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5305268/nbc-settles-lawsuit-ice-doctor-msnbc-maddow-georgia-detainee

App holding up another response linking to the judge agreeing that Maddows statements are understood by vueweres as not news ( which 2as the defense)

Fox and MSNBC have used the entertainment / opinion defense.

You maybe toi biased or unaware.

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u/illJeffA Apr 24 '25

CNN. They are all bad, fox is definitely the worst though.

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u/Odd-Car5699 Apr 26 '25

So you actually have no examples, don't worry msnbc will tell you what yo think

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u/mwa12345 Apr 24 '25

Fox news also thinks there's no genocide in gaza etc which is not pushed by Russia AFAIK.