One instinct in response to propagandistic lies is to try to fact check them away.
Fact-checking can help maintain shared reality among those already not adhering to propaganda—but it is NOT an antidote to propaganda itself.
Propaganda is IDEALOGICAL TRANSMISSION: Facts are secondary to narrative.
Leah McElrath
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