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> everybody already knows that you shouldn't trust anonymous, un-sourced information you read online

* Your comment makes no sense in light of the establishment freaking out about "misinformation" online. If everybody already knew what not to trust, then why are they freaking out about misinformation spreading wildly on social media?

* You yourself claim that you find yourself believing unsourced claims at face value, so there's a contradiction there too. I thought you already knew what you shouldn't trust.

* There is no definitive source of truth that exists. Even if something is sourced by a "verified source", it can be false information, if even just by lying by omission. CNN, Fox News, Snopes, all politicians, and Facebook's fact checkers get things wrong or tell falsehoods. Trusting an "official source" is not a prescription to avoiding misinformation.



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