Fact-checking doesn’t work with these folks. Politifact, Snopes, and the rest aren’t a remedy for Facebook information warfare; in fact, the Trump fan base views refutations of Trump’s lies based on facts and evidence as confirmation Trump is right.8 Fake news is a problem almost exclusively on the right. The people driving it can’t be shamed, and the only people who could make them play by the rules—at least at this point—won’t. Mark Zuckerberg has a wee bit of power at Facebook but can’t seem to rouse himself to meaningful action. Democrats will face stories that make the worst excesses of
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