Comments by "Jim" (@jimohara) on "How People Fall for Fake News, Alternative Facts, and Conspiracies (Daniel Levitin Interview)" video.

  1. Anybody that knows anything about the history of science knows that science is extremely politically charged
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  2. Here’s the rule of thumb: if David reports on an article that’s reflects badly on his political opposition and adds the caveat ‘if true’ then 9 times out of 10 you can be sure it’s not true. And if David responds to anything that reflects negatively on the Democrat political establishment and tries to cast doubt on the allegations or implications of them, then, mostly, you can be pretty sure that there’s some merit to them. He’s got some nerve. Remember the ‘Russia is offering the Taliban bounties for killing American soldiers’ story? And countless other examples sneakily slipped in and then quietly swept under the carpet and memory holed.
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  3. It’s a worldwide issue. Don’t worry, it’s not localized to any particular country
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  4. David’s a big fan of the good old, tried and trusted, ‘if true’. Repeat a total fabrication from an untrustworthy source and then speculate what it means ‘if true’.
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  5.  @itsenergybob8917  David Pakman.
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  6.  @itsenergybob8917  First thing that comes to mind is that it was reported that Russia was offering to pay bounties to the Taliban for each American soldier they killed and Trump ignored it. David gave it large on the old ‘if true’ on that one. Turned it out it was eventually confirmed to have been one of the most obvious cases of unconfirmed BS the media ran with to attempt to shift Trump out of office. If that’s not enough I’ll throw in practically everything that was alleged about Trump-Russian collusion that David commentated on. It was all ‘if true’. Michael Cohen getting lifted and making allegations was another one. Avanatti (?) talking a load of shit was also another one. And all that crap he talked about Trump being indicted from this investigation or that investigation and it never happened. And now it’s the same old stick about this so called Jan 6th committee.
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