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How the Biden Administration Can Help Solve Our Reality Crisis
nytimes.com ^ | 2/2/2021 | kevin roose
Posted on 2/3/2021, 12:05:31 AM by bitt
These steps, experts say, could prod more people to abandon the scourge of hoaxes and lies.
Last month, millions of Americans watched as President Biden took the oath of office and, in a high-minded Inaugural Address, called for a new era of American unity.
But plenty of other Americans weren’t paying attention to Mr. Biden’s speech. They were too busy watching YouTube videos alleging that the inauguration was a prerecorded hoax that had been filmed on a Hollywood soundstage.
Or they were melting down in QAnon group chats, trying to figure out why former President Donald J. Trump wasn’t interrupting Mr. Biden’s speech to declare martial law and announce the mass arrest of satanic pedophiles.
Or maybe their TVs were tuned to OAN, where an anchor was floating the baseless theory that Mr. Biden “wasn’t actually elected by the people.” Hoaxes, lies and collective delusions aren’t new, but the extent to which millions of Americans have embraced them may be. Thirty percent of Republicans have a favorable view of QAnon, according to a recent YouGov poll. According to other polls, more than 70 percent of Republicans believe Mr. Trump legitimately won the election, and 40 percent of Americans — including plenty of Democrats — believe the baseless theory that Covid-19 was manufactured in a Chinese lab.
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From the article:
30% Republicans have a favorable view of Q
70% Republicans believe PDJT won the election
40% Americans believe the wuhanvirus was made in a Chinese lab.
We’re getting flak from the NYT; means we’re over the target...