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  • Fury as Hollywood movie star says he wishes more conservatives weren't (bleeping) morons'

    11/30/2024 8:10:51 AM PST · by knighthawk · 64 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | November 30 2024 | ALEXA CIMINO
    Ronny Chieng, star of Crazy Rich Asians and correspondent for The Daily Show, called Trump voters 'f***ing morons' during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday. 'There's nothing inherently evil or bad about [a] conservative mindset, I just think that we would like to have conservatives who aren't f***ing morons,' Chieng told host Jimmy Kimmel, as Kimmel and the audience roared with laughter. However, X users slammed Chieng for his remarks X, with one user writing, 'Ronny Chieng needs to be canceled.. said everyone who voted for Trump was stupid.. I say all Trump voters boycott his shows.'
  • To combat misinformation, start with connection, not correction

    09/30/2024 6:00:16 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 15 replies
    npr ^ | 09/30/2024 | Audrey Nguyen
    Misinformation and disinformation can be a threat to our democracy. [Almost stopped reading right there] It can divide communities. It can make it harder for people to make informed choices — at the ballot box, at the grocery store and at the doctor's office. No one is immune. “We just don't have the time, the cognitive resources or even the motivation to literally fact-check every piece of information that comes our way,” says Briony Swire-Thompson, director of the Psychology of Misinformation Lab at Northeastern University. How to avoid sharing false or misleading news about the election People trust information more...