Do Fake News Really Derive More Traps From Facts?

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The question is, does fake news genuinely derive more traction from each error made by government or major news media? In other words, when there are real gotches, does it work? Or would they still be that the covid vaccine puts something in you that then five g tow s activates, and that's why you can't see it when you look in the vaxcine? But once it's in you, and they put a spoon on your head, and everything's going to get. Yoexiding attention basically to the right. Once you start playing that game, you're going to los to whoever plays that game more ruthlessly. You know that you fear the paper of

Douglas Rushkoff is obsessed with technology and how it impacts our lives. In this interview, he offers insight into how we shape and are shaped by technology, what’s happening with mainstream media, and some tips on remaining sane online.

Rushkoff is an author, professor, and documentarian who focuses on the ways people, culture, and institutions create, share and influence each other's values. He is the author of 17 books including the 2019 release Team Human, and he is a Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics at CUNY/Queens.

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