Dan Gillmor on Nostr: This poll from the NY Times demonstrates better than anything I've ever seen how ...
This poll from the NY Times demonstrates better than anything I've ever seen how thoroughly journalism has botched its job -- to inform the public about actual reality as opposed to giving equal weight to lies and thereby helping make the lies what the public then believes.
We're screwed.
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