We are the reason we got into this problem in the first place: we made it easy for the Russians because we, as a general population, are stupid.
If you are considering sharing or posting a "News " article, make sure it is from an actual News Agency or Source. Not something like "The Daily Mail", or "The Daily Caller", or "Huffington Post" etc. Did you know that such "News" sources, are not even really that? They are predominantly opinion blogs with a host of contributors. They are the Equivalent of the National Enquirer that you see in grocery store check out news displays. The majority of "News" that facebook friends are sharing and re-posting is this sort of crap. It is BS people. Not news.
When you are "Sharing News" please make sure that it IS actual news. Most of it is just opinions. The kind that you agree with. And it is perfectly fine to share your opinions. But please do not share it as "News". Please double check the source and if it is not knowably legit, then state that it is merely an opinion that you agree with. These so-called "News" stories are presented to you on facebook as though they are legit and they are not. Please don't spread this stuff on the rest of social media as though it were "News". It's not. Please do your research before posting this stuff. It just makes you look like an imbecile and it stirs up strife between other imbeciles on facebook who WANT to believe these stories are true, for what ever reason.
If your "News" has an inflammatory title or subject matter, and is not reflected on other, more legitimate news resources, then odds are great that it is not actually news.
More legitimate news resources would be things like NBC, CNN, FOX, ABC, CBS or your local affiliate - granted they are not perfect either. We as a population, are such lazy thinkers. We happily gobble up any tittilating bit of data that piques our interest or speaks to our biases and opinions, with out ever questioning the validity of the report.
We gobble up what ever crappy pablum someone wants to feed us.
They don't even have to cram it down our throats.
We gorge ourselves on it of our own accord.
We are stupid.
We are the problem.
Example: Why would I blame MacDonalds.
If I get fat because I choose to eat there so often?
This is the same concept.
Maybe we would all be better off if we paid as much attention to what we are putting in our heads, as we do to what we are putting into our bodies?
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